Current Events-Students

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.

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

Reminder from a teacher that a test is a simple snapshot of what a child may be able to do.

Another PA parent opts his child out of PSSA standardized testing as a measure of civil disobedience.  Word of caution:  This can very much hurt a school's Adequate Yearly Progress and ultimately the school may suffer.  But, what if this movement spread amongst parents?  What then?  Would the government take over the school?  Change is hard.

With the destruction of the nuclear power plants in Japan, the wind turbines are holding up strong. But the downfall of the turbines, is that they only produce a small fraction of Japans energy needs.

Seth Mathew Hornburger is out on bail after being accused of killing Alan Martin of Windfield.

Any more details? Do you know any of these folks? What makes this a viable news story? We can always make things more interesting when we find something that is relevant to us, our real world, or relative to the society in which we live.

A big fire at Miami airport causes close to a 100 flight cancellations and stranding hundreds of passengers.

In Long Island, New York a human skull was found on the outside of a bird sanctuary. This is the ninth set of human remains that have been found remotely close to the area. The skull was found Monday around 3:30 pm in Oyster Bay. Somewhere around four hours earlier a police dog found another set of remains about a mile away. Cops weren't sure wether the remains were human or not. Police are going to continue their search on Tuesday. Since December eight sets of human parts have been discovered. These remains were in Suffolk County, about five miles from the sites of Mondays discoveries.

In New York, another set of bones was recovered. It can potentially be from the same serial killer of the other 8 sets. They were found on the outskirts of Long Island, New York. Authorities will not release any information on the remains or the condition of them. The remains may possibly belong to 24 year old Shannan Gilbert. Police say she was an escort visiting a client's home, and she ran from his house and called 911 claiming someone is trying to hurt her. Police responded to her call only 30 minutes later, but she was nowhere to be found. Her call led to the other 8 bodies being found, which her family is happy about.

I think someone should start keeping a lookout for guys with garbage bags and shovels around that area.

See what had happen was a tourism from florida received 30 million dollars from BP. This money was granted to test waters and seafood around the gulf to make sure it was up to standards. The money will also be used to clean up the area and make sure that it is safe for all tourisms once again. This will take place over a three year period. Florida has already received $82 million dollars since april 20, 2010 for these efforts.

I think it's a good idea that they gave money to fix the water and make sure everything is back or normal or at least close to being back to normal. The fact that Florida has recieved $82 million dollars is not good beause it's so much money, but it's morely BP's fault because of the spill.

Florida gets a grant from BP that is more than $30 million dollars to help clean up the giant oil spill in it's ocean.

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.

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.

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

See how the customer service is in Mt. Carmel P.a

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

Scientists, in Brazil, are trying to use fibers from fruit to make a stronger light plastic to create car parts. They are 30 percent lighter and 3 or 4 percent stronger. This could also improve the fuel economy. Fibers found for these products can be found in pineapple leaves and stems, bananas, coconut shells, agave, and cattails. The new plastics are more resistant to heat, water and spilled gasoline than conventional plastics.

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?

On Friday morning there was a ban on all sythetic drugs in Mount Carmel township. Choice was one of the known sellers of these drugs.

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?

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