Current Events-Students

A soldier gets 24 years behind bars for killing Afghan civilians in a "sport" or "game". Also 5 other soldiers are getting 22 or more years for participating.

I understand that there are certain people who need to be killed, the people who are doing harm to the civilians are in the wrong. The soldiers are there to kill the bad people, not to make a sick game out of killing innocent people.

James has a really good point, here. What if there is a bit more to the story? Was it truly a completely innocent a civilian? (Mmm... maybe I should go in and actually read the story. The conversation surrounding the article definitely makes it more interesting and makes me want to take a further look into it. Nice job, students!

Snoring is more then just a distraction to your own sleeping it is also a health problem that people have.

I hate when people snore! This article was very interesting.

@Mikael ~ Great! What, specifically, was interesting about it?

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo. Zoo officials said they are confident the 20-inch-long snake is contained in a nonpublic, isolated area of the building.The Egyptian cobra is most commonly found in North Africa. The venom destroys nerve tissue and causes paralysis and death due to respiratory failure. It can kill a human in less than 15mins and a fully grown elephant in 3 hours.

James ~ be sure when summarizing, you summarize. I can see that you chose various facts/sentences throughout the article and what you chose was great in giving a short overview of the important parts of this article. Be sure, however, to always use your own words to retell what you read versus direct sentences from the source. Did I just see somewhere, too, that one escaped in California?

30 year old Kevin Kevick of 220 E. Water street was taken to Geisinger medical center, Danville for emergency room treating at 5:45 said to be in serious condition.

Luke ~ thank you for posting. Do you think you could have read a bit more and found an article that has some sort of relevance to your real life/world? What was it about this article that made you want to bookmark it? Actually, what could we better use and agree upon as criteria to truly qualify an article as viable "news?" Any ideas?

Christopher Gribble, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole after a jury found him guilty of first degree. After the killing of a Mont Vernon woman and the severe stabbing of her daughter during a brutal home invasion in New Hampshire, 2009.

Stephanie ~ thank you for posting. Do you think you could have read a bit more and found an article that has some sort of relevance to your real life/world? What was it about this article that made you want to bookmark it?

A 10 year old from Connecticut called 911 after he found out that his babysitter was having difficulty breathing.

I would like to babysit this child. I would feel safer than if I was just with a stranger. This child's parents also taught him a great thing. This kid can save someone else's life one day.

I actually saw this story on the news and they played the recording of the 911 call. The young boy was truly amazing! Very calm on the phone and followed all of the instructions of the 911 dispatcher. It was touching, for certain.

Find out how the customer service is in Mt. Carmel P.A

Tony ~ how is the customer service in Mt. Carmel? Be sure to add a full summary when commenting.

The FDA approved a drug used to help slow the spreading of cancer cells in stage 4 melanoma patients. The drug will soon be used for stage 3 patients. The drug has been used to increase the lifespan of users by at least 4 months.

Mmm... interesting. Thirteen years is an awful long time to wait for the release of a new drug attempting to combat such a devastating disease.

Despite reports that seven state government workers held the winning $319 million ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, as of Sunday, no one had come forward to claim the prize

then were gonna run away forever just me and you bert

@Joe D. Sounds like an awesome plan! However, it is surely best reserved for informal, classroom conversation versus a professional, public forum such as this. :-) What could you have said Joe that could have added value to this post?

We all hear about those false zombie outbreaks over in Europe, but that deadly Egyptian cobra on the loose in New York is a hole another story. A venomous cobra escaped from the New York Bronx Zoo. Workers say the snake was isolated in a non-public area of the building, what's next for the city of New York.

Snakes where? On a plane?

@Brett ~ what do you think might have been a better comment that could have added value to Corey's post and comment? Remember when commenting that your thoughts or questions should add value to the posting.

Very cool, interactive timeline of the protests in the Middle East beginning with Tunisia in December 2010

Dozens of animals die in a barn fire on Monday morning around 5:30.

Troy Davis was accused of killing a Savannah police officer more than two decades ago. He claims he is innocent and that they have the wrong person. The U.S. supreme court rejected his appeal and there will now be another execution date for him.

There was a robbery going on in Iraq. There was about six different guys going to jewelry stores and robbing them.They killed around four employees and nine other people. The bombing in Iraq killed one officer and wounded four other people.The shooting killed one man and six woman.

The Afghan police say that the Taliban fighters kidnapped up too 50 people, and some of those people were police officers.

Its been 32 years since the core meltdown at 3 mile island and it is the worst nuclear disaster in u.s. history.

Oil had recently went under $104 a barrel while gas prices kept increasing. The national gas prices went up .6 of a cent overnight ($3.584). Overall, the gas prices went up an average of 4 cents in 6 days.

VCU makes it to the Final Four in mens NCAA basketball, after beating No. 1 Kansas. They now sit with UConn, Kentucky, and Butler.

32 years ago today, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg.