Current Events-Students

Saratoga High School in New York will have breathalyzer for each student attending prom next month. It will be at the front door to ensure that every student will attend prom in a sober fashion. Their principal says the new guideline is in response to growing concerns about student safety and alcohol use. Mostly all of the students of this school said its a good idea and they like this idea. They think that students should be checked for this since its not legal for anyone underage to do no matter the circumstances.

This is a good idea because there are probably many students who would show up to prom under the influence of alcohol.

It makes sense to use precautions like this. Every year there's students who drink before prom and usually get arrested. Doing this might affect how many people actualy do drink before prom. Also it will cut down on the dangers of drunk driving.

A school in chicago bans kids form taking in bagged lunches to protect them from them their own unhealthly choices. So then that they will eat better and eat healthy and watch their weight. But is it really better for kids to eat the school are they safe and healthy. Students must eat lunch or not some of them both but most of it was thrown away in the trash. Some kids parents think that it is a good idea but others think that its bad. Because what if you are picky and dont like the school linch or what they are severing then what do u do. Also plus what if you have allregys to some foods then what do you do. What would you do.

In Boston a mother was accused of killing her son. the mother said she withheld lifesaving drugs from her cancer that was making him sicker. She was found guilty of attempted murder in connection with her son. The boys name was Jeremy Fraser. He was 9 years old. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.

This is such a sad story. I think that it's very wrong for somebody to do this to their own son. This lady must have thought she knows more then a person who had gone to school for years to be able to tell the boy he needed these drugs.

I don't know how you even do that its just not right. Yet not all people are right i the head it's just something your born with....

Student loans debt surpassed credit card debt for the first time ever in 2010. It is predicted that the debt will top a trillion dollars this year. In 2008 two-thirds of students who graduated with a bachelor's degree were in debt after school. The average amount of debt for students in college for the 2011 school year was $24,000. There have been many predictions that the debt will increase because of budget-slashing. Economists say "while debt may be a bad thing it is a healthy investment."

Former Egyptian President Mubarak hospitalized. He is being treated at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital. No information is given on his recent visit at the hospital, but there is plenty of operations he had in the past.

There was a subway bombing that left 12 people dead. It also left more than 200 wounded in Belarus. The interior minister says it was a radio-controlled bomb that was used. The bomb was placed under a bench at a busy subway station. He also says, police have created composite pictures of two male suspects using testimony from witnesses. Another official says several people have been detained in the investigation. It's not clear if those people are considered suspects. Earlier, the domestic security agency in the former Soviet nation said it had identified the likely attacker.

That is horrible. Twelve innocent people died for most likely no reason.

A house in New England is said to be haunted. This isn't just any ordinary house this is one of the oldest houses in America. They say that there is occasional footsteps on the stairs when nobody is even there, flashlights going dark with brand new batteries, and the doorbell ringing with nobody at the door. The house was built more than four hundred years ago and was built by English settlers Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks. The house is now a museum open to the public.

Dude I love haunted houses. I think my house is because I miss place everything I own. But are they real or fake and is this just a bribe to get more people to visit.

In New York the police may have found a 9th body to what they think is a serial killers work. They started finding bodies in December and continue to keep finding bodies. they have also started using K-9 and dive teams to try and find more. But they are still looking for one missing woman.

Early Sunday morning, two air traffic officials were caught suspended. They were caught watching a movie on a portable DVD player. The worker was watching the movie while working the radar position. For more than three minutes the movie played across the radio frequency. The problem was brought to air traffic control's attention by the pilot of a military aircraft using an alternate frequency. This is leading to a nationwide tour by top FAA officials and union representatives, to discuss professionalism and safety at air traffic control centers.

I would not want to fly on an airline where people watch movies and sleep instead of doing there job. This stuff needs to be cracked down on.

Good, they should be suspended. You shouldn't be watching a movie while your at work. What if somebody that was dangerous snuck past and hurt somebody? They need to find two more serious officials, one's that will do their job right

Foreign ministers of Persian Gulf nations will meet in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in the latest attempt to ease tensions between the government and the opposition in Yemen. The meeting will focus on completing discussions that took place Sunday in Saudi Arabia with the opposition Joint Meeting Parties. The opposition wants Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Saleh says he will transfer power in 2013. Many have been arrested and injured in clashes with Yemeni security forces.

A strong earthquake struck northeast Myanmar near the borders of Thailand and Laos with a magnitude of 6.8.

A compromised levee in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, failed Tuesday. This is forcing authorities to order more evacuations in the region. The levee failed in at least four locations along a two-mile stretch. he failure was expected to send flood waters from the Black River racing into a populated but rural area of Butler County. Police performed 59 water rescues Monday alone.

I think river patrol or whoever takes care of the levees should most certainly watch over these levees more then they are. Obviously they aren't in the best shape anymore and should be fixed.