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RyokushinYuroshima

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:58 am
So, sometimes we are not able to watch the news. So I have decided to post news that has happened in America and what has happened throughout the world. I will take time out of my day to read newspapers and watch the news and post up every day. Some will be posted later than others, and I certainly hope that you all will enjoy, and post. Comment how you would like! And feel free to bring your friends. This will be a hang out spot where you can talk about the subjects going on in the world, or just try to make friends.

Daily News(2007-11-08 )


Watching OJ trial--until this gets over, I'll be tuned into this.

HeadlineNews


WAR NOT HOT TOPIC: The war is not the hot topic political button. Hot topics are economic issues, same sex marriage and discrimination laws.

---2007-11-07---

82 YEAR OLD TAZER: 82 year old woman has been tazered when she came out wielding a hammer and swinging it around at police officers when they were called to check up on a wellness case. Chicago PD is taking this into their own hands. The hammer is technically a deadly weapon, and no matter what they did she could have been hurt. She also has schizophrenia and dementia.

BINDEEZ READ: If you have them, or know any parents considering to buy these for their children. GET RID OF THEM. If they are swallowed they act as the Date Rape Drug, GHB. Especially for young children. It is in the top 12 items to get for children for Christmas, if you know someone who is getting these, please pull them away.

IT'S RAININ' COWS: Cow fell from 200ft cliff, hit couple's car. The cow had to be euphenized, but the couple is okay.

DUNKIN' DONUTS: Irony strikes. A Philadelphia cop shot and killed in a Dunkin' Donuts. All of Philadelphia mourns. John Lewis said he has already confessed that he killed the cop. He apologized to the family, and to all of Philadelphia.

POLICE LOOKOUT: The police are looking for a man who shot a deputy in Pompano Beach, Florida.

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY STING: A man has been caught for exchanging children's porn to an undercover cop posing as a 12-year-old girl and her mother. The man caught was the boss of a children's museum.

MILITARY WAVER: The military is considering bringing back recruiting even if someone has a minor criminal background. Now you need a waver, but soon that will be away.

HUGLOOSE: 8th grader serves 2 days detention for violating school hugging ban.

SHUTTLE SAFE: Shuttle Discovery has safely landed back. They fixed the solar panels, it was the most dangerous, complex mission of all time.

SCHOOL SHOOTING: Another school shooting. This time it was in Finland and the shooter killed 8 victims, after the slaughter he killed himself.

8 LIMBS TO 4: The 8 limbed child has now been reduced to 4. She is stable, the 27 hour operation was a success.

ARCHIVES:


2007-11-06



IT'S MERELY A FLESH WOUND: A soldier was walking with his squadron, and was viciously attacked. Pointing his gun at the attacker he warded him off. Only to realise. There is a knife stuck right in his head! His squadron quickly brought him to the nearest doctor. He was chatting with the doctor and joking around, when the ex-ray revealed that the knife missed his brain, and his sinus cavity. But the tip was near the coroted artery. Doctors decided to pull it out slowly and see what happened. He started to bleed, and they worked quickly. He lost 40% of his total blood. And is alive to tell the tale.

OPRAH CLEANS HOUSE: The school that Oprah built in South Africa gave her word that some of the children were being abused. Oprah said "When I first heard about this, I cried and walked from room to room, I couldn't even wrap my mind around this." She referred to the students at the South African school as "her children." Oprah herself was abused when she was a child. She was raped at a young age by a cousin and a few others and abused as well later on. When Oprah heard it was the head mistress who was being accused, she went all out. She said "I was not in charge of hiring faculty. But this time, I will be. I will be more hands on this time."

HEATHER MILLS...WHERE'S THE ROPE: Heather Mills-McCartney went on many shows, and ranted everywhere about the divorce Paul McCartney. She said that she was in such a mess, and that she was suicidal. She claims she has received death threats and was near suicide "I have been close to suicide, so upset about this." On live television. Has Heather's ranting and raving gone and backfired on her? Paul McCartney could go after full custody of the daughter. Mills said "I'm trying to protect Paul and our daughter."

HINDU GODDESS BORN: A child was born with four arms, and four legs, with two conjoined spinal chords. She finally was receiving operation at 2 years old. She is an isceopegis(sp) twin, meaning she had two bodies. Doctors are beginning to separate the parasitic twin from the girl. Now the painstaking removal of fused bones will begin. The operation is $200,000 and the family has been funded from Narayana Health City Hospital in Bangalore to do it, for free. Parents named her after the Hindu Goddess of Wealth.

WOMAN SURVIVES LIGHTNING STRIKE: Now a quadriplegic a woman was struck by lightning, and put into a coma for two weeks. She awoke, and she couldn't believe that it was true. She is now spending all of her time trying to recover.

