Tuesday December 31, 2013

Happy last day of 2013!!  Miley Cyrus will be performing tonight for when the big ball drops. 

Michael Schumacher, the race car driver, is recovering from the ski accident earlier.  He is making some progress in the hospital.

I guess there have been many cases of frostbite in Minnesota. The weather is big news snow is expected in the east of USA~ including Ohio and further east in New England.

There has been some accident in north Dakota where a train carrying oil got into a wreck.

There were bombings in Russia and there are some concerns about the Olympics.  Russian officials and saying they are stepping up security especially for the Olympics.

Antarctica had a ship stuck in ice. There are people trying to rescue the folks from around the world.

The new york stock exchange was having some celebrations because many stocks grew.

Vitamin E may help slow down Alzheimer's
Since the cause of Alzheimer's isn't know.

Target is sorry that some gift cards weren't processed properly

Wednesday December 18, 2013

Snowball express is kind of interesting.  It is a event that brings some aid for families who lost loved ones but it is a bowling night with various individuals playing

Monday December 16, 2013

Brain injury studies have been done connecting some sports collisions and the damage that some of the injuries bring about.  Baseball, football, boxing were some of the sports where brain injury is a little more common or noticed now with the studies.

Antibacterial soap might be a little dangerous and the companies might now have to submit some health data to warn people. 

Cockroach farmers are getting a little popular in China and some studies are being done for medical information and possible uses for the insect.

Saturday December 14, 2013

China launch a robot craft into space and it landed on the moon. The moon rover is considered an accomplishment for the technology.  There were talks of the space race of the US and USSR and talks if there was something for China too

Wednesday December 11, 2013

There were long lines for Nelson Mandela's memorial service so long that the Soweto choir got turned away. Many people went to the service to honor the man and ideas he supported.

The international space system had some troubles with temperature control.

New York city preschoolers are now required to have flu shots.

London had a very thick fog where you couldn't see much in front of you.

Pope Francis from Argentina~ visited Brazil and is the man of the year for 'Time'

Tuesday December 10, 2013

Obama talked for Nelson Mandela's memorial service.  During a rain in Soweto.  The president of USA was cheered but the new leader for South Africa was booed a bit. 
A small amount of women were businesswomen were considered in leadership roles.

The first bipartisan budget deal to worked in the USA the house and senate worked. More people favor Obama and the healthcare system.

The weather system hit the east coast and there was some ice in Texas.  It looks like the northeast of US is going to be getting more weather.

Chicago is looking at toughening up gun ownership

A 2 adults and 4 children survived a car roll over and 2 days in subzero weather in Nevada

Monday December 9, 2013

The weather in the USA has made a bit of news.  Because of snow and ice many airlines got closed and the roads are getting busier with travel plans for the holiday season and some roads are slick with ice making the treks a little more dangerous.

Sunday December 8, 2013

Nelson Mandela was remembered more as being the South African leader who gave much hope to many different people around the world.

Saturday December 7, 2013

Shanghai, China has some bad air pollution.

Jennifer, a 23 music grad, 'Arabs got talent' did fairly well singing some Arabic which she hopes to learn soon so she understands what she has been singing.

27 years Nelson Mandela had been in prison.  Mandela said he 'stole freedom for our people' and is being remembered more due to his recent passing.

Friday December 6, 2013

Nearly 300 people in CAR, Central African Republic capital Bangui have died from violence and unrest in the country.  CAR had been a territory of France and there has been two days of unrest and many more days of violence.

Thursday December 5, 2013

Former South African president and first black leader, Nelson Mandela passed away today at age 95.

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Norman Rockwell got a record amount at an auction today for one of his paintings. 
Nature had the northern lights (aura bureulis) 3 below was kind of the temps in alaska to see the northern lights.  green or red lights are the most common to see of the northern lights.  South Dakota got a bunch of snow and over night it may blow around a little.

Monday December 2, 2013

There was a bit in the news about holiday shopping and i guess Paul Walker an actor from Fast and Furious passed away from a car race with a friend where he crashed in California.

Friday November 29th, 2013

Women are taking jobs that had been 'male' jobs especially in the us.

Today is 'black Friday' and many folks have been out shopping and finding special deals at stores.

Monday is the 150th anniversary of the US capitol building.  The building is cast iron but painted to look like stone. 

The white house got a Christmas tree and they are preparing for Xmas.

Thursday November 28, 2013

Happy thanksgiving a lot happened today ~ a lot of people spent time planning to get ready for black Friday.

