Louisiana Teen Sentenced for Wrestling-style Killing of Sister

A 13-year old boy is being charged with second-degree murder because of what he did while being left alone with his 5 year old sister as his mother went to the store. During this time he killed his little sister by trying out “pro-style wrestling moves on her.” He is sentenced to three years in a juvenile facility and his name is not being given out because of his age. This is not the first time he has shown aggression towards his sister. The boy told authorities of times he had punched and jumped viciously on his little sister while slamming her into her bed. The judge ruled that he knew exactly what he was doing and that he was hurting his little sister horribly, it wasn’t an accident.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/justice/louisiana-boy-sentenced/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

For Victims’ Families, Sandy Hook 911 Calls Reopen Wounds

            The 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting were just recently released. This is upsetting a lot of people, especially the ones who had family members as victims. Parents of the victims made it so the crime scene photos couldn't be seen by the public but they were not able to keep the recording out of the public’s hands. Many media organizations are having a hard time deciding how to handle these taps. Some are showing parts of the recording and some are not using any of it at all and instead are just describing the recording’s contents. Many people are worried what the effect this is going to have on children; even the ones that weren't affected directly by the shooting. The recording can be accessed very easily by anyone and people are worried that it will start to “trigger post-traumatic stress disorder.”

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/us/newtown-911-tape-reaction/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Florida Woman in Warning-shot Case Released

Marissa Alexander, mother of three, is released from her sentence of 20 years in jail for firing off a gun. This shot was only supposed to scare off her supposedly abusive husband and didn’t hurt anybody. Though no one was hurt she was still tried and sent to prison. As of right now the case is being retried and she was released early under special conditions and a $150,000 bond. This whole case is interesting civil rights leaders who feel that the initial sentence was way too harsh.  They are fighting using Florida’s “stand your ground” law. She is now home with her family under electronic monitoring 24/7 until further notice.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/28/justice/florida-stand-your-ground-release/index.html?hpt=ju_c1

Prosecutor to 'get to the bottom' of sex assault case involving Florida State star

Jameis Winston’s sexual assault scandal is reappearing. The case has been closed for months but Winston’s lawyer is saying he will cooperate with authorities. The assault was filed in December. The case was closed before he had ever been questioned. No one has been charged for anything and the subject’s description of the perpetrator didn’t match Winston. The description was a height ranging between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-11 which is shorter than Winston who is 6-foot-4. Willie Meggs, the state attorney, doesn’t think much is going to come from this reopening of the case. It is just happening at a bad time for Winston because he is in the running for the Heisman Trophy.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/florida-state-quarterback-investigation/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

   

Body found in hospital stairwell: San Francisco sheriff details what went wrong

Lynne Spalding Ford was found dead in a stairwell in the same hospital she disappeared from nine days earlier. After disappearing, Lynne’s family searched the city while passing out thousands of fliers. Information as to when and how she died is unknown thus far. She checked into the hospital for a bladder infection on September 19th and was found dead in the stairwell by an hospital engineering employee on October 8th. Numerous amounts of mishaps during the search for Lynne resulted in her not being found for this long amount of time. New policies are being instated to further prevent more incidents as horrible as this from happening again.  

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/us/california-body-in-stairwell/index.html?hpt=ju_t4

What's in your spices? Bug parts and rat hair

            New reports conducted by the Food and Drug Administration say that 12% of U.S. spice imports contain bug parts, rodent hairs, and other ingredients similar. They not only found this but also that 7% of spice imports passed by inspectors also contain salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that can cause abdominal cramps, fevers, and diarrhea. On the good side, out of the 37 years of records analyzed a “relatively small number of outbreaks” compared to what it could have been occurred. Only 14 outbreaks worldwide occurred from these spices, which caused 128 hospitalizations and around than 2,000 human illnesses. These spices go through many small hands before it gets to stores. There are many chances for contamination. Safety precautions are being taken and former ones are being tighten to hopefully prevent this from happening again. 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/health/bugs-in-spices/index.html?hpt=he_t3

Two Inmates Captured after escaping Oklahoma jail through Shower

            On Sunday four inmates escaped out of the Caddo County jail near Anadarko in Oklahoma. They creatively escaped through the shower room crawl space and crawled through a pipe until they reached outside of the jail. Three of these men had been convicted of meth-related charges and were waiting to be transferred to the state prison to serve their time when they escaped. The other man was waiting for his trail due to a gun charge. Two of these inmates were captured on Monday but two still remain loose and are being considered “armed and dangerous”.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oklahoma-inmates-prison-escape-20131028,0,1408391.story#axzz2j38wt1Iy

No charges for firefighter who ran over Asiana crash survivor

            Because of the Asiana Airlines crash Flight 214 two people died and more than 180 people on the flight were injured. One of the most distressful incidents was the death of Ye Mengyuan. She was a 16-year-old girl from China who was flung from the plane as it crashed. As she laid there she was run over by a rescue vehicle driven by a firefighter. From the autopsy it was decided that she was alive when she landed after being flung but died because of being run over. This is a tragic accident and the firefighter who ran the girl over and the department he is from is apologizing profusely. As they said, “there’s not a lot of words to describe how badly we feel about it.” He is not being charged for this accidental killing.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/18/us/asiana-firefighter-investiagtion/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Abandoned Philly prison adds screams for Halloween

“Terror Behind the Walls” is the nation’s largest haunted house excluding amusement parks and is set in Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary. This penitentiary was opened in 1829, with indoor plumbing even before the White House. It is abandoned now but was home to Gangster Al Capone before it closed in 1971. People come from all over to see this spooky extravaganza on Halloween. It is filled with a psychedelic 3-D room, pathways through the decaying property and 130 actors playing guards screaming for help and infirmary patients howling in pain under the knife of broken doctors. As of this year, visitors can opt to allow the actors to touch and interact with them. This haunted house has been going on for 22 years and accounts for 60 percent of the yearly budget for the property. It might even be home to real paranormal activity!

