2-28-11 Articles! ;)

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/28/pennsylvania.pizza.bomber/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years on Monday for her role in an Erie, Pennsylvania, bank robbery that led to the death of a pizza delivery man who had a pipe bomb fastened around his neck, a prosecutor said. My question is should actions be taken by the pizza delivery places to help protect their delivery people?


http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/28/texas.daycare.deaths/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Texas police have issued an arrest warrant for the owner of a day care center where four children died and three were injured in a fire last week, authorities said Monday. My question is what should happen to the daycare owner?


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/02/27/vo.bull.jumps.stands.WITN?hpt=T2
A bull charges into the stands where spectators were watching, it is not known if anybody was hurt yet. My question is should the rodeo association be held accountable for the bull charging into the crowd?

Designer Babies: A Right to Choose?

           The public was outraged in 2009 when a Los Angeles fertility clinic offered to let the parents choose their kids’ hair and eye color. The clinic shut down their program that let the parents choose the kids’ hair and eye color on March 2^nd of that year. This clinic can choose the eye color and hair color using reproductive technologies. They could use pre-implant genetic diagnosis (PGD). The doctors could screen embryos before implanting them and then change the hair and eye color if the parents wanted them to.

            Many doctors think that genetic modification is perfectly fine if nobody is getting hurt and everybody has access to it; they have even said that by restricting the method of genetic modification is an assault on reproductive freedom. “It’s in the same category as abortion. If you think women have the right to control their own bodies, then they should be able to make this choice. There should be no law restricting the kind of kids people have, unless there’s gross evidence that they’re going to harm that kid, or harm society,” says Dr. James Hughes.

            This new technology would allow us to create our dream baby. If you wanted your baby to be strong and athletic, you could genetically make them that way. You could make them almost any kind of baby you could think of, which is very scary and unreal to some people.

            Genetically modifying also has it’s benefits; if the doctor screened the embryo and found that the baby had a disease, he could genetically remove the disease from the embryo, leaving your baby to be healthy. A doctor could also make your baby have a better chance at a certain thing that you wanted them to than if they could not screen the embryos and genetically modify them. There could also be bad things people would do with this technology, for example: this technology would not be cheap, so it would turn into the rich being the best: smarter, faster, stronger, bigger, wiser. This technology would also create more stereotypes than ever before. You could literally pick what kind of stereotyped kid you want; many people think that is ethically wrong.

            The future of genetically modifying embryos is strong. Many people will adapt to the idea that you can pick what you want your baby to look like and act like, and many parents will choose to do so.

            I can see both sides of the case; if your baby has a disease and that disease could be taken care of so they won’t have to have it, then I would be completely for getting rid of it. Though, I do not agree with being able to pick and choose what you want your baby to look like and act like. I think that is a part of life, finding out what your child’s habits, likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses are.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/22/arizona.double.killing/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A jury is set to decide the fate of a woman who headed vigilante squad. My question is what happens if the jury decides she is not guilty?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/22/florida.officer.shot/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Three police officers have been killed in Florida over a twenty-eight day period due to shootings. My question is what are the precautions that are being taken to make sure more police officers are not being killed.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/02/22/or.snowboarder.rescued.kgw?hpt=T2
A lost snowboarder calls the cops after being lost in a blizzard and he got airlifted. My question is what should be done to make sure people don't get lost in the blizzards?

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/20/georgia.party.shootings/index.html?hpt=Sbin
 Police in Gwinnnett County, Georgia, spent Sunday looking for a gunman who opened fire at a party, injuring five teens. My question is what should happen to the person who open fired?


http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/18/west.virginia.mother.smothering/index.html?hpt=Sbin
More than eight months after claiming that her 3-month-old baby mysteriously died overnight, a West Virginia mother now stands accused of drunkenly falling on the child and smothering her to death. My question is what should happen to this mother?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/02/20/nr.lemon.mom.judge.cnn?hpt=T2
A mom lashes out on a judge whom she blames for her son's suicide. My question is is this right for the mom to do?

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/10/egypt.dead/index.html
The death toll of Egypt may be underestimated, activists say. The people were killed during protests. The number of deaths could be two to three times higher than what was first said. My question is what should be done about this?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/11/3-teenage-boys-face-death-in-malaysia-piracy-case/?npt=NP1
Three teenage boys among seven Somalis are facing death in Malaysia piracy case. The three boys are under fifteen years old. My question is should the boys be put to death even though they are still young?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/11/switzerland.missing.girls/index.html?npt=NP1
A father wrote a letter that claims he killed missing Swiss girls police say. He sent a letter to his wife saying that he killed the two girls before committing suicide.

Video!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/02/04/lah.japan.sumo.scandal.cnn?hpt=C2

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/01/california.child.body/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A body was found in a California canal and authorities believe that it is the body of an abducted boy. My question is what is going to be done to the person who abducted the boy?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/01/michigan.missing.boys/index.html?hpt=Sbin
There are three boys missing in Michigan, the police are now changing the investigation to a murder investigation. My question is why are they changing it to a murder investigation now?