Tuesday, August 9, 2011

What's in The News Today

Diana Nyad aborted her 103-mile swim from Florida to Cuba. Diana at 61-years-old wanted to be the first person to swim from Florida to Cuba. She attempted to do this without a shark cage.  She was forced to abort her swim halfway through, due to ocean swells. She was vomiting when she was brought aboard a rescue vessel at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, after 29 hours in the  water.

CNN Health. ( August 9, 2011). Diana Nyad forced to abandon 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. Retrieved August 9, 2011, from http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/09/nyad.103.mile.swim/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

A 3-year-old goes missing while riding her bicycle in broad daylight in Senath, Missouri.  She was riding her bike with her 5-year-old brother he goes inside for 20 minutes and when he returns his sister is gone. Girl and bicycle have vanished this is the 2nd girl that has disappeared within two months "Jakie Sue Waller" within a  90 mile radius.

Grace, N. (August 8, 2011). What happened to missing girl? CNN. Retrieved August 9, 2011, from 
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2011/08/08/ng.missing.girl.bike.hln?hpt=hp_t2

A mayor in Lithuanian smashes cars with a tank when people are parked illegally. He wanted to make a statement "he does not want people parking in his city's bike lanes.  Watch this video has he smashes a Mercedes: click on link
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/08/08/gps.last.look.illegal.parking.cnn

CNN World. (August 8, 2011). Lithuanian mayor crushes car in parking video. Retrieved August 9, 2011, from http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/08/lithuanian-mayor-crushes-car-with-tank-in-parking-video/?

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