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Internet Protest
Washionton Post
Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing are planning a black out on their web pages. They want to help stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. Theses web sites will block out all the English language pages for the first time since 2001. -
Hundreds Killed In A Honduras Prison Fire
Fox News
A fired started when an immate lite his bed matress on fire. The fire spreaded quickly killing in it's path while the guards serached for the keys. It was confirmed that 58 men were killed in the fire making it the deadliest prison fire in a century. -
Trayvon Martin Case
CNN
A man named Micheal Dunn shot at a car full of teens because he felt threated. He claims that he asked the teens to turn down the music in their vechicle while he waited for his girlfriend to return to the car. Dunn told the authorities that he heard threats from the teens and saw a gun, he grabbed his gun and shot at the teens at least eight times killing a seventeen year old boy named Trayvon Martin. -
Kony 2012
Seattlepi
A campaign called Kony 2012 reached out across the world and got help for those who are suffering from leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Africa. They had a night just to spread the word called "Cover the Night". This was where everyone all around the world hung up posters, wore shirts, and even spoke to people about it to spread the word. -
Dozens Of Children Die In A Brutal Attack
<ahref='http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/world/middleeast/syrian-activists-claim-death-toll-in-village-soars.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0' >New York Times</a>
More than 90 people, including at least 32 children under the age of 10, were killed in a central Syrian village. Soldiers and pro-government fighters stormed the village and killed families in their homes late at night. International officials largely blamed the government. -
Apple Computer
<ahref='http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/15/technology/apple-i-auction/index.htm' >CNN</a>
Auction house Sotheby's sold a 1976 Apple I Computer for $374,500. For that price the buyer could have bought 750 IPads, Who ever bought this computer will make a lot more money than they paid for when they go to sell it.
1,800 IPhones, and 650 shares of apples. -
Queen Elizabeth 2 Opens the London Olympics
<ahref='http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/07/27/queen-elizabeth-ii-declares-olympics-open/' >Fox News</a>
At 86 years Queen Elizabeth 2 has the honor of the opening of the London Olypmics Games. She was accompanied by her husband, Prince, Phillip, and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. Many fans cheered her on as she made her entrance. -
Apple Loses Patent in Tokyo, Japan
Washinton Post
Japanese court dimisses patent claiming Apple leveled against Samsung. This has caused an worldwide patent war raging between Apple and Android smartphone makers. After a long battle Apple won the case. -
Georgia VS Tennessee
Georgia Dogs
The Georgia Bulldogs beat the Tennessee Vols 51-44 in and exciting shootout in Sanford Stadium. Georgia amassed 560 yards of offense against the Vols including 282 on the ground and scored more than 40 points for a record 5th time to start the year. Georgia is remaining unbeaten on the year at 5-0. -
Hurricane Sandy
<ahref='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/hurricane-sandy-damage-new-york_n_2234335.html' >Huffington Post</a>
Now New York's governor is walking into the eye of a man-made disaster from the remains of Hurrican Sandy. He asked the federal government for nearly $42 billion in Sandy relief. Besides the federal government needing money, I know a lot of volunteers from many states donated money and time to help with the Sandy relief. -
Breaking Dawn Part 2
<ahref='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/18/breaking-dawn-part-2-box-office-341-million_n_2155009.html' >HUffington Post</a>
Breaking Dawn Part 2 was the last film to the series. During opening weekend the film made $340.9 million. That's a sum which is sure to please "Breaking Dawn" distributor Summit Entertainment and its parent company, Lionsgate. -
Killing In Connecticut
<ahref='http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=295961' >Jersey Post</a>
A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing 26 people including 20 children in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year. The gunman was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference.
