Cont. Hist. 3-24-11

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09-obama-education_N.htm
Barack Obama promised to double funding for charter schools, pay teachers based on performance and replace those who aren't up to the job, embracing education proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates. I think that this is a good idea because teachers need to do the best that they can for the students.


http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-09/politics/campaign.wrap_1_tucker-bounds-charter-schools-obama-campaign?_s=PM:POLITICS

Barack Obama on Tuesday detailed his plan to strengthen the education system and charged that the Bush administration's "failure to act has put our nation in jeopardy."
"Our kids and our country can't afford four more years of neglect and indifference. At this defining moment in our history, America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing our children to compete in a global economy," Obama said. I agree with Obama, our eduction system needs to be strengthened.

Cont. Hist. 3-23-11

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/23/california.fight.video/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A California mother was arrested this week after she was captured on video encouraging her son to pummel another boy, police said. My question is what should happen to the mother? Should she be punished?


http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/22/new.york.lawrence.taylor.plea/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Hall of Fame NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor was sentenced to six years probation during a court hearing Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with an underage girl. My question is why is he only getting probation, and not jail time?


http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/22/law.enforcement.safety/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a Law Enforcement Safety Initiative Tuesday, calling the number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States so far this year "simply unacceptable." My question is should the punishment be greater for killing a police man?

Contemporary History 3-22-11

http://www.americares.org/whatwedo/emergency/japan/japan-earthquake-tsunami.html
There was a devastating earthquake in Japan that led to tsunamis; the death toll is rising.

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/22571/Japan+Earthquake.html
A huge earthquake hit Japan and killed many people. It was a very destructive earthquake.

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/oldest-wild-bird-survives-japan-tsunami-1273/
An albatross more than 60 years old, the oldest known wild bird in the United States, survived the tsunami that struck its Pacific Island home after the major earthquake in Japan.

3-8-11 Cont. Hist.. Barker is COOL.

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/generations-pay-off-debts-through-slavery/?hpt=C1&hpt=C2
An army of workers, their faces encrusted with dust, toils beside a story-high pile of unfired bricks. They are helping build a new India that appears to be leaving them behind. My question is should this be legal to do?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/08/colombia.kidnappings/index.html
Twenty-one of 23 oil workers kidnapped in Colombia have been rescued by authorities, Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Tuesday. My question is what is going to happen to the people who kidnapped them?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.violence/index.html
Gunmen opened fire Monday in western Baghdad's Amriya Sunni neighborhood, killing a high-school boy and a male college student, Interior Ministry officials told CNN. The motive for the attack was unclear; Iraqi security forces were investigating the incident. My question is should the killer get in trouble in both countries?

3-7-11 Cont. Hist.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/04/florida.child.deaths/index.html?hpt=Sbin
About seven months before two children were found stuffed dead inside luggage and floating in a south Florida canal, the body of a woman police believe was their mother was discovered in a landfill, a Delray Beach police spokeswoman said Friday. My question is what should happen to their killer?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/03/florida.anthony.hearing/index.html?hpt=Sbin
The brother of Florida child murder suspect Casey Anthony acknowledged Thursday that he tried to coax information out of his sister during jailhouse visits, but denied police put him up to it. My question is should  there be other punishments for this guy?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/04/arizona.sweat.lodge.deaths/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A woman testified Friday that the leader of a spiritual retreat dismissed her alert about the failing condition of a fellow participant in a 2009 "sweat lodge ritual," one of three people who eventually died after that event. My question what should happen to the spiritual leader?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/05/florida.twin.deaths/index.html?hpt=Sbin
The adoptive mother of a Florida girl found dead in a plastic bag in her husband's truck has been charged with first-degree murder, police said Saturday. My question is should the mother be charged or the father, what evidence do they have against her?

3-4-11 Cont. Articles

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/04/colorado.boy.slayings/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Prosecutors are expected to file formal charges Friday against a 12-year-old Colorado boy suspected in the deaths of his parents and the critical wounding of two siblings. My question is what will happen to this boy since he is so young?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/04/texas.church.death/index.html?hpt=Sbin
 An employee was found dead and another seriously injured inside a church in north Arlington, Texas, police said early Friday. My question is what will they do to catch the person who killed the pastor?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/03/virginia.missing.mom/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Authorities in Virginia are searching for a young pregnant woman, missing since the end of January. She is believed to be about five months pregnant and is married to Emile Decker, a member of the U.S. Army National Guard, who is currently serving in Afghanistan. The couple also has a 17-month-old son.

3-3-11

http://speedendurance.com/2008/05/07/good-sportsmanship-stories/
Game tied 0-0 between small colleges in a women’s softball. With two base runners on, part-time starter Senior Sara Tucholsky hits her first HR of her college career. She misses 1st base so she turns around to tag it but her knee gives out and she can’t walk another step. The other team helped her go around every base so she could get the run, the rules were that if her own team helped her then the run wouldn't count. The other team helped her, and they lost.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11148904/
The prep star, Epiphany Prince, scored 113 points in a game, breaking the national girls’ record of 105 by Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller and stirring debate about whether it was poor sportsmanship or good shooting.


http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/8364/1497601?cpt=8&title=sports_at_clipsyndicate&wpid=0
An umpire's call broke the dreams of a perfect game in MLB, this week. Some local ball players think how it was handled was very good sportsmanship by the pitcher, the pitcher did not freak out all he did was smile and take the call.


http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9017084
A girl punched a girl and pulled the hair of the other teams players.

3-1-11

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/17/tech/main2580771.shtml
New technology can now tell if a student is plagiarizing a paper. Plagiarism on campus grabbed the state's attention in 2001 when a University of Virginia physics professor, acting on a tip, checked student papers using a homemade computer program. The school eventually charged 158 students with plagiarism.Nineteen months later, 20 students had been found guilty of honor violations and kicked out, another 28 admitted guilt and left the school on their own, and 90 students were exonerated.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/world/europe/06iht-france06.html?_r=1&ref=plagiarism
A prominent French television journalist, who has been accused in the past of a faking an interview and receiving embezzled funds, on Wednesday faced a fresh controversy after he was accused of lifting almost 100 pages of material for a new Ernest Hemingway biography from an American author.


http://vimeo.com/3885097
This girl plagiarized a paper and she got caught, she is talking to the teacher about it.