I thought this would be a good thread to include any news articles we might like to share. It might be easier to just link stories rather than post them on the board, especially if they're very depressing or horrific articles...

With all the crazy economy issues, sometimes we forget about our environmental issues at hand. This article is about the unpredicted and unexpected warming of the Western Antarctic, which they believe wil result in rising sea levels:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_sc/un_un_warming_antarctic

Wow Savannah, that is just ridiculous. And a very sad comment on our society.

Well, I have some very sad news to report regarding an 8 year old girl who lived in northern CA, about 2 1/2 hours from where I live.

Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/06/BAR116U792.DTL

She went missing on 3/27 and her body has now been found.
Here is video of her:





It is just disgusting how someone can do that to a kid. It so upsetting to know the person is still out there. My prayers are with her family and specially the mother... she is going through such a horrible experience right now...

Oh, how sad Carol. That poor family; I'll be praying for them.


Just saw this in the news. This pirating stuff sure is getting scary! I wonder what the Obama administration will do---we're not known to give into ransom demands.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090408/ts_nm/us_somalia_piracy_7

That poor little girl. Her family has my prayers.

That pirate story is pretty scary. There's so much in the news now that makes a person wonder what kind of people could possibly do those kinds of things.

It sounds like this is becoming a way of life for the Somalians! It's just crazy! I mean, what kind of weaponry are ships supposed to carry these days?!

Oh my goodness...here's the latest on the pirate story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_re_af/piracy

I'm sure you have heard this story but I thought I would share it here! What an amazing dog!

http://www.mmail.com.my/Pet_dog_survives_4_months_on_deserted_island.aspx

Oh, what a wonderful story!!! What a dog!!

I'm glad to hear there was a good ending to the pirate story: the captain was safely rescued, one pirate was arrested and the others killed.

LOVE that Savannah! Thanks for sharing it!

Sooo sweet

That is sooooo sweeet!!!

LOL, yep---he is a VERY cool guy! I wonder how many hours that was....I think he said something about being out there since 6:45 or SLT, but I don't know what time it was that he said that. And at that point, he was still catching ducks, LOL...he hadn't even started his duck parade to the river that sounded like it took forever!

I'm not sure if this is an appropriate thing to talk about on here, but has anyone heard of the shooting that happened at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC this past Wednesday? my mom told me when I got home from school, and it just disturbed me for a lot of reasons. here's a link to an article written about this shooting if anyone is interested in reading it and/or hasn't heard of it

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/06/11/2009061100277.html

I have heard of it. What a sad thing this is.
I spoke with this man one time who flat out truly believes the holocaust was just a "made up story" by the Jews.

It is sad to know that there are people out there who believe that.

I've also met someone who was in the camp and had some numbers tattooed on her arm.

we all know about Michael Jackson's death, and about the media swarming around this question: who will get custody of Michael's children? I found this article on google news, saying that Janet wants to help raise her brother's kids. I hope it's true, because I'd like to see Michael's kids stay with their father's family.

http://www.hollyscoop.com/michael-jackson/janet-jackson-wants-to-help-raise-michaels-kids_20888.aspx

Here's a great story out of Southern California today...