Hamster

Hamster: "This lively pet hamster will keep you company throughout the day. Watch him run on his wheel, drink water, and eat the food you feed him by clicking your mouse. Click the center of the wheel to make him get back on it."

Where can you find it?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/teen.mount.everest/index.html?hpt=Mid

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We think that this teen is a great success in the U.S. He will inspire millions of children to get out and do something big as he did. We think that he will change many kids life by doing speeches. Everyone should be proud of Jordan for being 13 and to have climbed 6 of the Seven Summits. Kids should follow his example.

American boy, 13, breaks Everest record

On Saturday Jordan Romero a 13 year old American broke the Everest record, being the youngest to ever climb it. Broke the record of a 16 year old Temba Tsheri of Nepal. He said he was doing this for himself to do something big but also to inspire others. "Obese children are the future of America, the way things are going," he said on April 9 in Kathmandu. "I am hoping to change that by doing what I do: climbing and motivational speaking." Jordan has now climbed 6 of the Seven Summits and plans the 7th one; Vinson Massif in Antarctica to be climbed in December.

Penguins

Penguins: "Here are some cute, little, waddling penguins for your homepage."

you can find it...

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/17/general.anesthesia/index.html

Awake during surgery: 'I'm in hell': comment

Imagine that your are having a surgery and you wake up, imagine the pain you will feel, and you will not even be able to make a signal to the doctors because the anesthesia doesn't lets you. I would not like it for sure. But a least it doesn't happens to all people, and also the scientist are trying to find the reason and a cure. I hope this doesn't happens to any of us.

Awake during surgery: 'I'm in hell'

Carol Weiher was having her eye surgery in the right eye in 1998 when she woke up in an operating room hearing disco music. She wanted to make a signal to doctors to let them know she was awake, but the muscle relaxant didn't permit her. This is the effect that general anesthesia has on a person who has woken up at the middle of a surgery. One in a thousand people will wake up under this effect. Doctors all over the world have been trying to find out what causes this because the brain is supposed to be completly inactive with the general anesthesia.

Happy 50th birthday to the laser

50 years ago scientist where looking for a solution for a problem and dissmised the laser.Not a long time from that this invention started to work. Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation! "Everyone has some sort of connection every single day to lasers -- even if most people have no idea what that connection is," said Mark Bronski, manager of laser production at German-based TRUMPF Inc., the largest manufacturer of industrial lasers in North America." today lasers help for many things. they can help for surgery like laser waxing, laser eye surgery, and for removing warts. It can also help for entretainment. In planetariums, concerts, and laser light displays.

You can find this news at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/14/laser.fifty/index.html?hpt=C2

Penguins

Penguins: "Here are some cute, little, waddling penguins for your homepage."

Happy 50th birthday to the laser: Comment

50 years ago on this day the laser was born. This invention is a brilliant thing because it has helped do all kinds of things. For example we would not be able to point at things far away if it wasn't for the laser. This is a smart invention because it also helps to cure injuries, cut things open, and depilate. In basic terms, a laser is any device that creates a narrow, intense beam of light, then amplifies that beam. We all think its a brilliant invention and hopefully it will evolve into a bigger, better machine.

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We think this oil spill is very sad and at the same time verry important for the world. It is sad because we as a world are using to much petrolium and it is sad the loss of that much of petrolim. And we think this is important because even doh it is not so good for our planet petrolium is verry usefull and it is shame this amount of it is getting lost. Plus it is verry contaminating to have thousands of gallos of petrolium spill in our sea every day.

Stopping Gulf Coast oil leak could take weeks

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/04/29/stopping.oil.leak/index.html

Stopping Gulf Coast oil leak could take weeks

The goverment has many people working in way to stop the leaking. they already found three possible solutions. The first one is to send remote controled submarines to active the Blowout preventer, but it should have activated the day of the explosion, so it will onl work if crews get it to work, which will be very hard. the second option is called stopgap, this consist of putting a chamber that will capture the crude and send it to a boat above, but this one is preventive, it will works for some time until the third option is done. The third option consists of making a relief well, this means that the company will make a new well that will intercept the failing well and then it will send concrete to close it.