4.38 CARAT DIAMOND FOUND: Founder of this diamond almost threw this rock away, but soon he kept it and found out that it was a 4.38 diamond rock.

US-FRENCH RELATIONS: The US-French relations are back on. Allies once again, the President elected back in May spent his vacation in New Hampshire and realizes the pain Americans go through.

20-TO-LIFE BUT WORTH IT: A man walking in the isle of Wal-Mart walked behind a 13 year old girl. Took a picture up her skirt, and when she turned around he said "Thanks sweetheart" and was off before she could catch a look at his face.

WRITERS STRIKE DAY 2: Writers are still on strike, 6 comedies have been struck down for now, and Leno shows his support. He quotes "I sympathize with these writers, I know what it's like. I know how much writers get. I know I don't pay them much, so the rest is through DVD sales."

VOTE ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT: Voting is today. 218-194 in favour. Full story here (vote not included) Impeachment

ZOE KOPLOWITZ WINS ONE FOR EVERYONE: She may have gotten last place. But she finished. This woman has Multiple Sclerosis.

SAILOR DAD SURPRISES DAUGHTER: Father came back and surprised his daughter by showing up. She thought he was still in Iraq. He has to go back to Iraq next week, but he is ready for the week ahead.

CHLOROFORM RAPIST: Man who was told he could babysit snuck into the house late at night and then raped the two girls. One girl woke up during the attack, and he now faces over 100 years in jail.

STOCKMARKET:


DOW: 117.54
NAS: 30.00
S&P: 18.10

GOOGLE PHONE BUSINESS: Google is getting into mobile phone business, they will be released in 2008.

MSNBC


GENDER POLITICS: Hillary Clinton says "Democratic rivals attacked me because I'm winning." Many women her age are saying they will NOT vote for her. Why is that? Feminists say that it is a great attraction to have a female candidate, but that will not be enough to capture their vote. Kim Gandy says that "Our priority is to have a feminist in the White House. If that feminist happens to be a woman, then we may have reached nirvana."


2007-11-05
8 HONORED WITH PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM: This medal is the nation's highest civil award. A few of the recipients are Harper Lee (Author of To Kill a Mocking Bird), Francis Collins who led the Human Genome Project, Benjamin Hooks former head of NAACP and honored as a pioneer of Civil Rights Movements, and Former U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois for his battles against abortion rights.

TV & ATTENTION RISKS: Any animated shows, even if they aren't violent, like Rugrats and Flinstones are linked to attention risks for children under the age of 3 years old. Only educational shows are advised to be shown for children under 3.

LABEOUF ARRESTED: Star of Transformers, Holes and a star of the Disney Channel show Even Stevens has been arrested after refusing to leave Walgreens for appearing to be intoxicated. Security guard detained him and LaBeouf is to appear in court on November 28.

BABY GRACE: Video Body of a 3 year old child was found in a plastic box, washed ashore near Texas. Vigil was held for the baby soon after being found.

84 AND STILL GOING: Bill Palman(84) has no intention of slowing down his window-washing business. Saying that he feels sorry for people who retire, because they slow down and get lazy. He loves working and likes meeting new people. Everyone knows him, and likes him in the town, keeps him active and busy.

PREGNANT TRAINER: Radcliffe has a big win, she finished the NYC marathon in 2:23:09. She had trained when she was pregnant, and kept her regiment in order. Keeping up perfect nutrition, and if she felt tired one day she would just walk. Congratulations to the woman.

HIT AND RUN: 16 year old child set out a hit on his parents. He asked a neighbor if she would be able to kill his parents, she said "No." He asked if she knew anyone who could, again, she said no. The child met with an undercover cop, and was willing to pay him to kill his parents saying "two bullets should be enough." Intelligence shows he smoked marijuana before meeting with the undercover cop.

MY DOCTOR SAYS I BROKE MY BACK WALKING UP THE STAIRS: Excuses. You have heard them all before--and you have probably wanted to give them to your boss, too. So, what's the problem with just saying you are sick? Oh, you need a note...well you are in luck. For just 19.95 you can get an excuse slip, thanks to John Lidell. Is this ethical or not? http://www.myexcusedabsence.com/ is the site.

"DOG" IN THE HOUSE: Days ago the star of the A&E hit show Dog: The Bounty Hunter has been accused of saying the "N" word. He said to his son, over the phone. "It's not because she's black. It's because we use the word ****** sometimes here. I'm not gonna take a chance ever in life losing everything I worked for for 30 years 'cause some ********' ****** heard us say "******" and turned us into the Enquirer magazine." His son reportedly turned his father in because he refused to let his son back onto the show unless he quit dating the woman.

Monique, the woman who was offended, says that Dwayne Dog Jackson's apology was not directed toward her.

