National

There is a bill proposed in Congress to remove military slot machines overseas. The Defense Department uses the profits from the slot machines to pay a small portion of its morale, welfare and recreation programs. He says that if these American men and women are willing to fight for our country and risk their lives they should not have to pay for these recreational activities. He feels that they deserve these activities for free. The bill's sponsor is Rep. Lincoln Davis from Tennesee. There have been studies done, linking gambling addiction with the military. Some government officials feel that the profit is not worth the risk for these men and women.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/15/military.gambling/index.html

World

International health experts are heading to Pakistan to investigate South Asia's first case of the bird flu in people. There have been several cases found, and many potential cases are being investigated. Six people have tested positive for the virus within the last month. Health experts are trying to find the cause of this. They are trying to determine whether or not the virus has been spread by humans. This virus is also known as the The H5N1. Two men in this area have died from it, while others reported only mild symptoms. The H5N1 virus has killed at least 208 people worldwide, mostly in Southeast Asia and China. So far, most human cases have been linked to contact with sick birds. Poultry vaccine campaigns have been started in Pakistan, and all of the farms in the area have been closed.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/16/pakistan.birdflu.ap/index.html

Health

Many studens rely on all nighters to do well on a test or write papers, however, a new study has shown that students who do not pull all nighters have slightly higher GPA'S than those who do. A Psychology took a survey of 120 students at St. Lawrence University and found that students who have never pulled an all-nighter have average GPAs of 3.2, compared to 2.95 for those who have. Health experts say that many college students have indadequate or irregular sleep paterns as a result of excessive caffeine or just poor time management. One problem that many students may have is that they have trouble remembering material that they studied in the middle of the night. Some students may be able to pull of these all nighters better than others, because some students have more of a 24 hour body clock than others.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/14/all.nighters.ap/index.html

Election

One of Hilary Clinton's main advisors is stepping down after she made an inappropriate remark about Senator Barack Obama. She said that his admittance to previous drug use would hurt him in his chance to become elected. After she made this comment Clinton personally apologized to Obama for her advisors comment. Officials say that Obama accepted the apology and said that he thinks these comments are just a result of people being concerned about the polls. Shaheen, Clinton's former adviso, told a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday that Republicans would exploit Obama's admission of past drug use if he won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination and that they may even suggest Obama once dealt drugs. Shaheen did apologize for his comments and said that in no way were they condoned by the campaign. Clinton also says that she did not condone this comment, that it was innapropriate, and that he has apologized.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/clinton.obama/index.html

Technology

Many parents who have waited to do last minute Christmas shopping are having a hard time finding the Nintendo Wii, a popular game system. Nintendo recognized this, and decided to create gift certificates. Parents can go to a Gamestop store, and pay $249 dollars for the sold out system, and then will recieve an IOU in return. They can then pick up the game system in the beginning of January after the holdiays. They think that this will solve parents problems of having nothing to put under the tree. This raincheck has pleased some customers, while others are still willing to pay the 200-300 dollar premium to purchase the system on sites like Ebay.

Source: http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/12/14/nintendo-offers-a-raincheck-for-wii-shortage/

Local

For many Anderson residents the year 2007 started off negatively, with the loss of a job. Guide started off the year by closing down the plant, and will end it by demoloting it. Guide closed on January 12. It had around 1200 people working at the plant. The plant is 2.2 million square feet, and demolition started in the southeast corner. There are some environmental concerns in demoliting the plant including asbestos, lead-based paint items and some mercury. Demolition could last anywhere from 18 to 22 months. They are trying to recycle many things from the site.

Source: http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_349214009.html

Health



A two year old girl in India was born with 8 limbs, four arms and four legs. On November 7, doctors performed an operation to remove the extra limbs. 48 hours later, she is awake and moving her limbs. This was a very extensive surgery. More than 30 doctors helped with the operation. The surgery lasted 24 hours. In addition to removing the limbs, doctors also had to transplant a kidney. Doctors took the girl off of the respirator on Friday, but are still going to be watching her closesly. Her parents say that before the surgery they were worried about the future of their daughter, but now they are looking forward to seeing her with a normal body.


Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/13/india.girl/index.html

National
A U.S. student is being detained in Italy. A judge ruled on Friday November 9, that her and two other students should be held in jail as suspects for the murder of their British roommate. Amanda Knox is a 20 year old student from Seattle and is being detained right now along with her Italian boyfriend, and another Italian girl. They are being detained for connection with the sexual assault and murder of a girl atttending the same college. The student who was murdered was Meredith Kercher, and she was 21 years old.







Technology






Recently many pizza places have started allowing customers to place their orders over the internet. If you thought that was cool, Papa Johns has started another way for customers to place orders, through text messaging! They have recently made this option available with 2700 of their restaurants. They got the idea after allowing the online orders in 2001, which now accounts for twenty percent of their profits. The way that their system works is that you sign up online and put your address and 4 of your favorite orders. Then when you are ready to order your pizza, you would just text FAV1, FAV2, FAV3, or FAV4. Papa John's will then send a reply with your order and you can confirm or deny it. This seems like a pretty cool idea. Think about it, if you're sitting in a meeting and can't call to order your pizza, you could text your order and have it there for you when you need it.

World

At least 63 people died as a result of the coal mine blast in Ukraine on Sunday, November 18. This explosion was caused by a methane blast. In addition to the 63 people that died, 37 people are also missing, they are trapped inside the mine. 367 miners have been rescued so far, 27 of them having to be hospitalized. This was a very tragic event, the worst accident that Ukraine has seen in seven years. Authorities are doing anything that they can to save the miners that remain trapped inside. This event emphasized the lack of attention they put on safety. This country has some of the most dangerous mines in the world, because they are so deep. Hopefully this event with cause authorities to put more emphasis on saftey issues, and increase the saftey of these miners.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/18/ukraine.mining.ap/index.html


Business
McDonald's Corp Executives have come up with a new idea, they want their stores to expand in the area of coffee. They want to compete with coffee shops, such as Starbucks. They want their stores to offer lattes, mochas, cappuccinos and espressos. The prices are estimated to be about 50 cents less than Starbucks. The executives aren't 100 percent sure how well the new products would do, and if it would be worth the investment or not. They estimate that it would cost about $100,000 for rennovations and new equiptment. Some people think this investment would be a flop, others have been impressed by McDonalds latest premium coffee and iced coffee's and are looking forward to trying these new products. This would come at a bad time for Starbucks, as the company is struggling with the increasing prices of dairy and growing competition. It will be interesting to see if McDonalds goes through with this, and how the new products turn out.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/f54647026bb0b4f6dd52cbbe18fa2358.htm


Sports
The Indianapolis Colts beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, with the final score of 13-10. Vinatieri scored the 24 yard fieldgoald that the Colts needed to win with 4 seconds left in the game. Two weeks ago Vinatieri missed his first fieldgoal ever in the RCA Dome againd the Patriots. Last week he missed a 29 yard field goal, which could have caused the Colts to beat San Diego. Tonight he missed a 49 yard field goal, making it his fourth missed field goal in a row. This was his longest streak since 1999 when he missed 3 in a row. Tony Dungy says he isn't worried about Vinatieri, and would be surprised if he missed another one this year.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/scoreboards/2007/11/18/2666_viewcast_recap.html
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Iraq

So far there have been 34 troops die in Iraq during the month of October. This is nearly the lowest amount of deaths in about two years. About a third of these deaths were from non-combat causes. This is the second significant decrease in deaths. In August 84 troops died, followed by 65 deaths in September. Overall almost 4,000 troops have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war on terrorism. It is great to see these numbers decreasing, but it is still terrible to see these soldiers dying in Iraq. It's too early to be excited about the decrease in numbers, because the war on terrorism is still going on and many soldiers are still losing their lives in Iraq.