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We think this is a very bad habit of giving kids to much technology. parents should find something else that will entertain their kids, not something that make kids be in a small screen instead of playing or doing something productive and educative, even when some apps are educative. iphones can be used in a good way, for example, letting kids

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/26/smartphones.kids/index.html

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You can find the actual news at...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/12/facebook.cyber.bullying/index.html

Two killed, 100 injured in Mexican earthquake

We think this earth quake was very impacting not only for Mexico but for the whole world. Mexico hasn’t been struck by an earthquake this strung in many many years so many Mexicans got very scared and injured. While around the world many earth quakes have been stroking and Guatemala is just waiting to have an earth quake.

Two killed, 100 injured in Mexican earthquake

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/04/04/mexico.earthquake/index.html?iref=allsearch

Two killed, 100 injured in Mexican earthquake

On Sunday the 4^th there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in south of United States borders with Mexico. (Northwest Mexicali, Mexico)It was at 6:40 p.m. In Mexico there were about 100 injured and 2 dead concentrated in Mexicali, while in California there were no immediate reports. There hasn’t being a quake this magnitude since a lot of time in California, many people said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/23/free.food/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Comment: National chains turning to free food on Tuesday

This news article is about as badly written as it is worth reading it. Although some people think that this is bad for business, the restaurants gain customers and with that money for the future. All of these freebie days are also good as they help the hungry and the homeless. In our group, we think that this is helpful since it gives a great meal to the less fortunate.
In our group, we have come to the conclusion that there should be a free food day once a year for all the restaurants in the world. We think this would help many people fill their stomachs with good food at least one time every year. It would be best, though, if we could make a free food day for all the restaurants not the same day for every restaurant. Maybe we could work out that every day another different restaurant gets a freebie. That would be great for the homeless and the hungry.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/23/free.food/index.html

National chains turning to free food on Tuesday

This news is about a free food day today, Tuesday march 23rd. Many restaurants and coffee shops is giving free treats in specific time of the day. for example Starbucks is offering a free pastry with the purchase of iced tea or coffee until 10 a.m. For other shops this is a tradition like for Ben and Jerry's it is a free cone day.
Companies want to do this so that people come to their shops to buy something and get another treat for free. By doing this they want people to like their food.

Comment: School Won't Re-enroll Lesbians' Child

This particular news article is quite rude to people all around the world. To be honest, I find it very racist. First of all, its racist on the school's part. Second of all, its racist on the Church's part. That is by far one of the most humiliating things in the whole world because religious schools are not allowed to be racist. This may affect us because if the readers of this article take it the wrong way, the whole world will become racist against gay and lesbian societies.

School wont re-enroll lesbians' child

Racism against lesbians and gays is getting stronger now and days. In Sacred Heart of Jesus School is not willing to accept a lesbians daughter. The school is saying that it would be against Catholicism because what she is learning in school would be confusing. Many catholic officials are saying that this is racism against the parents of the child and the child herself.
It is also cruel because they are taking the child away from her friends, teachers, and a catholic environment.
"These actions by the Denver Archdiocese harm the student by taking the child away from friends, teachers and community," said Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "It's deeply troubling to see any school remove a child from their educational program simply as the means of rejecting that child's parents." http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/08/colorado.lesbians.church/index.html?hpt=T2

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where to find the news...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/08/colorado.lesbians.church/index.html?hpt=T2

Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis

The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it changed the length of the days. These earthquake redistributed the earth weight. this is due to , that during an earthquake a massive quantity of rock that is displaced to another part, an changed to earth weight. These caused the days to be 1.26 microseconds shorter. A microsecond is one million of a second, so the damage is no many, but it will be preliminary.

