1. The cases of the number of child abuse or neglect cases increased in the U.S from last year as a survey from the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Baltimore showed that three to four children die every day from this mistreatment.
2. MILWAUKEE- Over the past three days nearly 2,500 people have been demonstrating either in support or in opposition of an abortion clinic here in which police arrested 150 anti-abortion protestors on disorderly conduct charges.
3. BOULDER, Colo. - A delivery driver for a local Chinese food restaurant was held at gunpoint and robbed of his food deliveries yesterday at an apartment complex at 718 S.W. Western Ave.
4. BOULDER, Colo. - Kathy Mahoney’s two-bedroom home in the 2300 block of Main Street was set on fire by a lighted cigarette, resulting in $45,000 dollars in damages.
5. The Colo. Bureau of Investigation released a report yesterday of crime rates for the first three months of the year which states murder rates are up by 53 percent while the number of rapes and robberies has decreased significantly.
6. According to a report issued Wednesday by the United Nations scientific panel, damage to the earth’s ozone layer is increasing and that ozone levels could drop by 3 percent in the next decade.
7. SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 71 year old woman, June Carter was charged with attempted murder yesterday after she doused her husband in rubbing alcohol and set him on fire.
8. Broadband users surpassed the number of people using dial-up Internet access in the United States this year seemingly because the prices for broadband service have dropped.
9. Princeton University was initiated a crackdown on high grades this school year to stem grade inflation by putting a cap on the number of A’s that can be awarded by professors.
10. Approximately 70 million American are affected by various sleep problems according to the National Sleep Foundation. These people are in great danger of injury and health problems and sleep deprivations are estimated to cost Americans over $100 billion a year.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
In Class Editing Assignment
a. PANORA, Iowa. – This small town welcomed home one of its soldiers Friday. Instead of jubilant well-wishers, there were 525 mourners who packed every corner of the United Methodist Church. There was a stream of cars that stretched from the church to the West Cemetery outside of town.
b. There were flags at half-staff accompanied by red, white and blue ribbons. The ribbons were tied to flower sprays that surrounded the altar. There were tears of grief.
c. Army Spec. Michael Mills was one of 191 Americans killed in the war. He was one of 28 people killed Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded.
Mills was a 23-year-old hometown boy who carried on a family tradition by joining the Army. His funeral Friday provided a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
b. There were flags at half-staff accompanied by red, white and blue ribbons. The ribbons were tied to flower sprays that surrounded the altar. There were tears of grief.
c. Army Spec. Michael Mills was one of 191 Americans killed in the war. He was one of 28 people killed Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded.
Mills was a 23-year-old hometown boy who carried on a family tradition by joining the Army. His funeral Friday provided a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
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