Bitter Cold Will Last

Freezing air gripped cities from the Canadian border to Florida on Wednesday, with some cities posting record lows. Snow in some southern states had rush hour traffic at a near standstill. Records were posted in the Michigan cities of Flint, at 19 below, and Saginaw, 10 below. Places like Hot Springs and Monticello, Arkansas, were in the low 20s. Minneapolis, Minnesota, posted a reading of 19 below zero, and it was 14 below in Fargo, North Dakota, where the wind chill made it feel like 31 below, said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. Forecasters have predicted dangerously cold conditions through Friday morning in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000

Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. A local resident said that one of the pirate's body washed up on the shore, and in his pocket was a plastic bag containing $153,000. The pirates had been holding a Ukrainian arms ship and it's crew hostage. A spokesman for the group of pirates holding the ship and crew for ransom has said that they will release them soon, and because of good negotiations; may lower the ransom.

Advice to Obama on battling presedential aging

Today I read an article on the predictions of how Barack Obama will age while in office. The article said that when a new president comes into office, he seems happy and ready for the job. After awhile, the pressure of big critical decisions, criticism, and public opinion chips away at them. After looking at notes of past presidents and their lifestyle, eating habits, bloodpressure and physical activity, a study was made and found out that the typical president ages 2 years for every 1 year in office. A picture prediction of how President-elect Obama will look is shown on the CNN website.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/presidential.health.aging/index.html

Police Shooting an accident or murder?

A group of young men were on their way home from a new years party on the subway when they were pulled from the car by police. Police then handcuffed a few of the young men, and pulled a tazer on 22 year old Oscar Grant. From a video taken, Oscar is heard to be saying "Don't Tase me; I have a 4-year-old daughter. " After that, officers began to handcuff him on the ground and when he struggled one of officers pulled out his gun and shot him in the back. The bullet then ricocheted off the groud under him, and tore through his lungs. Oscar Grant died 7 hours later in the hospital.

Teen trained to be a suicide bomber

In Afghanistan, a 14 year old boy has been convicted of plotting to kill himself and others as a suicide bomber. The boy, who's name is Shakirullah, (one name is given to people in tribal regions) is already a convicted terrorist for planning to carry out a suicide bombing. He says that muslim radicals lied and tricked him into becoming a would be bomber. Shakirullah says now that the only thing he wants the most is to just see his parents again. He has been sentenced to serve at least 5 years behind bars and will be switched to an adult prison after a few years. When asked about what kind of people he thought the British and Americans were, he said; "I don't know. God knows what type of people they are, whether they are good or bad. I don't know them."