Tiny doses of danger foods may hold allergy treatment

Many Doctors around the world are saying that peanut allergies can be treated if you give it to children in small doses every day. This immunotherapic treatment has been issued and has given results that prove it useful. They also found that children who do this treatment for 32-61 months could incorporate peanuts into their diet within four weeks of the treatment. Adelglass noted that the patients would probably have to be on immunotherapy for life to ensure that their immune systems can tolerate the peanuts for good.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/15/winter.sports.dangerous/index.html?hpt=C2

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/11/south.africa.mandela/index.html

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I think this news is extremely impacting. This storm is possibly a reflection of global warming. This can affect the entire planet. This storm is very dangerous to all those places among the south of the U.S.: Tampa, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Jackson, etc. This storm can cause many deaths and sickness in the population. It can also cause more poorness to all those families in which parents cant work. I hope this storm leaves early.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/02/12/winter.snow.storms/index.html

Newton's Cradle

Deep South braces for rare, deep snow

A very weird storm is going across the southern tier of the U.S.. The rare storm is rain, sleet, ice and snow. It went from Texas to Georgia. Numerous flights are cansled this days and they cant go in neither out of Atlanta. In many states driving has been forbiden. In Atlanta they got about 5 inches of snow Friday mid-morning, in Dallas about 12.5 inches Friday morning. In Louisiana they closed government offices becausse of the terrible storm. In washington energy was cut for about 2 days and workers wheere off. On Friday they wheere told to go to work. Last weekend the firs storm left about 30 inches of snow. Now there are 22.5 inches in Maryland and Baltimore . 15.8 inches in in Philadelphia and Pennsylvainia . and about 10inches in the Ronal Regan international airport . But the worst news are in washington with about 72 inches of snow.

Mandela makes appearance as lawmakers honor him

Nelson Mandela, former South African freedom fighter, now president, made an appearance this morning when the nation's parliament was going to honor his 20th anniversary of being free from prison. His wife and and ex-wife attended Zuma's speech. Mandela was already put into jail in 1964 for being against the government in South Africa. He was imprisoned for 27 years which made the strict segregation laws even stricter.In his last public appearance before he was jailed, Mandela said, "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony, and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realized. But if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

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We think that it is good idea that Africa has this organization beacause it helps people and countries that need it. But sometimes leaders can be bad or have some crazy ideas. Africans need to choose wisely, and accept others oppinions and ideas. We hope that Africa becomes a better place for everyperson there.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/01/africa.union/index.html

African Union picks new leader as Gadhafi exits

After the Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi's time for president was over the Afriacan Union selected a new leader. All the counries of the African continent have choose the new leader. The new leader is Bingu wa Mutharika. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used Mutharika's speech to reveal some of Africa's issuses such as peace, and helping countries that have been destroyed by war such as Sudan. The African Union wants to increase cooperation and solidarity. Only the governers are chosen as leaders and the leader rotates each year. There is controversy about the past leader, people tought that his plans to make Africa the new United states of Africa. He started growing scince 1969 and he is now one one of the worlds longest serving leaders.

Last USA World War 1 Veteran Turns 109

The last surviving WW1 veteran in the United States, Frank Buckles, turned 109 years old on Monday. He's still hoping for a national memorial in Washington for his comrades. Buckles is expected to deliver a few comments about the war this afternoon in his house in West Virginia. But the old "Doughboy" has already been outspoken lately telling the congress to give federal recognition to a rundown District-of-Columbia memorial in an over-grown area along the national mall. In December, 2009 Buckles testified on Capitol Hill when lawmakers considered whether to fund renovation and give the spot national monument status.

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This news impacted all of Guatemala. We think that Guatemala is getting every day more and more dangerous. The fact that Portillo was captured is significant to the population of many countries since money has been stolen and laundered by the million. It is incredible how much money he has stolen and it is unbelievable that the money he gained from being president is not enough. We hope that his sentence is fulfilled in the entirety so that he gets what he deserves.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/25/guatemala.ex.president/index.html?iref=allsearch

Fugitive ex-Guatemalan leader captured

On Tuesday of this week, ex-president of Guatemala Alfonso Portillo, was captured on a farm along the coast of Guatemala. Portillo, facing charges in Guatemala, was arrested after authorities were told where he was. He was transferred to the capital, and then charged for money laundering with tens of millions of dollars. With several millions of dollars in accounts all over Europe and the United States with his ex-wife and daughter in charge of them, Portillo owes millions to several governments all over the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/09/brazil.ecowall/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/afghanistan.explosion/index.html?iref=allsearch

