Michael Vick Sentenced to 23 Months in Jail for Role in Dogfighting Conspiracy

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Michael Vick, quarter back to the Falcons, was sentenced 23 months in jail for having dog fights on his property. Investigators found about a dozen bulldogs some with injuries, and dogfighting equipment. He admitted to murdering weak bulldogs who could not fight. He apologized to the court but they said apologize to the people who see you as a role model. So he did, he said

"I will redeem myself." He also accepted responsibility for his actions "I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions."His sentence may be shortened due to good behavior, but, if you do the crime you due the time. No exceptions.

He seems sincere but who knows. I do not know how people can use animal's pain to their enjoyment. I grieve for the 6-8 bulldogs who died, and all the animals who have lost their life to the cruelty of their master. I am glad that most of the population is against cruelty to animals.

Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea

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Well, the title pretty much speaks for itself. This short article stated that a boat in Korea named the Hebei Spirit was punctured by a crane in the tank are area releasing 10,000 gallons of oil. Thank goodness that there were strong currents and wind, that way the sea life in that ocean will not be put to risk of disease. South Korea has also had another oil spill that release 5,000 gallons of oil. That ship called the Sea Prince collided with a coral reef. The spill of the Hebei Spirit was the largest oil spill in Korea.

It is sad how sea life is put in danger because of incidents like this one. It was a good thing that there was a wind and currents. Much of waste and pollution also ends up in our oceans putting many sea creatures to risk.

Nebraska Mall Shooter Broke Up With Girlfriend, Lost Job Before Massacre

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This guy went into a mall in Nebraska after being dumped by his girlfriend and fired from McDonald's. The reports say that eight died and five were wounded. Many customers, employees, and children were hidden among closets and dressing rooms until the police came and told them to come out half hour later. The murderer's name was Robert A. Hawkins. He left a suicide note that read "sorry for everything," and "Now I'll be famous." He had a record for drinking, drug abuse and was arrested about 11 times. He shot himself after he was done taking the lives of innocent civilians.

To me this is a disgrace. I don't know how a person could relieve themself of being fired and dumped by taking the lives of people who didn't deserve to die. If he wanted to use a gun bullet on someone he should have done it on himself and himself only.

Famous polar bear Knut celebrates first birthday

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Knut is an Arctic polar bear that was abandoned at birth along with his twin brother. The zoo took him in and raised him. Sadly his brother did not survive for long. Knut became one year old. The zoo celebrated by baking a giant cake to sell to the crowd and let children enter the zoo free. Knut was more entertained with the toy candle than the crowd of children. In the picture he looks brown, he is actually white, he is just very dirty.

It is a good thing that the zoo took him in. To think that animal rights activists wanted to sue the zoo for keeping him. They wanted him in the wild even if he died. Today polar bears are becoming extinct because ice caps are being melted down. The polar bears have no ground to rest on so they have to keep swimming in the ocean looking for steady ice. Unfortunately they do not always find land and drown.

Sudan pardons British teacher over teddy bear

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This British teacher was sentenced to 15 days of prison but was released early. She was sentenced to jail because she let her class name a teddy bear Mohammad for a class project. They people of Sudan went to extreme measures for this accident. They wanted her to be killed for insulting Islam beliefs. They decided that it was just an innocent mistake, and released her after she said she was sorry. Her class rejoiced and she was able to get back into teaching.

The people of Sudan took this situation too seriously. They wanted to kill her just for naming a teddy bear Mohammad. I am glad she was let free. It would have been drastic if she was given 40 lashes or sentenced to prison for a long time.

Turkish plane crash kills all 57 on board

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Today, Friday, in the early morning a Turkish place crashed in Isparta. All passengers on board were Turks so it could not have been a terrorist attack. The weather was normal but there was a fog. They still do not know why the plane crashed. A plane with the passed away passengers' relatives came to Isparta to see the gone away family members. They mourned greatly.








This a tragedy, at first only 56 were counted by they forgot to count a baby. A baby died! Who knows how many more children died. Children who weren't lucky enough to live up to my age. I am lucky because I have gone to many places by plane, all those times nothing went wrong except maybe once a five minute delay. May those who died rest in peace.

Female suicide bomber wounds 7 GIs, 5 Iraqis

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In Iraq there is a was going for years now. Many Iraqis' strap explosives to themselves in order to kill as many US troops as they possibly can. They commit this sacrifice in order to decrease the amount of US militia, and because they do not feel secure with military troops snooping around barging into the homes of many, giving the wives and children a fright as they watch their father being held a gun to. A female suicide bomber is rare but they do expect it to happen more than just a few times. This female suicide bomber had a bomb belt strapped to herself. She wounded seven US soldiers and five Iraqis.

The shouldn't be going on in the first place. Bush just wants a reason to have a war. He should have never even interfered with Iraq. He should have just left Saddam Hussein to rule whatever way he wished. Now there are way more deaths caused by George Bush in a few months than Saddam Hussein could have caused his whole lifetime. This whole was is just a waste of money, and a complete massacre of innocent lives.

