WKNJ Newscast

4-13-15

Good afternoon, its Monday April 13, 2015 at 11:00am and your listening to 90.3

WKNJ-FM, Union New Jersey and I’m AnnaRose Pierre with the news.

In Local News…

A woman 39 years of age married a total of 10 times and claims to remember only 2

of her spouses. Liana Barrientos from Rutherford New Jersey married a man in

2002 and divorced in 2006 after his citizenship. A number of 6 men tried to file for

United States citizenship and only two of the applications were approved. She

married 5 different men in 2002. As of now Barrientos pleaded not guilty to one

felony count of filing a false instrument in court.

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NJ editorial writes third grade teacher who has her students write letters to an

incarcerated cop killer. Marilyn Zuniga who works at an Orange middle school is

receiving a lot of hate male and remarks from the community in her attempts of

sending a get well letter to Mumia Abu-Jamal. Local press have given her other

suggestions on get well letter rather than sending one to a convicted murderer.

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In National News:

Tornados in North central Illinois leaves 1 dead with damaged widespread.

A terrible storm hitting about 50 miles of central Illinois left the city in destruction.

As rescue workers worked throughout the night and into the morning with hopes of

fixing the city. A 67-year-old woman was killed and about seven others were placed

in the hospital. The tornado left a path from Lee county into the northwest DeKalb

County. A local resident mentioned how windows exploded behind her so she

decided to hunkerdown where she was. She also mentioned how after 30 seconds

she realized that her entire living room was gone. The weather service issued a

flood warning for the Des Plaines River from Friday to Saturday evening.

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As controversy continues to uproar in regards to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott,

additional video is shown that still shows no justification in regards to why he was

shot and killed. The South Carolina law enforcement agency mentioned how

throughout investigation things did not appear right. They believe that if the initial

video shown of Mr. Scott being pulled over my officer was shown the officer Slager

would not have been charged with murder. Slager claimed that scoot grabbed a

Taser and the officer was in fear for his life. 23 year old Feidin Santana was the

bystander who recorded the shooting said that “Nothing would have happened” if it

was not for the video.

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International News

Hilary Clinton announces 2016 Presidential Bid

Hilary Clinton former secretary of state has formally entered the 2016 race for the

white house bid to become the first female US president. If she wins her democracy

nomination she will be the first woman presidential nominee in the party’s history.

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President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro disused the goal of resuming the

US –cuba ties with the first direct meeting between the leaders of two countries.

The goal is to continue to make a difference in the two countries and to speak out on

universal values that are important; those were the words of president Obama. He

also called his meeting with Castro “candid and fruitful” and said a decision will

come soon on Cuba’s removal from the US list of state of terrorism.

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In Sports

Stephen Curry looks to be on the top if the chard for the NBA MBVP run. His

outstanding performance through the season has separated him from many other

players. In a pervious game Curry was 17 of 23 shooting, finishing with 45 points, 10

assist and a win. Many say that throughout the years curry has been hiding his

offensive talents on the defensive end. With many other great candidates for the

MVP position such as James harden and Lebron James, it seems as though Steph

Curry has been putting in the most work in leading his team.

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400 Top Cornerbacks drafed for 2015

With close to 350 new players entering the pros each year, it seems to be difficult to

keep track of them all. There are many players who are drafted that are known but

there are more go actually go unnoticed. The NFL covers about 400 draft-eligible

players with a full scouting report on each. There is a minimum of 3 games viewed

per player that are used for the standard nfl teams. They are all graded on strengths

and weaknesses with a pro player comparison added as well. If players are tied,

they will be ranked on the overall grade.

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Your WKNJ hourly weather update

Right now on the campus of Kean University it is a sunny 66 degrees with highs

going up to 70. Low 59.

Tune in later for meteorology reports on 90.3FM.

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In entertainment

Drake kissed by Madonna and not happy about it?

Recently at a Madonna concert drake appeared as a guest artist and what took place

after shocked everyone. Drake performed a few songs and sat on stage as Madonna

sung to him. A few moments later Madonna went in for a kiss and at the end of that

the facial expression drake makes seems as If he was disgusted. Viewers say that it

may have been staged because in a previous interview Madonna mentioned how her

dream was to go on a date with drake and even kiss him.

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That’s it for your news. You’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM Union NJ. I’m AnnaRose Pierre and we’ll be right back after this.