There was big lines at stores and at grocery stores there were many people picking up stuff to fill up.  A lot was purchased including flowers.  South Dakota looks a bit chilly

Wednesday November 27, 2013

There are concerns with travelers in the USA on the busiest or busy day of travel in the states.  Snow or icy weather made quite a bit of concerns for travelers.  'Obama care' has had some issues with insurance. 

In Brazil a stadium collapsed in são Paulo where a world cup is likely to be held

A new wheel chair is powered by a stud in the tongue.

Friday November 15, 2013

A man who was a passenger of a small aircraft fell out of the plane and into the ocean off of Florida in the USA.  There are people searching but it doesn't sound promising for the man.

November 14 2013

The USA president Barack Obama looks like he is having a difficult time with the healthcare system and with a growing number of Americans...

November 12, 2013

A painting by Francis Bacon of Lucian Freud gathered a record price at an auction going for 142 million dollars surpassing 'the scream' which went for 119.9 million last year

Friday November 8, 2013

Mental health is an interest in the Obama administration with looking at the shootings in the country.

The underemployed in usa is at 21.6%

There was video of the storms in the Philippines after the typoon and earthquake.

Iran is in discussion about nuclear facilities~  in Switzerland.

People in their 20s created a website for affordable healthcare.

Thursday November 7, 2013

Haiti as a cholera problem that has been going on for several years. 

The mayor of toronto had a video clip where he swore and said he wished someone were dead.

Meteors shot through the air in southern California.  Asteroids are also talked about. Gary from Oklahoma is a weather man who had 60 years of service.

Wednesday November 6, 2013

CO2 is released in the air and they were talking of the greenhouse gases.  China has been dealing with it and the artic is in danger from warming temps. 

40% of US drugs are produced over seas and there was some looking at the company Ranbaxy, that has quite of production in India.  The drugs have some questions and the facilities often are kind of iffy. 

Wow the Dow set a record high.  A man was flying around in a jet pack strapped to him in Japan.

A river in Maine has kind of trouble with dams. The native community is really connected to the dam. 

Tuesday November 5, 2013

Tsa was looked at after the many mass shootings that have taken place in a fairly short period of time.

Testosterone was discussed because people with low testosterone...haven't been looked at too much.  Testosterone treatments may help but more studies are needed.

80 percent of the generic drugs have been made or produced in India.  Ranbaxy is a company for medicine that has faced problems with data.  FDA looked at the company but the company also makes lipidor.  The company was looked at a little and if you use the drugs by the company you should consult your doctor since there is still some issues that may arrise.

In Germany the works of art stolen from wealthy Jews.  After the loss of the war, many of the stolen pieces were stored in an old warehouses.

Monday November 4, 2013

There was some art found in Germany that was thought lost or stolen by nazi simpithiziers

Saturday November 2, 2013

'Stop-and-Frisk' is a type of policing in new york city that was talked about...dealing with individuals of color. Hopefully it works.

Food stamps cut by 5 billion dollars a year....and may hurt a lot of people.  A family of has about 36 dollars less a month in food stamps.

Boston celebrated the red sox win of the world series.  There was a remembrance of the victims of the Boston bombings during the marathon.

Healthcare.gov will be offline for a short while tonight to do some fixing and work.

Daylight saving ends on Sunday.

Friday November 1, 2013

Food stamps went down....families of 4 get about 36 dollars a month less than before.

In Dayton, Ohio there was a tornado that may have been a part of the system that hit texas earlier.

Meth proof drugs are harder to get...they just invented a drug that was meth proof...

Sue Ellen is a lady from Kansas who visits inmates at the prison ~ and has a program with the inmates to socialize and interact with them.

Thursday October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween! 

50 years ago Ferraris, Lamborghinis which are cars produced in Italy

Little Paul from South Sudan was in the hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Sanford hospital doctors and staff wore costumes and helped patients get in a playful mood to aid recovery.

Wow 92 migrants from Niger were found dead of thirst in Algeria.

October 30, 2013

President Obama stated that he isn't happy with the healthcare issues and hopes to get the website up and running soon. 
Health Secretary~ Ms. Sebelius takes responsibility for some of the issues and said by the end of November the website should be fully operational.

Tuesday October 29, 2013

Banksy a British artist who is known for his graffiti art  calls the art that was discussed to mark where the world trade centers were a  betrayal.

Thursday October 24 2013

Pregache is the cnn person of the year for taking trash out of the Mississippi river.

Will and kate of England named their son, prince george

Wednesday October 23, 2013

'Blackfish' sounds like a interesting new film dealing with sea creatures that have been pent up in sea world or other aquariums and talks about some of the issues facing the animals and returning them to their native setting of the sea.