British Teacher Faces 40 Lashes for Naming Class Teddy Bear 'Muhammad'

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It was an innocent mistake, teachers from that school said. The school was located a mile from the Nile River in central Khartoum. The teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, was only trying to teach the class. The board of Britain states that teachers must teach about an animal, the animal chosen for her class was a bear. The bear was named Muhammad because 20 out of 23 of the students wanted that name for the stuffed animal. The bear was supposed to be taken care of daily by the students. Each child got to take the teddy bear home on the weekends and describe what they with the toy in a journal. The people there took it very seriously. Since the bear was not sacred or has been through a religious process in order to obtain that name it was considered dangerous. The teacher will either be given 40 lashes or be sentenced to six months of prison. The school was also closed down due to this.

This is being taken too seriously. I mean closing down a school that is taking it too far. It was an innocent mistake anyone can make. If she gets punished that is a true crime. She was only trying to teach, the students didn't know as well so they can't be held responsible. This is a bogus issue.

Justices to take on 2nd Amendment

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In the constitution there has been many changes one of those changes is amendment 2. It gives people the right to bear arms. The full text of the Second Amendment says: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." The Supreme Court is arguing that this amendment is not constitutional. It is said that this debate may be the toughest to crack.

I believe this debate is going on because in today's world almost everybody has a gun and some people abuse that privilege and end up murdering innocent people. Back then when the amendment was written there weren't any extremely dangerous guns like there are today. For example, back then there were only rifles today there are several chaotic weapons. In my opinion there should be no guns at all for that will only lead to murder, conviction, destruction, and depression.

Cyclone kills hundreds in Bangladesh

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Not only were hundreds killed but one thousand and one hundred. A huge cyclone hit the coast of Bangladesh with wind speeds of 150 mph. It is hard for them to have contact with others because power and phone lines are down in most areas. The women in the picture is crying because her hut was destroyed. Hundreds of other huts have also been destroyed. Many people have no place to go. As relief workers were struggling to supply food several had to wait hours for some rice and a dry biscuit. The relief workers were also struggling to supply help to those in need. "Downpours and staggering winds also spawned a water surge four feet high that swept through low-lying areas and some offshore islands, leaving them under water, said Nahid Sultana, an official of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management."

This is a great devastation for Bangladesh has a big population. The more people to kill for natural disasters. Many have been hit so hard emotionally for many reasons like the loss of a loved one, the loss of their home, even the loss of their hope. My only wish is that those who survived regain their spirits and look to better things.

Grape Powder Blocks Genes Linked To Colon Cancer

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What is sporadic colorectal cancer? It is the third most common type of cancer. It kills more than a half a million people worldwide each year, and about 7% of the American population develop this type of cancer. Scientists have conducted an experiment where there were three groups. One of the groups was given 20 milligrams of resveratrol in the form of a pill, they were given this dose daily. Another group was given 120 grams of a grape powder combined with water in the form of a drink which they had drink daily. The last group was given 80 grams of grape powder to drink daily. They all did not succeed in ending colon cancer but the group that was given 80 grams of grape powder to drink daily showed a dramatic reduction. This is an extreme discovery because according to Dr. Holcombe: it suggests that an element in grapes will have the power to block a key intracellular signaling pathway that is involved with the forming of colon cancer, before a tumor develops. Wine- a drink made of grapes and alcohol may also abolish the development of colon cancer. In a study 499 colorectal cancer patients they found that a modest amount of wine before the development of this cancer ameliorated the outcome of survival among the patients whose ancestry had a history of colorectal cancer.

This is a great discovery because there are many people in the world with colon cancer and now that we know that grapes help to prevent this, many lives would and will be saved. My mom said that drinking wine was actually healthy, in fact the Romans use to drink plenty of wine and they were extremely healthy. At first I didn't believe her I thought it was just an excuse for her to drink red wine. Now that I know for sure that a moderate consumption of wine is actually I urged her to keep drinking but not to the point where she gets drunk.

An Army of Ocean Robots

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About 3000 robots were dropped into the ocean by a large group of oceanographers. These robots are called Argo floats. They are each about 5ft high. They are programmed to collect data about the ocean's temperature, salinity and pressure. After doing this they go back up to surface and send the information they collected to via satellite to control centers in the U.S. and France. This will give scientists an idea of how global warming is affecting the oceans.

I think this is a pretty good idea. Not only might it be able to warn us when a tsunami comes but it will help us better understand the damage global warming is causing the oceans. My only concerns is that is might mess with wildlife in the oceans, or not work as planned.

Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocks Chile

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In Chile a 7.7 earthquake struck at around 10:40 a.m. Due to this many power lines fell and crashed into several houses. Also many roads were shut down. There were no reported injuries. This quake was also felt in neighboring countries: Bolivia and Peru. It was 36.7 miles deep. It was apparently long according to a witness. Although nobody got hurt much damage was caused.

In my opinion, the earthquake was very harsh, very deep, and quite long. It was extremely lucky that nobody got hurt physically. Most likely they were injured emotionally. I am glad that since nobody got hurt my family in Bolivia is okay.

Increasing Demand for Cheap Coal

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Coal used to be the same price as oil but now the price of oil has gone up and the price of coal has gone down. For $47 you could get a ton of coal. Europe is paying $50 to have it shipped across the Atlantic ocean. The use of coal across the world has gone up 27%. Coal is a cheap fuel that is dangerous to the earth itself. It one of the largest contributors to global warming. The U.S. Department of Energy says that in the next five years there will be about 1000 more power plants fueled by coal. This will change the climate drastically all over the world.