NO WRITERS FOR...ANYONE: The Writer's guild of America has gone on strike and is refusing to write any more skits for any show on TV. Drama and other shows along that nature are fine through January. Shows like the Ellen Show, and the Daily Show are in big trouble, and will start showing re-runs.

LEXINGTON TEACHER AND ILLEGAL ALIEN: The 25 year old Lexington, Nebraska teacher and a 13 year old student both ran away to Mexico after being caught for having a relationship. The 25 year old woman left her 8 year old daughter behind, and after being caught she is ready for her court trial. The 13 year old boy will not be allowed back into America. He is an illegal immigrant and will not be allowed back in and is living with relatives.

GOT MILK...BREAST MILK: Woman from Iowa is selling her own breast milk for... $200 per 100 ounces.

CARGILL RECALLS BEEF: 10 states recall beef, because it contains ecoli. You can find the list of states.
 
PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:11 pm

    This is really nice, I used to read the paper almost everyday, but now I don't have the money to go out and buy newspapers everyday D: I didn't read all of it but I skimmed through it.
  • Baby Grace: That's terrible. I don't even know what to say.
  • Hit and Run: Wow, what an idiot.
  • Writers: Eek that sucks. I watch a lot of tv, hopefully they'll get back to writing D:<
  • Got milk: Seriously? Just ew xD
 

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:22 pm
I'll start having at least one article from every state every day--as well as national news. I hope this'll help get people interested. Currently I watch HeadlineNews often for my news. It's on 24/7 but they tend to replay the same thing over and over. It's good to watch from 6-8 CST (7-9 EST) because you get the latest bit of the news, and also Glenn Beck. He is a great guy, I prefer him over Nancy Grace. So that's just my thing. Also, Meet the Press on MSNBC on Sundays as well as on normal days, they have good stuff on then, too. So, my schedule is pretty uneven. All of the following times are effective until Spring '08 schedule. Once I get my registration done (Nov. 14), I'll update this for Spring '08.

Monday, Friday: Will be able to update around 2:30 and on
Tuesday: Will be able to update around 3:40
Wednesday: Update around 2:30 OR 5:30
Thursday: Around 12:30
Saturday Sunday: Throughout the day. Maybe four updates or five updates (major updates)

All are subject to an hour or two of variation. I have my lab on Tuesday, so I always stop at Coyote Jacks for lunch, and walk back to my residence for my time to eat. Also take into account my naps I love taking. Once I get a job (which should be soon), I might have to update late at night. Maybe around 11:00pm or so. Depending on nights. So I will try to keep you all informed, and if it gets too bad I'll ask someone to help me with it. So, I hope you all will enjoy this!  
PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:28 pm
(If you want a specific city and state, just say so in a PM and I'll be sure to get news from that city and put it here)

NEWS BY STATE:


Salt Lake City - Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act - in this case, having consensual sex with her 12-year-old boyfriend.... (Full post)  

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:36 pm
wow... this is awesome, and super helpful for current events assignments!! Thank you!
I love your avvie too! Thumbs up to you!
 
PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:28 pm
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Updated, I'll update the states one later--I have an issue tonight, I have an interview to go to, so I might be free by around 7, I'm sorry if I am not able to update, I have a bunch of things going on tonight. Class from 3:30-4:30, then interview from 5:30 to whenever. Then I have to go to Broomball tonight at midnight, and if I am not able to update later on tonight, I am sorry. Tomorrow will be easier for me.

Also. If anyone can watch CNN tonight, Larry King live, that would be great. Take notes over the Duane Dog Chapman thing, please?  

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:58 pm
Hugloose- There doing that in my school. I don't get it at all. I think the entire board of education and school should be fired for being idiots.
 
PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:53 pm
I understand why they are doing it. For sexual harassment reasons--but still it is going a bit too far.  

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:51 pm
>>


Wait, what are they doing at schools?

(Sorry, I didn't read the artcles if it's in there.)


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:01 pm
Putting up a hugging ban. I'm watching the OJ trial today so yeah, not much else I'm lookin' at.  

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:33 am
http://www.glennbeck.com/home/index.shtml

Don't forget everyone. Tune into Glenn Beck, every night at 6pm cst on CNN Headline News. Tell me what you all think of it.  
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:24 pm
Another "toy" to not buy children is Aquadots. A little boy swallowed some and was acting like he was drunk, followed by vomiting the aquadots. He fell into a comma at the hospital where he was rushed to. The comma lasted 6 hours and the baby boy is as is he never even swallowed them.  

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:05 pm
PixieofDestruction
Another "toy" to not buy children is Aquadots. A little boy swallowed some and was acting like he was drunk, followed by vomiting the aquadots. He fell into a comma at the hospital where he was rushed to. The comma lasted 6 hours and the baby boy is as is he never even swallowed them.


When it metabolizes it turnes into the date rape drug. I did a report on it.  
PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:48 am
OMG! Tha'ts crazy!  

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