Friday January 31, 2014

Sochie Russia will be holding the winter Olympics and has a lot of prep work for the games.

Heroin and fentanyl is dangerous drug combination.  Pittsburgh was looked at a bit.

Ukraine had some political protests and had violent gatherings.

Mental illness was looked at a bit because a guy was locked up because he bought a shotgun with the intention of doing a shooting.

Yahoo! had a data breach where passwords may have been stolen.

Chris rosoti who is battling lu gerings disease is trying to shed light and aid with a movie looking at the condition.

Thursday January 30, 2014

Lake mead in California near Nevada is facing a bit of drought.  Las Vegas was looked at the water use.

Peanut allergies were looked at a bit.

A snowy owl was hit by a bus in dc.

They may be seeking the death penalty for a tsarnov brother.

Happy Chinese new year ~ they have a busy time going by train.

The roads in the usa were pretty slick and many accidents happened

Same sex marriages in South Dakota were talked about but denied in court.

Sunday January 26th 2014

I29 is closed from Brookings to Canada

Friday January 24, 2014

There may be some peace talks with the conflict in Syria. A little girl survived being covered in rubble after people dug and got to the kid and she tried to wipe away some of the rubble from her face.

The Olympics were looked at a bit and there has been a bit of looking at security for the contestants.

Marijuana laws and attitudes have been changing.  Now there is a slim majority of American citizens agree for legalization of it.  I guess drugs laws may be looked at a bit and it seems that state by state may determine the legality.

Surfing was kind of interesting with good waves pushing towards California and making some waves in Hawaii.

First class stamps go up from 46 cents to 49 cents on Sunday.

Thursday January 23, 2014

Lava made some news because a volcano in Hawaii seems like it may erupt soon.

There was a fire at nursing center in Canada, Quebec.

The superbowl made a little news because one of the players is hearing impaired.  Derrick Coleman of the Seahawks recently let people know of his history.

Wednesday January 22, 2014

Russia make a target for terrorists since the Olympics will be held there and security is up there. So many countries are looking at combating terrorism.

It's still very cold in the USA and more cold weather is on the way for the east coast after all the snow and cold weather.

In Jackson there was a plant explosion.

In Hawaii there will be big waves that might be interesting for some surfers but are concerned dangerous for the average swimmer and people are recommended to stay out of the water.

The weather is a big thing in the USA and California is warmer than usual making ice for hockey.  79 degrees is expected

Tuesday January 21, 2014

The west coast is in a severe drought and the east coast is facing cold weather with more on the way.  

Monday January 20, 2014

The winter storm is hitting the east coast of usa.  Much of snow and cold weather is going to be sinking in. The entire state of Minnesota has been below zero.  Frigid cold is moving east.  More cold is coming next week. Airlines are a bit cancelled amd big delays.

2013 was a warm year that hit records.

Sunday January 19, 2014

There is a chance of snow bringing an end to the nice day today in south Dakota.

In the Ukraine there was unrest with people.  There were some demonstrators and i guess there is basically more unrest in the Ukraine.

There was more coverage of the metrodome being deflated

There were some studies of eyesight in Oxford England.

A lady who was doing some aid work in Somalia but got kidnapped and months of talks.  She survived off of cans of tuna fish and some water.  Exposure and some illnesses.  A kidney infection led to contact
With the US government.  She was rescued by an American team of seals who came to pick her up and laid on her to protect her when they thought bandits may be in the area.
Jessica Buchanan has written a book about her ordeal.

The lost boys of Sudan also made a bit of news telling some of their stories. Bodies were shot in a river connecting to Ethiopia. Some went to Kenya and some came to the USA eventually after taking some quick classes to teach a little of culture and getting together. Airports were very odd for them and then there were some jobs.  The USA was very odd for them and 9/11 happened. Then the planes stopped coming but the guys got to know winter. Driving cars was pretty difficult for some them since many may have been more used to travel by foot.

Saturday January 18, 2014

California is still struggling with drought and there have been wildfires in la.  There isn't much water and at restraunts you need to ask for it.
There were mountain lions due to the drought that were going near cities and attacking some dogs and have people nervous.

The flu epidemic in the US has done some serious damage and has killed some people. I guess we are in the middle of flu season.

The French first lady is out of the hospital.

The bachelor made controversial comments about homosexuals. He later apologized and Abc made some news.

Mitt Romney was at the premiere of 'mitt' at Sundance

At Rio in Brazil there is a statue of Christ where it got hit by some lightning it happens quite a bit but it made the news mentioning it happened recently again.

Michelle Obama is having her 50th birthday.
There were talks of other presidential birthdays.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

A wildfire near la (east) in glendora, ca it may have been started by a fire by some campers and a campfire may have been swept up by wind.  Many houses were destroyed and it has done quite a bit of damage and the west is in a bit of a drought.  Very little rainfall has been in the area.

Alex Rodriguez made a bit of news dealing with the antidoping laws

Wednesday January 15, 2014

A shooting at Roswell, New Mexico by a young kid was distressing news

In Iraq there were disturbing, violent acts that took place near Baghdad.