Tuesday October 22, 2013

Climate change is a very pressing issue especially effecting some third world countries.  Serious work needs to be done to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted and a change in the lifestyle of many humans so that cultures can survive.

Monday October 21, 2013

In Sparks, Nevada there was a school shooting and a middle school math teacher was killed

Saturday October 19, 2013

There has been some serious fires in Australia. 

In Missouri there was a girl who was raped and was left for dead after an evening of partying. Her mother woke up early and found her daughter on the front lawn passed out and nearly frozen and the girl was taken to the hospital. 

An oar fish was found along the coast in California again and a group of people found it and took a photo.

In England there was a violin that was found from the titanic.  The violin had a memo written on it. It was sold for a huge sum of money at an auction near London.

Friday October 18, 2013

It is a federal crime to point laser pointers up in the air because some individuals did it causing some vision problems to pilots trying to land.

Former house speaker Tom Foley passed away ~ due to complications from a stroke.

A violin was found or is going on sale at an auction that survived the Titanic sinking

Thursday October 17 2013

There was a baby panda born recently at a Smithsonian zoo or the Washington zoo.

Somali migrates were rescued at sea in the mediterain

Caroline Kennedy is the new US ambassador to Japan

They found a skull of maybe homo erectus but they aren't too sure and will compare with other fossils

Humpback whales make some interesting sounds to communicate.

Tuesday October 15, 2013

The news talked quite a bit of the US economy~

There was a huge fish or eel found off of the coast of Catalina island

There was cyber bullying in Florida and a girl was bullied and then jumped off a tower close to where she lives.

Monday October 14,2013

Happy native American day.  Mount Rushmore is open funded by the state to pay some of the workers since the federal government is still shut down.

Sunday October 13, 2013

John Reardon did a bit for the people of Vietnam because the US government told him to just leave his job at Citibank. He flew back to Saigon and helped certain individuals get out of the country.  John listed many individuals as his children and his wife.  he has so many 'grandchildren' now.

Friday October 11, 2013

The opcw got the Nobel peace prize dealing with some of the nuclear weapons in Syria

Major Carey was removed from his post by the government but we don't know why.

Thursday October 10, 2013

The Libyan government got kind of strange the prime minister was kidnapped. 

There was a salmonella outbreak that started in California but i guess it was found in some eggs and chicken.  Foster farms is looking at their base.  A new coin for the Vatican had a misspelling on it.

Wednesday October 9, 2013

Baby hope was found in a cooler near 1991 and she was sexually asualted and killed and put in a cooler and there may have been tests done but it was difficult to figure out who she was.  The Farm bill hasn't been renewed and may need to aid farmers in western south dakota.  The losses to ranchers have been extensive and the farm bill would likely help.

Tuesday October 8, 2013

The US government shutdown made quite a bit news however nobel prize was given to a couple men who confirmed that there was a 'god particle' 

Aid to Egypt has been suspended from the USA. 

Tom hanks shared that he has 'type 2 diabetes' on david letterman

Salmonella was traced to a chicken farm in California.

Yellen has been nominated for the US federal reserve

Monday, October 7, 2013

Al libi was captured in Libya and will be interesting to find out about some connections to any terror groups.

Tropical storm Karen was talked a little bit and the government shutdown was discussed.

Many head starts have shut down as a result of the government shutdown. 

Some changes took place for the 100 dollar bill with the security strip. 

A 9 year old boy snuck past airline ticket collectors and flew from Minnesota to las vegas and airport security is looking at the mistake.

Sunday October 6, 2013

It has been a very eventful time here in south dakota .... but there was a teacher's town hall in new york and has some coverage on nbc. 
Some victims from the Boston bombings are going to be doing various training ~ some of the victims did some rehab.  Some people can walk again with some artificial limbs.  They were cheered by quite a few people.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

There was a car chase and shoot out in dc...after a shooting near the capital building and car chase near the white house to the capital. 

20 years ago there was a battle in Mogadishu, Somalia with a black hawk down.

There were several bodies off the coast of Italy many were Somalis trying to escape some of the unrest and poor conditions.

Joshua tree national park got shut down along with all the national parks with the government shut down.  Closing parks now is like closing malls during Christmas time~since it is a popular time to visit parks of the US.

October 2, 2013

Tom Clancy, an author who had several books turned into film passed away today at age 66, we are getting showers in Brookings, sd

October 1, 2013

There is a lot of unrest in the US government and a bit of talk of Obamacare.  Unrest is a pretty common feeling in the government of the USA.  Some parts of the government of USA shut down its all up in the air.  In NYC there was some road rage where a motorcyclist got run over by a SUV driver and the driver got beat up.

