1.) Three to four children die every day in the United States from child abuse or neglect according to a survey released yesterday by the Child Abuse Prevention Center.
2.) Nearly 150 anti-abortion protesters were arrested yesterday outside an abortion clinic in Milwaukee.
3.) A delivery driver was robbed of Chinese food at gunpoint yesterday outside the apartment complex at 718 S.W. Western Ave.
4.) Kathy Mahoney suffered minor burns on her hands and feet when a fire broke out in her two bedroom home in the 2300 block of Main Street causing $45,000 in damages.
5.) Murders in Colorado are up 53 percent according to a report released yesterday by the Bureau of Investigation.
6.) Depleting ozone levels could lead to a 10-percent increase in skin cancer according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations scientific panel.
7.) June Carter, 71, was charged with attempted murder yesterday after she doused her husband with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire.
8.) The number of broadband users surpassed the number of people using dial-up Internet access in the United States this year. The United States trailed 12 of the 15 top countries in broadband penetration according to a September report from the U.N. International Telecommunication Union.
9.) Princeton University limited the number of A's that are allowed to be handed out to no more than 35 percent of its students this school year.
10.) Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders are estimated to cost Americans over $100 billion annually according to the National Sleep Foundation.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
In class assignment
Tyson Gibb
In Class Assignment
a.) The small town of Panora, Ia welcomed home one of its soldiers Friday. Instead of arriving to jubilant well-wishers and a parade down Main Street, 525 mourners packed the United Methodist Church where cars stretched to the West Cemetery outside of town.
b.) Flags at half-staff and patriotic ribbons surrounding the altar accompanied tears of grief at the funeral.
c.) To the rest of the country, Army Spec. Michael Mills was just one more casualty of the war, killed alongside 28 others when a suicide bomb exploded on Feb. 25. To the 1,100 people paying their respects here, Mike Mills was a 23-year-old hometown boy known for carrying on the family tradition of joining the army. His funeral providing a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
In Class Assignment
a.) The small town of Panora, Ia welcomed home one of its soldiers Friday. Instead of arriving to jubilant well-wishers and a parade down Main Street, 525 mourners packed the United Methodist Church where cars stretched to the West Cemetery outside of town.
b.) Flags at half-staff and patriotic ribbons surrounding the altar accompanied tears of grief at the funeral.
c.) To the rest of the country, Army Spec. Michael Mills was just one more casualty of the war, killed alongside 28 others when a suicide bomb exploded on Feb. 25. To the 1,100 people paying their respects here, Mike Mills was a 23-year-old hometown boy known for carrying on the family tradition of joining the army. His funeral providing a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
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