Archive for the ‘News’ tag
Tim Russert, 58, dies
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm - no responses yet
The top story on my feed just now was Tim Russert passing away earlier today. He passed due to a heart attack.
I started this post back on June, when Jim had passed. I am not sure what all I was going to say. I am publishing this just for archiving sake.
Kid Voted Out of Kindergarten
June 1st, 2008 at 7:26 pm - no responses yet
A special needs kindergarten student in Florida was voted out of the classroom by his peers. The vote was initiated by the teacher according to the mother in the video.
The Coral and Opal blog made a post on this as well, the author points out that Ms. Portillo, Alex’s teacher, stated that “she and the [...]
Modern Sins are Condemed
March 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pm - 5 responses
The Vatican has updated their list of sins covered by the New York Times. The latest additions include: pollution, mind-altering drugs and genetic experiments. The article said the Vatican added some last year as well, but I didn’t hear about it.
Pentagon Bans Google Teams From Bases
March 14th, 2008 at 1:57 am - 2 responses
Google Maps have been around a few years, and the government just now found out about it? The government has banned Google from making street-level detailed maps of military bases. Now, while the reasons they enforced this ban are completely valid, why on earth did it take the most advanced military this long to find [...]
