Current Events-Students

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

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

The United States, with help from Sweden, is trying to get North Korea to release the man on humanitarian grounds. Sweden is representing the US because of the poor diplomatic relations with North Korea. The Swedes visited the man and are asking for regular visits. Because of recent detainments by the North Koreans, relationships are continuing to get worse. Citizens have recently been released in 2009 and 2010. Conditions continue to get worse because of concerns of nuclear development in North Korea also. The US and South Korea joined forces on drills despite the norths warnings. Without Sweden, chances of getting the man back would be slim.

At 9:30 am five children and one adult were inside the Love Alive Montessori day care inside Richwood Presbyterian church at 1070 when water started to pour in the back of the buliding. The teacher took all the children to the second floor of church until rescued. They were taken to McDonald's by county sheriff. Area known to flood but last time it flooed bad was in 1973. Several roads are closed and drivers are urged to avoid area.

Alzheimer's doesn't start when family and friends start to notice differences in someone, it starts way before the symptoms become known. By the time a doctor tries to treat it, patient's functions are usually significantly impaired and too far gone. Doctors hope that the disease could be detected earlier for better treatment. There are three stages of Alzheimer's disease. The first stage is for research purposes only. The second stage is when a person starts having small changes in memory, behavior, and thinking. The third stage is when memory, thinking and behavioral symptoms have become so damaging that the patient's ability to function is hindered.

A nine year old boy named Tristin saves his two year old sister from drowning in a swimming pool in Mesa, Arizona. The fire department said that the girl fell into the swimming pool and the Mom came out and seen her daughter floating in the pool. The young boy rushed outside and gave her CPR. He said he learned CPR from watching t.v

Tristin must be a really smart kid by learning CPR from tv. I wonder if the mother knew how to perform it.

He has to be good at learning if he learned CPR from tv.

Emily Fennell lost her hand in a car crash in 2006. She lives in Yuba City, California with her 6 year old daughter Hannah. Emily is the first on that got this transplant.One month after she signed up for this transplant , she got a call that a donor hand has become available. To get to the Hospital as fast as she can. This surgery lasted 14 hours to complete. She is thankful for her hand back so she can play with her kid, but she don't take it for granted.

Well thats good now she gets her life back her life is back know shes gets to go and have some normal fun her life is back to the same now

The gulf nations meet to ease unrest in yemen.Foreign ministers of Persian Gulf will meet in the united arab emirates. The gulf cooperation council said the meeting will focus on the discussions from sunday in Saudi Arabia.The meeting came as Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti government protesters. that was in the city as Taiz. The Gulf Cooperation Council met the capital of Saudi Arabia and on sunday in effort to bring end to the current political impasse in the country. A few weeks before protesters were taken to the streets. Many were arrested or injured dealing with security forces.

A man named Robert Lustig gave a speech called "Sugar: The bitter truth." In his speech he talks about how sugar is "evil" and a "toxin" to many people in today's society. Lustig says that sugar is an empty calorie but the problem does not come from this. The problem come from our over consumption of sugar. Our over consumption of sugar has led to many problems in the US today. Some of these problems include obesity and diabetes.

British military officers will be working with the Libyan opposition. Also the European Union is prepared to send troops into Libya for humanitarian assistance.

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

U.S. Census Bureau data that is going to be released Thursday are expected to show that the Hispanic population in the United States- has reached a new high, getting up to 50 million people. Demographers told CNN. The results the Demographers are going to show is said that Hispanics accounted for more then half of the nation's growth since 2000. The white population is staying the same, when the Hispanic and Asain populations are quickly getting larger. Out of the 50 states, 48 of them got Demographs. Nearly 47 million Hispanics were counted in the 48 states, & the Hispanic population of New York is estimated to put the number past the 50 million mark and as high as 50.5 million.

People have no care about anybody else which is why they keep hopping the border. Little do they know that every person that enters our country illegally, could be the person who takes your job in a year or two. Its hard to stop all of this but our country needs to devote even more attention to the border and all of the problems with it.

Lucas ~ reread your post and think about better ways you could have said some of the things above to be less offensive. Sometimes, we can better convey our views and get our point across when we speak more appropriately. Think about it. If you want to convince someone or persuade someone to think as you do, you'll never get the chance if you turn them off by offending them. Does that make sense?

Hosni Mubarak has been under detention at a hospital in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Egyptian authorities ordered that he will be transferred to Tora Prison hospital. The former president's medical team says a move is too risky. Authorities are investigating Mubarak in deaths of hundreds of activists during a recent uprising in Egypt. He is also being tried on allegations of corruption and misuse of state funds.

Libyans gather in Tripoli, Libya to mourn at the funeral for 13 people who were killed in the coalition air strike.

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.

Maria Velasquez was offered a bus ticket to Argentina and a job. she was so in need of money that her and her family got fake passports and left for Argentina. When they got there she was throw into slave labor working 7 days a week and 18 hours a day. After 1 year they left and the sweatshop and ended up in La Alameda where she started making designer clothing called breaking chains which is now world wide.

Grete Waitz a Norwegian Marathon runner died today in Oslo. She won 9 New York City Marathons. Her first Marathon in 1978 she set a new record time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 30 seconds. In 2005 she announced she had cancer. She inspired runners all of the world.

She has accomplished a lot in her life and made huge accomplishments on winning her marathons. It's sad she has died but she definatly got a lot out of life.

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."