Longtime TV actor Andy Griffith has died at age 86 at his North Carolina home. Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith was an actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer.

His legacy role, which earned him the title of "America's Favorite Sheriff"on "The Andy Griffith" show, set in fictional Mayberry, put North Carolina on the map in the entertainment industry. The show ran from 1960-1968, propelling a handful of spin-off programs. Griffith also produced and starred in the television series "Matlock."

With the warm weather, comes more time outside and that usually means more mosquitoes.

Infected mosquitoes spread West Nile virus (WNV) that can cause serious, life altering disease.

Reported cases in the NYC Tri State Area should translate into extra precautions.

This above map identifies trouble areas throughout USA.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm

DROUGHT, WILDFIRE, AND ANOTHER HEAT WAVE. These Are All Signs Of Global Warming.
Scientists say they cannot point to any one extreme event and positively attribute these to climate change, but they are the types of patterns which result from Global Warming.

WHAT DOES SYRIA'S ASSAD REALLY REGRET? Shooting Down A Turkish Airplane.
A news story from a paper in Turkey newspaper quotes Bashar Assad as saying: "I say 100 percent, I wish we did not shoot it down." But, what about all those people inside Syria?

USA MAY LOWER NUKE BOMBS. Decision expected on Weapons Stockpile.

The United Nations human rights chief today renewed her call on the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), stressing the need to ensure accountability for the serious abuses committed by both sides in the ongoing conflict.

“In my view, both Government forces and armed opponents have been involved in actions harming civilians,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told reporters after a closed-door briefing to the Council.

Members of the Bronx Merchants Coalition, which includes the Morris Park Alliance, Throggs Neck Merchants, Westchester Square Merchants, Pelham Bay Merchants, Castle Hill Business District and Zerega Industrial area recently participated in a conference call with the Business Integrity Committee for the City of New York.