Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Weatherman Knees Guy

As Jim Cantore, a weatherman from The Weather Channel, was reporting about the storm in South Carolina, he kneed a man. The younger guy was trying to get into the camera's view, and ran up to him yelling, only showing his face for a second. As Jim saw him approaching, he kneed him in the lower stomach area, only hesitating reporting for a second. While doing that, he managed to stay on his feet. After the guy ran away, Jim continued to keep reporting about the storm.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/01/29/jim-cantori-knees-man/5017553/

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Obama: Pot No Worse Than Alcohol

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/19/obama-marijuana-not-so-bad/4649883/

"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life,'' he said in a magazine interview. "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol."
President Obama also says that pot is less dangerous in some ways than alcohol. President Obama thinks that the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington are important experiments, "He said legalizations of marijuana in Colorado and Washington are important experiments "because it's important for society not to have a situation in which a large portion of people have at one time or another broken the law and only a select few get punished.'" 

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

New Mexico School Shooting

On Tuesday morning at Berrendo Middle School in Rosewell, New Mexico a twelve year old boy shot two of his classmates. A girl was shot in the arm, and a boy who was thought to be the target of the shooter, was shot in the face twice and is in critical condition. Around 8 am when all of the students were gathered in the gym, he opened fire. A teacher quickly went up to the boy and asked him to put down the gun. When he did, he was taken into custody. "Officials at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, say an 11-year-old boy was flown there in critical condition and a 13-year-old girl was en route in serious condition."  One staff member had minor injuries, but refused medical help because he wanted to stay and help. 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-shooting-middle-school-mexico-21526343

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Minnesota Fire

On January 1, around 8 in the morning, a Minnesota apartment building burned down injuring multiple people. The three story building also had a grocery story on the first floor. The fire was so severe that the firefighters had to leave the building only minutes after arriving. They were also worried about the stability of the building and the safety of the firefighters. The fire department said it wasn't possible to determine if everyone was accounted for or not. The flames and endless smoke engulfed the building only to turn into icicles after the firefighters hosed it all down on the aerial ladders. Thirteen people were rushed to the hospital, and later a fourteenth person joined them.  At least six of them were in critical condition. Some people jumped from the building, and some of the injured people were already on the street when first responders arrived at the scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.