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/10/11/for-halloween-abandoned-prison-in-philly-adds-gruesome-characters-and-blood/

Montana Women Accused of Pushing Husband off Cliff Pleads Not Guilty

On July 7, 2013 Cody Johnson fell to his death off of a cliff as he hiked through a national park with his wife. Jordan Linn Graham and Cody Johnson had been married a little over a week when she supposedly pushed him off the cliff to his death. She is being accused of murder. At a recent court hearing she pleaded not guilty and was released. Her next court date is set for October 15th. From what her friends say their marriage, though it was still very new, was already rocky with a lot of fights occurring  It is still unsure if Jordan Linn Graham actually murdered Cody because their fight on top of the cliff was a jumbled mess of pushing and shoving.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/04/justice/montana-husband-death/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Saudi Women's New Campaign to End Driving Ban

Women in Saudi Arabia are sick of the fact that their religion interprets that they can’t drive in their home country and have decided to take a stand. All women able and willing will drive their cars on October 26 in Saudi Arabia in protest. Creating a web site as a petition, they have gained over 11,000 signatures. This issue has come up at least twice before but with no success other than riling up the spirits of the Saudi Arabian women. Besides being prohibited to drive, women in Saudi Arabia cannot open bank accounts, work, travel, or go to school without the permission of their male guardian. Their king, King Abdullah, at the moment is moving towards change regarding women’s rights, but not fast enough pushing them to take it into their own hands.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/26/world/meast/saudi-arabia-women-drivers/index.html?hpt=wo_t5

Man loses 245 pounds with the three P's

"I always tell people it's the three p's: persistence, passion and perseverance," Marlon Gibson said. Gibson had always been a heavy kid. His grandmother would take him to McDonald’s everyday and from then on Gibson’s eating habits grew worse and worse. At his heaviest he weighed 405 pounds at five feet and eleven inches. Being the class comedian, Gibson was never really teased or bullied which allowed him to stay relatively confident.  It wasn't until he saw his wife do an awesome job on the reality TV show “The Biggest Loser” that he got the ambition. Instead of turning to unhealthy diets and surgical procedures, Gibson just started to eat less and eventually cut out all the bad food he usually ate. Turning completely vegan, Gibson has successfully lost a total of 245 pounds and is at a healthy weight of 160. He is not only keeping his weight down but also keeping his healthy ritual of diet and exercise up.  

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/health/weight-loss-marlon-gibson/index.html?hpt=he_bn2

Thousands evacuated after volcano eruption in Indonesia

On Sunday Mount Sinabung erupted in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung has an altitude of about 2,600 meters and is the highest mountain in North Sumatra. The eruption caused more than 6,000 people to evacuate the area. It covered North Sumatra, the province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in ash. The inhalation of the ash caused five people to suffer from breathing problems, but luckily there were no casualties. The evacuees took shelter in eight main evacuation centers. They were given rice and some of them actually returned to their homes momentarily to make sure their farms and livestock were doing okay. They then returned to the evacuation center. 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/world/asia/indonesia-volcano/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2

Fan falls, dies at Candlestick Park

     On Sunday September 8th, Kevin Hayes at the age of 32 fell to his death at the 49ners vs. Packers football game. He seemed to be intoxicated as he fell to a sidewalk. The team's spokesman expressed the teams condolences to the family through an e-mail. Sadly, Hayes' death wasn't the only serious incident that day. At the Colts' game a railing collapsed, seriously injuring two fans. And across America there have also been more than two dozen incidents of fans falling at stadiums since 2003. After this season the 49ners sports complex will be closed and in its place will be shopping center. The 49ners will then be moving into their $1.2 billion stadium in Santa Clara.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/fan-falls-and-dies-during-san-francisco-49ers-game-against-green-bay-packers-at-candlestick-park-090813?ocid=ansfox11

'Never, ever give up:' Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim

On Sunday night Diana Nyad, at age 64, finished the 103 mile long swim from Cuba to Florida in 53 hours breaking any and all records held previously. With a dream of this long swim with her since she was eight years old, Nyad had never been able to succeed it until now. Trying four times prier many obstacles got in her way making her unable to finish. These obstacles included extremely rough seas that caused her delirium, a serious lightning story, an 11-hour long asthma attack and many brutal jellyfish stings. Going into the latest swim Nyad had already decided that this was going to be her last try and she absolutely needed to finish. With a team of 35 people helping her along in various ways and many more cheering for her she finally reached her goal. By doing this she hoped to be an inspiration to us all and wanted to leave us with "…three messages. One is we should never, ever give up. Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team." 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/americas/diana-nyad-cuba-florida-swim/index.html?hpt=wo_t3