blog 13 January 4th

I read an article on cnn.com called "Actors' son Jett Travolta dies at 16". On friday January 2nd, Jett Travolta, John Travolta's 16 year old son, passed away in the Bahamas. He had a seizure and hit his head but the exact cause of death is unknown because his autopsy hasn't yet taken place. Jett Travolta suffered from a disease called Kawasaki disease that has caused him to have seizures throughout his lifetime. There is no known cause of this disease and it affects the blood vessels. Usually its only found in children ages 2-5 and it is very rarely seen in teenagers. Since the Travolta's were regular customers of the West End resort, they were close to the owners and workers. The resort was very sad about the news of his death and many were effected. I think it's really sad.

blog 12 January 4th

I read an article on cnn.com called "'Marley' on top for second straight week". For the first few days of 2009 movie sales are already sky rocketing. The new family flick Marley and Me has pulled in whooping $106.5 million dollars. Many other movies came somewhat close but none of them pasted the $100 million dollar mark except for Marley and Me. The others were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyrie and Bedtime Stories. Bedtime Stories produced about $85 million even though critics bashed the movie and gave it horrible reviews. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button made $80 million dollars which is good for the producers because it was a very expensive movie to create. Valkyrie produced $60.7 million dollars so far which is surprising because it was very unknown before it came out in theaters. 

blog 11 december 16th

On startribune.com their was an article called Man charged in shooting at Minikahda Club. So I read it because I actually know where that is so it made me interested. It explained how Joseph Conrad Rice, drove by the club and fired a total of 6 times at the big glass doors. He is being charged with drive-by shooting and reckless discharge of a felony. Joseph, 63, has been arrested three times in the last week. Once for not paying his cab fare for a bail of $60. Another for making terroristic attacks with a bail for $3000. The last arrest was when he shot the door which he is being housed in jail for and he will have to pay a $100,000 bail. He has been said to have a drinking problem. I think this is sad but somewhat funny. Especially since he shot at Minikahda in a red farrari. Who would risk their life if they could afford a farrari?

Blog 10 December 14th

  I read an article on cnn.com called McCain: I can't promise to support Palin for president. When asked at a press conference after his lose at presidency he responded, "Have no doubt of my admiration and respect for her and my view of her viability, but at this stage, again ... my corpse is still warm, you know?" Meaning he has alot of respect for her but he is very upset about the campaign and can't admit to her winning it because of the pain he feels. Throughout the rest of the interview he never let go of the respect he had for her and her family and how she really helped him in the campaign all the way to the end. He also bashed critics of Obama saying that he was a wonderful man and was a good choice for president even though he didn't win. I didn't really care who won i just hope that they change the bad economy and help out americans.

Blog 9 December 9th

I read an article on cnn.com called Pennsylvania teen charged with plotting to kill school enemies. Richard Yanis, a 15 year old at Pottsworth High School devised a plan where he was going to take his dad's three handguns loaded with extra amunition in his pocket. He would alert the few friends he had to go home and then he was going to enter the school and kill every last person who was in the school. A friend reported this almost attack and stopped it before anything could result of it. Yanis didn't have a record of doing anything bad and seemed to be a somewhat normal kid. I find it scary that a normal kid could do something like this. 

Blog 8 December 7th

I read an article in the People magazine called a Cyberbully Convicted. Its all about the case of Lori Drew who was seen to have led to a teen's suicide by cyberbullying on the site myspace.com. Myspace is a place where anyone can go, make a profile and upload things about themselves, and communicate with they're friends. Lori Drew is the mother of Megans best friend Sarah, created a profile and called herself Josh, pretending to be a boy. Lori could be charged with three Internet related misdemeanors which could lead her to a 3-year sentence and a $300,000 fine. The end result is not yet final. Lori has testified by saying that since Megan suffered with depression she was probably already suicidal which means that she thinks she had nothing to do with Megan's suicide. I believe Lori had a significant part in her suicide and I can't believe that a mother of a friend would go this far with her daughters issue.

Blog 7 December 2nd

I read an article on cnn.com called Guns N' Roses lashes out at Dr Pepper. Now with a title like that wouldn't any one be interested in this article? It was all about how Dr. Pepper promised a "free can of Dr. Pepper" for every single american once Guns N' Roses released their album called Chinese Democracy. The one problem? So many people visited the website that it ended up crashing enabling people to be able to receive this coupon. Guns N' Roses has threatened to sue Dr. Pepper for not keeping their promise. In return Dr. Pepper shot back that they are accepting calls of people who tried to get on the website but couldn't they're also thinking about extending the deadline to 42 hours and also create a hot line in which you can call in to receive your free drink. People who don't receive free things when they are promised often turn bitter as shown in this situation.