Thursday September 26, 2013

Unemployment has decreased by about half since 2009 when it had reached a high.
Health insurance has had some changes with obamacare there are some medical navigators that look at medical insurance rates.  Republicans are really attacking Obamacare.  There was a rivalry at a baseball game and some people got hurt.  For the Texas state fair they rebuilt the big statue of big tex that got burned a while ago.

Wednesday September 25, 2013

Iran's new president Rouhani talked about meeting Obama and US relations.
Senator Ted Cruz had the 4th longest speech in the senate talking a bit of Dr Seuss and reading a bit of 'green eggs and ham'

Tuesday September 24, 2013

Jim Henson the creator of the Muppets died on this day several years ago but it made news. Also Mary Pickford was just 18 at the time of filming of the first silent film made in the USA.

Monday September 23, 2013

US president Obama supports Kenya as the country has been facing some troubles with Somali based rebels.

Thursday September 19 2013

In Colorado near boulder there was flooding and several people have died

Caroline Kennedy is the new US ambassador to Japan

Wednesday September 18, 2013

Cathleen Alexis the mother of Aaron,the man who did the shootings at the navy base spoke a little with cbs news and they are continuing to look at his mental health and maybe see a bit of what may have provoked him to do the shootings.
In Ottawa in Canada a bus got hit by a train.  Passenger's where yelling to stop but i guess the driver couldn't hear them or he didn't want to stop.

Monday September 16, 2013

Rebecca Sedgwick , a middle schooler, jumped off a silo and committed suicide due to excessive bullying. A sad bit but i guess also a shooting happened in dc.  The man was also killed who was thought to be behind the shooting.

Saturday September 14, 2013

Bibliotech is a paperless library in san Antonio. Where people can look and check out materials on a wireless device (an e reader)

In Tennessee there is concert in the Cumberland caverns.  Underground music is very interesting ~ sights for the concert goers as well as audio.  The play bluegrass music

Friday September 13, 2013

Colorado has major flooding and quite a few houses and areas were damaged.  The flooding was near Boulder. Rain built up the waters and destroyed quite a bit.

Thursday September 5, 2013

According to CNN Obama is far short of support of congressional support for military action in Syria.  He changed his position on dealing with Syria.

Wednesday September 4, 2013

I guess it was a kind of busy day I will now watch CNN world news but a commercial is on  Terrence Howard, an actor had allegation of threatening of killing his girlfriend and killing himself.  He may go to court and he had done a bit in Costa Rica and maybe hit a woman.

Monday September 2, 2013

Diana Nyad made a record swimming from Cuba to Keywest, Florida without a protective cage in the shark invested waters.  It was a good distance to swim and was very amazing to hear about.

Saturday August 31, 2013

Obama desires to go to war in Syria but wants congress to support him

Friday August 30, 2013

Tylenol and other medicines are putting labels on the lid to read the label before taking the pills.  Because they may include bits that could be dangerous if you aren't careful. Kate made an appearance after giving birth in the UK.

Thursday August 29, 2013

The British will not participate in a strike against Syria...there may be an air strike by the US

Wednesday August 28, 2013

Dr. Martin Luther King jr gave a moving speech 50 years ago and Obama gave a speech at the same location to commemorate the address by Lincoln memorial..,..the march on Washington people that were there said the struggle still continues ~ i guess there is a little dealing with memory loss for old people and there was a study done on mice. 

Tuesday August 27, 2013

A measles like disease was killing some dolphins along the east coast of the USA

Monday August 26, 2013

President Obama gave a medal of honor to man in the military in Afghanistan who went to aid some other military personal.  It was very dangerous to try to get a man out of harm's way.  Sadly the man he tried aiding eventually died but it was nice to see the man recognized for his effort.

Saturday August 24 2013

Today marked the march on Washington.   and the 50th anniversary of the i have a dream speech ~ i guess Wednesday will be the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'i have a dream' speech.

Thursday August 22, 2013

I guess the west of usa has many wildfires covering quite a few states but the area of the state of Connecticut has burned already.

If you go to Google...there is a video type thing to mark Claude Debussy's birthday.

Super agers are being studied they have a thicker cortex and they are older people with good memories.

Tuesday August 20, 2013

There is a wildfire in Idaho that may be a bit serious. 

Saturday August 17, 2013

There is a wildfire in Idaho....police are looking at the death of Di in England and someone else because there may be newish interest in what happened

Friday August 16 2013

Julia child would have been 101.  She was a chef and worked for the CIA previously. Her height was 6'2. Today would have been her birthday

Thursday August 15, 2013

The economy in the USA may be beginning to improve with fewer people requesting aid.....there was shooting in miami beach in Florida in 2011 and there may have been a bit of a cover-up by the police.  There has been quite a bit of talk and the family sued the city or police because of the time, force and cover-up.