Stocks went up in the USA showing the economy is improving.

There was a small earthquake in southern California. There has been an analysis of earthquakes near la.

Monday January 13, 2014

Southwest airlines a couple pilots flew wrong from near midway airport by Chicago.

There was a chemical spill in west Virginia of mchm and a storage leaked in some water near the drinking water source

In Iraq there is much conflict there has been several folks trying to get the militants out of the area.  Terrorism is on there minds and some bombs have been going off.

Christie the governor of new Jersey was looked at a bit and the bridge lane closures were discussed.

Respiratory infections have been more common this year.  The has been a higher increase in Texas but influenza is also very prevalent. 

Record highs may be in California and they are having a drought.  The jet stream is pushed far to the north. There is an extreme drought that the west is facing.

Sunday January 12, 2014

There were some strong winds and destructive weather further east that did a bit of destruction and the winds knocked down a wall of a house.

There has been a lot of wearable technology shown a bit there is some concern of privacy but near Las Vegas there was a fair for a lot of the wearable/portable technology.

Black dogs aren't really desired as pets and they were looked at a bit.

Pope Francis baptized many babies on a recent trip

A panda from China after it was born in a San Diego zoo is now in Chengdu, China.  An artist has created a bit of work to celebrate the coming of the panda.

Friday January 10, 2014

Some Americans are going to be in Somalia after a bit of unrest that was there a bit of a change with US presence to be a stabilizer

There was a bit of trouble with Target where some of the credit card numbers may have been stolen.  It is kind of stressful since it was near the holiday shopping time. People's email addresses, phone numbers and account may have been included in the stolen information.

The flu was examined a bit in the news. It has spread through much of the US and it isn't too late to get a shot.

Health care was looked at a little.  There has been some troubles with the website.  Maybe too many people were trying to access it at a time and locked up servers. A different company is going to be in charge of it.

A lady at Sundance gradeschool is turning 100 she has been aiding kids and cooking since 81.  In new Jersey that is quite a story.

Thursday January 9, 2014

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has had troubles with a bridge where there were lane closures and a lot has happened and he apologized in court and on television.  The traffic lanes on the George Washington bridge linking jersey to new york.

Much of the USA was in a deep freeze but it's going away.

Sexual assault was looked at in the department of defense.  Naval football players did some of the assaults.

The US department of defense is looking at problems in Baghdad.

President Obama did a little in LA and other places for promise centers to combat poverty.

Michelle Obama is trying to keep kids fit by getting them involved with moving and suggests that parents try to move a little with their children to fight the obesity epidemic

Birds, the snowy owl, are flocking a bit further south and are by Logan airport.  They are arctic birds and are being found further south than is expected

Wednesday January 8, 2014

A volcano erupted in Indonesia the weather is very extremely cold in USA. 
50 years ago Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. A lady from Kentucky, an  Appalachian woman said quite a bit has been done.

Tuesday January 7, 2014

It is still cold in the USA.  In Florida a group of manatees huddled around a place with warmer water.  There were delays for airlines JetBlue made a bit of news.

A homeless man tried to brave it outside under a blanket.

Shelters in Chicago are changing the standards keeping some of the places open for 24 hours to keep some people warm.

The conflict in Iraq there was much unrest especially with the costs involved with having troops there.

Jp Morgan Chase founder had to pay 18 billion US dollars because he was dishonest about certain things.

Extension of Unemployment benefits were put on hold due to the republican us senate.

Monday January 6, 2014

The weather in the us is really low ~ i guess Brookings had 17 below 0. The rest of the USA to the east  has frigid temps as well

In Iraq Fallujah there has been a lot of concern of how to aid.

Utah has been having a conflict with same sex marriage.

Concussions were looked at for football players and may result in some brain damage.

Saturday January 4, 2014

Extreme cold in south Dakota, north Dakota, and Minnesota has shut down stuff and holiday travels have been a bit stressful with storm related delays making the busy travel time extra stressful.

Pope Francis has called nuns and left a bit of a stressful message asking what they were doing.  I guess later someone mentioned they were praying.

The everly brothers were remembered a bit

Friday, January 3, 2014

The east coast of the US had very cold weather and icy roads a lot of flights got cancelled. There may be more arctic air and some snow that may be coming to the eastern part of USA.
Iraq may be having more civil war stuff and seems kind of distressing.

Mount Cleveland volcano in Alaska erupted

In Iceland volcanos were looked at.  Scott peley was there and saw an eruption.

Krispey kreme donuts were given by kris who has ALS distributed donuts to kids and folks in town

Thursday January 2, 2014

A ship in Antarctica got stranded in some ice and passengers camped out on the ice and were rescued by a ship that got them out

In 2008 there was a bit in Portland, Oregon dealing with Medicare and 'obamacare'

In Chico, California there was a little with immigrants trying to get a law license.

Aubrey Lee Price disappeared and faked his suicide and was in Florida growing some plants for drugs.

15 men and women are in Baca,  riding motorcycles around and try to help abused kids.  ' no child deserves to live in fear' is their motto.  I guess they are based in Connecticut.