so, every weekend we like to bring you interesting news items that you may have missed in the week n. is the first one. iowa hill, california, has entered the 21st century and never mind it is a century behind. the old mining town, and did you hear that? look at that. we call it a princess phone or i forgot what they call that phone. the town is a mining road halfway between sacramento and reno has never had phone service until now. residents have had cell phone, but the first landline. it took a couple of million in federal grant money, and so far 50 residents have signed up for the newfangled contraption. there you go. in kentucky, plans were envailed this week for an ambitious state park that the state hopes will bring a flood of tourists. we will tell you why it is centered on the old testament specifically, the book of genesis, and the most prominent feature is a three-story replica
a california town finally arrives in the 19th century. and noah s ark comes to kentucky. two of the stories we happen to like. but let s see start with spokane. the message is more than just stop. we thought this was a way to blur out a prank, but the city says snow got into the sign and covered everything but the palm, thumb and middle finger. so it was kind of telling people go to something else. in iowa hill, california, the old mining town finally has land line phone service. just one working phone at a
homes, so they don t mind being low balled. so you may as well throw out an offer and give it a try. give us a quick market check. reporter: the dow up 85. the nasdaq higher by 19. what happen here today, we got a positive report on pending home sales. these are homes that are under contract. we found out that these home sales surged 10% in october. this could bode well for good news of future home sales and on this news of course we ve got shares of home builders rising and as you can see major averages rising. building on that great rally that we had yesterday. appreciate it. see you next hour. we re going cross-country now. at a time when a lot of folks are dropping home telephone service, iowa hill, california, population of about 250, is just now getting it first land line phone. some say finally. others aren t so thrilled.
pulse. let s get this thing open and get her out of here. seeing the video of my daughter, it hurts because i didn t want to see her that way. but hearing them with urgency to see if she was okay really upset us. a local fire chief tells msnbc news shooting t ing thingf a crash scene is not condoned. a small town in california has finally entered the modern age. iowa hill never had electricity or telephones. yesterday they finally got telephone service from the public utilities commission. it s a mountain community northeast of sacramento. up to now the 200 full time residents had to rely on just cell phones. there you have it. chaos continues in france today as massive strikes are
welcome back here to fox & friends, a couple of quick headlines for you. the nationwide egg recall is now to more than half a billion eggs and another egg company joined the recall. iowa hill and dale farms recalling more than 170 million eggs over that possible salmonella contamination, so far wright county eggs, recalled 380 million because of the bacteria. a full list of affected brands is on our website at foxnews.com, go there, check to see if your carton is safe. a 14-year-old dutch girl has left port as she begins her quest to sail alone around the world. laura decker trying to become the youngest to accomplish in feat and she left this morning from portugal. that sounds eerily familiar, al sen? it does, clayton, thank you for that. meanwhile, when president obama passed the stimulus bill, he stressed the need,