Tuesday August 13, 2013

Snowden was wanted by the United States he may be seeking refuge in Russia. In new Jersey someone won the lottery.

Monday August 12 2013

James bulgar 'whitey' was found guilty as being a part of the mafia and the deaths of several individuals.

Sunday August 11, 2013

Hannah Anderson, 16, was found after an amber alert in northern Idaho.  The man who took her was shot dead by authorities. They were in the woods.
Jaden was shot in the south side of Chicago after a gang shooting mistakenly hit him as his mom was going home.

Saturday August 10, 2013

In Colorado and other states there were flash floods that did major damage and they are pumping water out.   By Boise Idaho there is a man hunt for a man who took a girl Hannah Anderson

Thursday August 8 2013

In California there has been a wildfire by twin pines and there has been flooding in Missouri

Wednesday August 7 2013

Kenya is resuming flights at the international airport kenyatta in Nairobi after a fire broke out at the airport. There were some concerns of a terrorist plot but it is unknown at the time the cause of the fire.

Tuesday August 6 2013

2 kids were killed by a python in New Brunswick, Canada
In south Carolina some people who were playing a basketball game saved a man who had a heart attack.  Because of his friends quick action they returned a heartbeat right when the emts showed up

Monday August 5, 2013

Alex Rodriguez who was a player from the Yankees ~ may be suspended because of some drug thing, steroids use.  Rodriguez doesn't have a good fan base right now. Major league baseball has a lot of drug issues right now. 

Thursday August 1, 2013

In Minnesota same sex marriage was legalized

Rhode island also legalized it too

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

It is Harry Potter's day and j.k. Rowling's (the author) birthday on July 31, 2013

Tuesday July 30, 2013

This year has a pretty bad dead zone it is in the gulf ~ and the reporter was in Louisiana  and the dead zone is caused by fertilizer runoff into the Mississippi river the fertilizers and chemicals that are found in the run off then can kill fish and other life in the water.

Monday July 29, 2013

The new pope made some comments that may be welcoming to homosexuals which will be talked about more tomorrow.  Egypt has had some protests and rallies following the oust of Morsi.  In Italy a bus crashed and flew off a raised highway many of the victims were children.

Sunday July 28 2013

Hugh jackman nearly broke his neck during a scene for the wolverine.  He was on a train and misjudged a swing and seriously hurt himself.

Friday July 26, 2013

Wow a person in Canada paid for their coffee and about 500 after them at a Tim Hortons coffee shop. Very generous of them and it has happened it the past too paying for many coffees.  Thank you to the anonymous coffee gifter.

Thursday July 25, 2013

Earthquakes may be induced by waste water injection.  Man made earthquakes may be caused by fraking and waste water injection William Ellsworth talked a bit regarding earthquakes on the radio.

Babies born during the winter time may not be as well health wise as other times. Children born in May also may more likely have some health concerns.

Mice had a parasite and had a weakened immune system and found that malaria is more common for those with a weakened immune system

Wednesday July 24 2013

I am in Chicago listening to opera and in the car during major traffic time hopefully it is a safe drive for people.

Saturday July 20 2013

Helen Thomas a white house reporter passed away

Friday July 19 2013

John Kerry of the US said the US may try to resume the long dormant peace talks in the Middle east.  

Thursday July 18 2013

There is much speculation about the gender of will and kate's child since they decided not to figure out before hand.  The name of the baby is also up in the air but should be interesting.

Wednesday July 17, 2013

Wow the United states is really seeing a heat wave making heat stroke common and looks like it may last a while.  Chicago and Indiana are really facing the brunt of the heat wave. Stay hydrated if you go outside to survive the heat.

Tuesday July 16 2013

North Korea was trying to smuggle a nuclear missle from cuba.  Cory monteith of glee died of an over dose of alcohol and drugs it has been found out. In Atlanta at a zoo a panda gave birth to twins.

Monday July 15 2013

I just read an article about summer movies this year and that films such as 'fruitville station' should have gotten screened at peak movie watching time so it would have better chances at the Oscar's.  Oh well

Sunday July 14 2013

Cory monteith a star who played finn on glee, the tv show passed away and was found in a hotel room dead. After time they will figure out what he died of.