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The fact that the Taliban have attacked Kabul is significant to the whole world. It means that the people who are a part of the Taliban still haven't noticed that what they are doing is wrong. All those people they killed and are still killing are innocent. They also have an influence on the terrorists who bomb the United States and other countries. This is very bad becuase they make it seem better to bomb houses and kill innocent people for nothing. Then the terrorists bomb a city and everyone thinks its ok becuase the Taliban did it too. This doesnt affect us because luckily no one knows about Guatemala.

Taliban Attack in Kabul

The Taliban Attack Kabul

This morning, the Taliban claimed an attack on Kabul, Afghanistan. Dr. Kabir Amiri says that 38 other people were injured, including 5 deaths. At least two explosions and several gunfire shook Kabul at 9:20 this morning, while 14 members of the Afghan President's Cabinet were to be sworn in. Around 20 Taliban insurgents went into the presidential Palace, the ministries of finance, mines of justice and the Serena Hotel. The militants take responsibility for at least one explosion. 5 Taliban militants had been killed and 13 returned to their Safe houses.

Comment

We chose this news because it is terrible to the world. All the poor people in Rio de Janeiro are suffering since they feel that they are being shut out of the city. They also feel that this wall is being built out of shame since the beaches are right in front and the government doesn't want tourists to see these people. This affects us because it is showing that you really can shut someone out. Also it is a marvelous example of segregation. We used to think that segregation was only from 1950 but it is everywhere. It also is done to everyone. Black, white, Jewish, Catholic, rich, poor, anything. You can be segregated from every place in existence, and it will affect us all the same.

Eco-Wall or Segregation?

In Rio de Janeiro people are building big cement walls around the shantytowns. The people who live there are saying that this is to shut them out, while others say it is to protect the rainforests around them. Many people feel imprisoned in the walls since they can't roam aroundthe way they used. But because they have almost no freedom of speech they can't say anything.
The wall around Santa Marta was started in March with and it plans to spend $17 million on more walls around more shantytowns. Its estimated that about 20% of the 6 million people in Rio live in those towns and don't want these walls around them.

Rainforests Turned Into Smoldering Ruins

Every day in Indonesia there are millions of forests being burned and cut down. It looks like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. Sadly, though, this is the reality of Sumatra. The largest island in Indonesia is being polluted and all the people who live there can no longer do so. Even though burning to clear land is illegal in Indonesia, its done all the time. The worst part is the villagers. The people are losing their homes. They have no place to stay while their house burns to ashes in front of them.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/indonesia.burning.rainforest/index.html

Comment

Forest burning is a major world problem. It affects everyone. Burning to clear land is illegal in Indonesia, but it is still done all over Sumatra. This affects Indonesia because every hour a piece of land equivalent to 50 football fields is burned or clear-cut. Now that there is only 15% of the forests left in Sumatra everyone is affected. People of the region is very affected, they cannot bath in the rivers neither drink or use the water, because its full of ashes. We think this is a major problem because it affects many people .

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Comment

We decided to choose this news because it has an affect in our daily life's, and how we take care of our selves. We think that the deaths of the officers affect the crime rates in Seattle since only one person killed for cops. What we found unjust was that the suspect who was murdered did not even have a chance to defend him self in front of the jury. The officers family's have lost a mother and 3 fathers because of whoever murdered them. We came up with the idea that the family's who lost either their mother or father might want to know who and why they where killed. We think that every family with a cop involved should be aware of the danger his family member is risking.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/01/washington.suspect.shot/index.html