World

Mexico has experienced flooding as a result of heavy rains throughout the past week. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as a result of this, and one man died. The flooding is not related to the tropical storm Noel. The flood also caused a pipeline to explode, but that did not cause any injuries. President Calderon flew out to some of the areas that needed help, and says that he is trying to help as much as possible. Many people have been effected by this flooding.

Sports

Many Hoosiers are dissapointed today (November 4) as the colts lost tonight's game, their first loss of the season. The final score was 24-20. Tom Brady threw two of his three touch down passes within the last four minutes of the game. For the first half of the game, it seemed as if the Colts had it under control. The colts were missing one of their key players, Marvin Harrison, as a result of his knee injury. He has missed three straight games.

Election

Hillary Clinton spoke on Sunday, November 4 to clarify her position on New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's plan to give drivers license to illegal immigrants. The issue was brought up at the Democrats debate on Tuesday, and Clinton's answer seemed to be unclear. At the time all she said was the plan made a lot of sense to her. On Sunday she was asked about it by reporters, and she said that she wasn't as clear with her answer as she should have been. She also said that she supported what Governors like Spitzer were trying to do. She said that the states had to come up with plans like these as a result of the federal governments failures when it comes to this matter.

Business

Employers added twice as many jobs as expected during the month of October. The Labor Department stated on Friday November 2, that the nation's payrolls grew by $166,000. The nation's unemployment rated stayed at 4.7 percent. Things are looking better than economists expected; they predicted the payrolls to increase by about $80,000. President Bush pointed to the growing employment opportunities to show that his economic policies work, although I don't know that everyone would agree with that. Average hourly earnings raised to $17.58 in October.

Health

It's that time of year again, time for colds and the flu. There are many remedies and traditions to treating these that have been around for years, but there are also many misconceptions about how to treat these illnesses. As always you should keep your hands clean, and wash them frequently. One rumor that is false is that you can sweat out a cold, experts advise people to take it easy working out while you have a cold. Experts advice people not to overdo it with cold remedies and medicines. They sayT to eat what feels good, you don't have to just eat soup. Another interesting fact is that smokers are more likely to get the flu.


Technology

Although there have been many complaints about the IPhone, it is considered the invention of the year. Many complaints include that it is too big, too hard to text on, too expensive, and does not have instant messages. However, there are many positive things about the IPhone too. There are 5 main reasons why it is the invention of the year. The 5 reasons include; it is pretty, it is touchy feely, it will make other phones better, it is a platform not just a phone, it is the ghost of IPhones yet to come. The IPhone has sould 1.4 million phones so far. This phone is just the beginning of IPhones. Think of how far the ipod has come along since the original was released 6 years ago. It will be interesting to see how the IPhone evolves.

National

The story of the sixth grade teacher and 13 year old student in Lexington, KY has been closely followed. It was said that these two had an intimitate relationship, and officials believed the two had run off together. Officials found emails which included them discussing their relationship and "love" for each other. The teacher and boy were found on Saturday November 3, 2007. Officials released the boy to his relatives in Mexico. The teacher is said to face several charges including kidnapping, felony child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and transporting a minor across state or foreign borders for sexual activity. If found guilty, she cold face 10 years in prison.

Local

On Saturday November 3, Anderson held a city wide cleanup session. This was held at Anderson's Athletic Park. This is the second year the city has offered this, it is an opportunity for residents to get rid of old tires and household debris. They had over 40 dumpsters there, and many people brought items to get rid of. They also said that if residents had large items such as furniture or appliances, they would arrange for someone to pick them up. The city sponsored this event, and 10 different departments helped out. This is a good way for residents to get rid of things that they couldn't normally just set out with their regular trash. It is held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

State

A student attending Pendleton Heights High School has been diagnosed with MRSA on November 2, 2007. Glenn Nelson, the principal, said that the student transferred to PHHS and believes that the staph infection was brought to the school, not contracted at the school. Nelson did not identify the student, or the student's gender. He said that this is a very low grade of MRSA, and it is only resistant to one antibiotic. He also said that the school was taking precautions such as disenfecting desktops, keyboards, and athletic equiptment. A letter was sent to parents with information about MRSA.