Friday July 12 2013

A girl has been building/fixing bikes with an organization in new Jersey
 
There was news about bon jovi and a bit with Johnny depp dealing with wounded knee in south Dakota marlo brando didn't accept an award at the Oscar's because of unfair treatment of Native Americans

The Brookings arts festival is this weekend but 6th street has some construction

Thursday July 11 2013

Friends of Nelson Mandela lament his decline in health and shared many memories when they visit him at the hospital.

Wednesday July 10 2013

The living brother who is accused of the Boston bombings at the marathon has pleaded innocent.

Tuesday July 9 2013

There is news about the asianea flight that crashed near san Francisco the pilot tried recovering from an autopilot landing.  A couple survivors mentioned a bit about the crash and fire afterwards.  A flight attendent helped get some injured people out of the plane before other fires and explosions there

Friday July 5 2013

Whole foods is recalling a cheese that may have been contaminated.....it was in just one state.  The yellow sea in china was contaminated with algae.

Thursday july 4 2013

Happy July 4th in the USA and there has been much unrest in Egypt.  The yarnell fire has done much damage in Arizona and it was very emotional ~ especially with the firefighters passed away. Nelson Mandela's wife spoke a bit. He isn't in the best condition but gave much hope with his words in the past.

Wednesday July 3, 2013

Wow there is a lot of unrest in Egypt right now and a military leader has said morsi no longer is the leader of the country.

Tuesday July 2 2013

After all the heat near yarnell, arizona there was a fire.....Prescott, Arizona several men who had been dealing with the fire passed away. They should be remembered..... 19 'hot shots' died trying to put out the fire
3 had babies on the way.

July 1 2013

Near congress, Arizona there is a fire and several young firefighters passed away from the severe fires. Fire shelters were supposed to be built but no luck with the intensity of the fire.  Drought and heat is very high in the west and south of USA breaking some records

Friday June 28 2013

Wow there are a lot of human remains by the us texas boarder with Mexico and anthropologists were studying the cases.  People may die from heat exhaustion or other factors~ it is kind of sad and scary when often people are told it is an easy way for a better life.

Wednesday June 26, 2013

Wow there is a lot of news today but Nelson Mandela's health is in poor condition again. Homosexual marriage was in the news quite a bit.....the supreme court made a ruling on same sex marriage

Monday June 24 2013

Bobby blue brand, a jazz musician, passed away

June 22 2013

There have been some wild fires near the 4 corners area of the usa including quite a few in Colorado

Friday June 21 2013

I guess there were big storms in south dakota.  The power went off in parts of brookings and there are west nile viruses in and around Brookings. The rains may make a haven for mosquitoes who may carry the virus

Thursday June 20 2013

Moore, Oklahoma was talked about the recovery from a twister.  There are wildfires in the west of usa.  India is recovering from a monsoon.  Many natural disasters were talked about on news

Wednesday June 19 2013

Obesity was discussed in the news on  cbs. Lifestyle may be the primary cause of weight gain. You just need to make healthier decisions  when you decide what you put in your mouth and what you do with your day

Tuesday June 18 2013

The president of the US discussed a bit regarding the nsa and discussed about the conflict in Syria

Monday June 17 2013

According to a CNN poll young people have lost faith and support for president Obama....making it a very difficult time for the president of the USA.

Sunday June 16 2013

In Lincolnshire, UK  they are holding a world cabbage hurling championship. Cabbages are hurled using a trebuchet like device.  It sounds pretty interesting and may become an annual event.

Friday June 14 2013

A 69 year old man died from extreme heat who was with a group of boy scouts

Thursday June 13

There was a wild fire in Colorado that is doing a lot of damage and has destroyed many houses.  It is near Colorado springs

Wednesday June 12 2013

Hands free devices may not be a solution for driving.  Brain waves get over loaded and may distract drivers just as much as a phone call.

Tuesday June 11 2013

Many Ethiopians live around Washington dc and they have created a community in dc known as 'little Ethiopia'. Many of the people who came to the us as Ethiopian are now Eritrean following the civil war in the 1990s.

Friday June 7 2013

I guess there has been some discussion in the government about privacy laws and the us government's ability to monitor phone calls and texts.  Especially to counter terrorism and other plots that may hinder US security

June 6 2013

Today happens to be the 69th anniversary of d-day.
A big day dealing with Vietnam

Wednesday June 5, 2013

The Oklahoma city tornado from this past Friday set a record as the widest ever recorded. It reached 2.6 miles long. Tim samaras was deploying probes in front of the storm before he passed away. Hopefully they can be recovered and we can learn more of the storm.