Fish

Dead Suspect had Officer's Gun

The suspects from the deaths of four cops had a gun that belonged to one of the cops that was killed on Tuesday. A Seattle officer who was on duty that morning shot and killed Maurice Clemmons in South Seattle, after he challenged him. Several people who tried to help Clemmons escape the police were arrested. The incident ended up being a 2 day manhunt for Clemmons that began on Sunday after he shot the officers. These were identified as Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; Officer Ronald Owens, 37; Officer Tina Griswold, 40; and Officer Greg Richards, 42. All were parents. Witnesses about Clemmons' murder say that he was shot in the torso on Sunday morning with blood and gauze bandages in a truck linked to Clemmons.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/25/new.york.subway.teen/index.html

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This new is not so important, but gives us a lesson to learn. we needto take care of our kids as best as you can specialy if they have a mental problem or sindrome. If your kid escapes, and the police refuses to help, you need to do anything to find him, like paste ads with his face, and hope the best. Police should not refuse to act in a moment like this, even when their rules say to refuse when a teen is gone. This shows irresponsability from the local police.

Newton's Cradle

Missing Boy Spent 11 days on the NYC Subways

A few hours ago 13 year old Francisco Hernandez who has been gone for 11 days was found in the NYC Subway System by a local officer. He was recognized from one of the many 'MISSING' posters that were put up a few days ago. He had Asperger's Syndrome which is an illness that affects the way you socialize and communicate. He disappeared after having thought he was in trouble at school that day.

After his parents found out that he was gone, they took matters into their own hands and posted fliers and MISSING signs all over their neighborhood. Eventually a local officer found him. His mother worried that he wore the same clothes for 11 days and that he only had $11 to buy food and drink water with. He ended up eating lollypops and potato chips and drinking water from any subway stores. He slept in subway cars, went to the bathroom in subway stations and spent most of his time underground.

Comment

We chose this news because it's a major event that's affecting Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This blackout caused the stopping of a subway system in Rio. It also might have left police stations, hospitals, houses, streets, etc. with no light at all. What we learned from this experience is that we should always be prepared to have another source or many other sources of electric power in case of another major blackout like this one. For example the PD should be aware that when something like this happens it is vital to be on the watch for burglars, rapists, or anyone dangerous on the street, since they always take action in cases like this.

Dam failure triggers huge blackout in Brazil

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/10/brazil.blackout/index.html

Dam failure triggers huge blackout in Brazil


An important hydroelectric dam between Brazil and Paraguay failed on Tuesday night making most of central and south Brazil completely powerless. Paraguay and Uruguay also claim having some related blackouts. It didn't last very long, as the power came slowly back on that same night. The incident at Itaipu caused an outage of 18,000 megawatts. That's enough power to light up the whole state of Sao Paulo! Millions of people were affected by the blackout since cities like Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, and four other cities were powerless. The capital though, was not affected.

Comment

We chose this news because it is important for this country and all the ones under and above it. They should all know about it because if they don't some huge terrible storm is going to attack a million people and we're not going to be ready for it.
The theme is weather. We need to control the weather in order to keep the world safe.

Hurricane Ida threatens Nicaragua

A few days ago, hurricane Ida was discovered heading toward Nicaragua. It's wind was reaching up to 75 mph and some gusts go up to 85 mph. The storm is expected to weaken today once it moves inland. If hurricane Ida survives on land it could move into the western Caribbean and become a major threat to all smaller islands. It would strengthen and later emerge into the Gulf of Mexico and they don't know where it's going to land because it's to early to find the exact location.

Hurricane Ida threatens Nicaragua
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/11/05/tropical.storm.ida/index.html

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Comment

We decided to do this news because we thaught it was important that residence of California should or should not have a transportation route. The bridge breaking is a huge concerne to everyone because the bridge is one of the only ways to get across the bay. We think this news will impact our life because when a construction gets old it begins to deteriorate in stability.

The Bridge at the Bay is Still Closed

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/30/california.bay.bridge/index.html

The Bridget at the Bay is Still Closed

The Bridget at the Bay is Still Closed

The 73 year old bridge at the bay in California, had four steel rods that collapsed on Tuesday, because of very strong winds. The bridge has been closed since then and commuters have been using the railway system much more than usual. The bridge was supposed to be reopened on friday, but as of 5:45 am no one has gone on it. There are still crew members working on the bridge, hoping to get it fixed as soon as possible.

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