Anna's News

WEAR RED DAY
The American Heart Association says Nashville is one of the least heart-healthy cities for women in the country! They're hoping events like today's Go Red for Women day will make us talk about it, learn about it, and prevent it.

FRIDAY IS NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY
The American Heart Association says Nashville is one of the least heart-healthy cities for women in the U.S.

PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN FLORIDA
It's primary election day in Florida. After a bitter and expensive campaign, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is favored to win the Florida Republican presidential primary.

ST. LOUIS FIRST CITY TO HOST "WELCOME HOME HEROES" PARADE
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/299901/3/Welcome-Home-Heroes-Parade-will-make-history
Thousands of people lined Market Street in downtown St. Louis for the Welcome Home Heroes Parade that honored troops who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. St. Louis is the first city in the nation to host a big welcome home parade for Iraq veterans since the troops left Iraq in December.

PROTESTERS PICKET OUTSIDE RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS
Members of PETA -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- picketed outside Bridgestone yesterday as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus opened its Nashville run. Protesters say people going to the circus need to know that "Elephants and other animals are kept in shackles in tiny cages and beaten in order to force them to perform..." (Virginia Fort, PETA campaigner.) Ringling Brothers denies the claim.

ELDERLY NASHVILLE WIDOW SCAMMED OUT OF NEARLY 5 GRAND
http://www.wsmv.com/story/16602932/elderly-widow-scammed-out-of-nearly-5000
An elderly Nashville woman has been scammed out of nearly $5,000 by a con man... who came to her home, offering to clean her gutters. The woman was going to pay him 400 dollars...but had a hand injury and let HIM write the check.... and he made it out for 45 hundred dollars.

SOLAR STORM
The largest solar storm in nearly a decade is blasting the Earth. Some radio communications have been affected, and your GPS system may have outages. Your cellphone will probably not be affected... however some flights have already been rerouted so the charged particles in the atmosphere won't interfere with nagivation systems.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Learn about the Chinese New Year

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE NASHVILLE CHINESE ORGANIZATION?
Find out what's going on here in Nashville

WHAT'S YOUR CHINESE ASTROLOGY SIGN?
What does it say about your personality?

OBAMA STATE OF UNION TONIGHT
President Obama will focus on economic fairness in his State of the Union address tonight.

DOLLYWOOD/GAYLORD WATER/SNOW PARK BRINGS JOBS!
She's already created successes such as: Dollywood, Splash Country water park, the Dixie stampede, and Pirate's Voyage dinner theaters... Now, Dolly Parton has announced she's building a combination Water and Snow Park in Nashville.. .that'll open in spring of 2014.

DOLLY PARTON'S BIRTHDAY/FREE BOOKS FOR YOUR CHILD
And guess what celebrity -- born into poverty in a one room cabin in Tennessee, and who went on in spite of that to create an amazing legacy of songs and movies -- is turning 66 today? It's DOLLY PARTON!