Friday May 31 2013

There was a tornado in Oklahoma and they are currently getting a lot of rain. Tomorrow the storm may come to parts of Indiana 

Friday May 25 2013

The hurricane season looks like it may be serious especially along the Jersey shore from Texas to new jersey seems at risk from storms

Tuesday 21 of May 2013

Oklahoma is still recovering from the tornado that passed through there earlier

May 15 2013

A lady started singing a Whitney Houston song on American airlines and there may be laws broken if people uploaded a video of the lady singing because of some rules on the airline

Thursday May 9 2013

Heart disease treatment is being tested.  Some work with mice is being done to test the treatment

Wednesday May 8 2013

Josh Hyman needed physical therapy after returning from military service in Afghanistan

Tuesday 5 7 13

Chris Christie had surgery to help him lose weight.  Some people think so he can be elected president but oh well.

Monday May 6 2013

Lt. Col. Kruzinski was charged for unwanted sexual assault.  The us military and government are concerned because it may happen again and has happened in the past.  South Korea has a new president the first to be woman.  President Park plans to meet with Obama to talk about North Korea relations

Sunday May 5 2013

Tudor Jones was interviewed with 60 mins and his involvement with robin hood and its involvement with soup kitchens.  Some money was raised for a charter school for young boys in nyc. 

Friday, may 3 2013

There is a chance of a light shower tomorrow in south dakota

May 1, 2013

Sioux falls, sd made national news having snow on the 1st of May.

Tuesday April 30 2013

A girl didn't have a wind pipe and surgeons opened up an airway for the little girl named Hanna. Its new and very unusual to be born without a wind pipe

Monday April 29 2013

Jason Collins a player for the wizards became the first former nba player to come out as being homosexual.  It is kind of big news for the sports community.

Friday April 26 2013

Some remains of a plane that ran into the world trade center on 9/11 were found in nyc

Thursday April 25 2013

The mother and father of the tsarneav brothers were upset with the us handling of the case

Wednesday April 24 2013

It is snowing in south dakota and flooding in Illinois and part of Indiana

Monday April 22 2013

Richie havens passed away he was a musician. 

They read the rights to the 19 year old tsarenev brother

Saturday, April 20 2013

Last night Johar (the younger brother)was found hiding in a boat. Boston is back to business and the red sox played a game and honored the law enforcement. The red sox won the game

Friday April 19 2013

The older brother was killed and police couldn't find the younger guy after extensive search of Boston.  They are the Tsvarnevea brothers. They have roots from Chesnia.

Thursday April 18, 2013

West, Texas had an explosion happened by a fertilizer plant. It was so big of explosion that some thought it was an earthquake. 

Wednesday, April 17 2013

Pat summerall, a sports anchor for cbs passed away from cancer

Monday April 15 2013

There were a couple bombs right by  boston during the boston marathon. 

Saturday April 13, 2013

A plane crashed when landing in Indonesia (lion Indonesian air)

Friday April 12, 2013

I am in sioux falls and there is a chance to get more flakes in   the next few days though some of the stuff on ground may begin melting

Thursday April 11, 2013

Officers in north korea are quite a few women and a photo was taken of them with high heeled boots on

Wednesday April 10 2013

The us postal service will continue delivery on Saturdays

Tuesday, April 8, 2013

In Texas there was a stabbing at a university.  At the college the boy pulled out a knife and stabbed several people

Saturday April 6 2013

Nelson Mandela is back at home in Johannesburg after his stay in the hospital

Friday April 5, 2013

Today was a very busy day for me i am back in South Dakota and attended international days at sdsu. There were kids roleplaying the civil war in walnut cove, north Carolina

April 4 2013

Roger Ebert, a movie critic passed away today from cancer. He was in for radiation treatment.  He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

April 4 2013

According to mn public radio, there is some talk about a bill regarding the budget and raising the minimal wage. Rep Dean and oneil talked a bit on the radio. 

Wednesday April 3 2013

I am on the road back to sd but i guess there is a new BlackBerry out 'z10' it appears to be similar to my new lg phone

April 2 2013

Obama unveiled a plan for mapping the human brain

April 1 2013

Caroline Kennedy may be selected as ambassador to japan

Friday, march 29th 2013

Happy good friday! I am in ohio but i guess there are concerns about vaccines and getting or developing autism. Children should continue getting shots

Thursday March 28 2013

President Zuma of south Africa was reassuring people after nelson mandella's stay in a hospital.  

March 27th, 2013

I am just in ohio. I visited Bluffton to see my grandmother in the town Bluffton, Ohio

Monday march 25 2013

Mike bloomberg the mayor of nyc is pushing for heavier gun control laws to counter the nra

March 22nd 2013

Nigerian author, Chinua achebe, a famous author, who wrote 'Things Fall Apart' passed away at the age of 82

March 21 2013

Obama was in Palestine and gave a talk dealing with Israel.  It sounds like it is a very complicated time in the middle east but hopefully his being there helped by showing u.s. concern of the area

March 20, 2013

Colorado has some gun control laws that are up. Following the cinema shooting in Denver and school shootings on the east coast of usa

March 19 2013 blogpost

Mitchell, south dakota might implement a texting ban in april

In fort Lauderdale , florida a plane chrashed into a parking lot

A new pope was selected and he is from argentina

Scott is in vatican city discussing the selection of a new pope + talking about women in priesthood. Europe there was snow in paris and a big pileup in germany

Sdsu and usd women both played basketball at the summit league games

Jon bon jovi was touring around in the usa and talked a little bit about the nra but talked about his new music 'because we can' and mentioned a bit about sandy

Jon bon jovi was touring around in the usa and talked a little bit about the nra but talked about his new music 'because we can' and mentioned a bit about sandy

The economy is doing better in the usa. - chuck hagel, the new secretary of defence was in afganistan

Tina fey will star in 'admission' with paul rudd 'admssion' is coming out march 22 and is a romantic comedy where fey is an admissions officer

Venezuelas president- Hugo chavez died today at age 58 his funeral will be on friday he had been dealing with severe respiratory infection

Chuck hagel was confirmed by the us senate as the new defence secretary for the usa

Daniel day-lewis made oscar history by being the first guy to win best actor prize 3 times

March 26 2013

Dogs are being trained to sniff drugs across the street. But they cant do that due to privacy laws in the USA

Bradford city was playing against swansea city and a 15 year old girl was spotted and photographed because she was wearing a hijab

A girl from bradford who was wearing a hijab was photographed at a football game

There was a 'thundersnow' storm that passed through kansas and the us midwest that is blamed for killing two people

Facebook was hacked by unknown individuals. But since it is such a popular social media site it made news

The president again noted the people who worked at sandyhook elementary. With newtown - the president is really trying to get heavier gun control in place in us

Pal center is going to close on friday in gresham, or

Obama gave a good state of the union and mentioned a bit about gun control and some of the budget

Pope benedict xvi is resigning being the first to resign in nearly 600 years due to poor health. It brings a big change to the catholic church

The north-east coast of usa is preparing for a large possibly 'historic' winter storm with high winds making tall drifts of snow possible in some areas

Troy andrews grew up in new orleans and performed for obama and is now helping kids perform.

Tomorrow is the superbowl taking place in new orleans.

'Teach for america' did a little bit in new orleans. I am not in the best of moods today so sorry. There is more news but I am a mess

Beyonce in new orleans cleared up about her singing the national anthem at inaguration was prerecorded. She will however sing live at the super bowl

Cats are killing many animals in the usa and a man from SCBI says they are the top threat to US wildlife

There was more snow in the northern part of sd. It was 0 in aberdeen,sd last night

Late last night there was a fire in santa maria, brazil at a nightclub. There were multiple families sharing a cementary for the burials. Fires in clubs are wow

Because of the cold weather in parts of the usa a building - a warehouse in chicago is encrusted with ice since water used to put out the fire turned to ice

Leon panetta has lifted a ban on women serving on the front line for combat postions in the usa in the military

Hilary clinton gave a moving talk about bengazi. Republicans however critisized her talk and american military people who died.

There was a shooting at a community college in texas the town was houston

In england there were flight delays because they had much snow and an airport near london shut down for a little dealing with the weather

The original 'Dear abby' person passed away

There is some issue in mali in africa. Also the dear abby writer passed away

In syria there was a bombing at a university in allepo in dealing with the cival war in the country

In syria there was a bombing at a university in allepo in dealing with the cival war in the country

Lance armstrong admitted to 'doping' during his cycling

I am in omaha, nebraska. There have been some aggressive robberies in ralston at a pizza joint

Sd and a couple other states have been marked as having a flu epidemic making this year as being very bad. This is a moderate to extreme flu season in the usa

2012 was the warmest year on record for the usa

The flu season has been pretty bad this year in the u.s. But south dakota was one of a few states where flu isn't as severe

Assad will speak in syria in regard to the civil war taking place in syria. There is quite a bit of damage and half a million people have been displaced

In Newtown, conneticut (where the shooting took place at sandyhook elementary) was considered obama's worst day as president. (a very emotional day)

In newtown, conneticut some of the kids attended school in another town. Some newer schools have been built thinking about the school shooting.

Secretary clinton was just released from the hospital and was picked up by bill and chelesa

The oscar nomination voting deadline has been extended due to some problems people faced with a new online voting system. Before it was conducted by postal vote