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A teenager is dead after going to a Houston party. A spring break party where every goes gets out of hand, after several attendees opened fire killing one. The party was suppose to be a copycat party from the 2012 movie "Project X." Three high school students throw a party that gets out of control. Leaving a damaged house and bad hangovers, but no one dead. The unidentified male suffered multiple gun shot wounds.  

Newcomb, A. (March 14, 2012). Houston Teen Killed at 'Project X' Inspired Party. Retrieved March 15, 2012, from http://gma.yahoo.com/houston-teen-killed-project-x-inspired-party-202659149--abc-news.html

A Swiss couple escaped from Pakistan Taliban who held them hostage since July. Olivier Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 29, were aid workers when they were kidnapped. They arrived at Pakistan's army checkpoint and stated "they have been held hostage by the Pakistan Taliban since July." Kidnapping for ransom is common in Pakistan, but usually not foreigners. 

Mujtaba, H. (march 15, 2012). Swiss couple escape from Pakistan Taliban captivity. YAHOO! News. Retrieved March 15, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-couple-held-pakistan-taliban-released-062404156.html


Missouri mom attacked her son's drug dealer. She became furious when her son couldn't kick his heroin addiction. She confronted the drug dealer in his driveway and became frightened and grab the bat and told Joshua Loyd, 21 to stay away from her and her family, but he continued to come closer so she hit him. She is being prosecuted by her state and she claims "the blows couldn't have hurt and only should have bruised him." She has over 900 supporters on Facebook.

Ng. C. (March 14, 2012). abc Good Morning America. YAHOO!News. Retrieved Marcu 15, 2012, from
 http://gma.yahoo.com/missouri-mom-accused-attacking-sons-alleged-drug-dealer-164615357--abc-news.html

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 A 11-year-old boy gets trapped in the sand in Michigan. Nicholas Nelson was with his older brother Kyle Rininger and they were in separate sand holes when the sand hill caved in on Nelson.  His brother tried to dig him out and he couldn't, he called 911, and then ran home to get his parents. The fire department arrived within minutes. Nelson was trapped for 30 minutes before the fire department was able to rescue him. There was an air pocket surrounding Nelson that saved his life. He was taken to the hospital and stayed over night and was released the following day. His mother said "it was a miracle and thanked everyone who came to her son's rescue."

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c81a6a329c5046e3afd522747d8fbe9c/MI--Sand-Hill-Collapse/  

 Earthquake struck Japan with a magnitude of 6.8. Wednesday evening. A series of earthquakes hit Tokyo with the strongest one off Hokkaido island causing small tsunamis with a 8 inch swell. This occurred 3 days after the one year anniversary of March 11, 2011 devastating tsunami.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0314/Japan-earthquake-Northern-Japan-rattled-by-6.8-earthquake

http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Japan-Tsunami-Anniversary



Amanda Knox's boyfriend will be visiting Seattle, Washington. Raffaele Sollecito spent four years in the same Italian prison as Knox for the murder of Meredith Kercher 'Amanda's Roommate.' Sollecito is scheduled for a  job interview for Microsoft during his visit to Seattle.

Battiste, N. (March 14, 2012). Amanda Knox's Former Boyfriend to Visit Seattle. abc NEWS. Retrieved March 15, 2012, from  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/amanda-knoxs-former-boyfriend-to-visit-seattle/

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 A child's fingers are found in the trash. The fingers were found a month in Honolulu, Hawaii. the fingers are from a girl that is between 2 and 4 years-old. Six fingers were found by Gina Rose Vendegna while she was searching for recycled material in the garbage of a apartment complex close to her home.  The fingers were in plastic bags and Vendegna thought the fingers were ginger root and placed them in her purse, but when she got home and got a closer look she realized that there were fingernails on them. She called the police and they are searching missing persons reports.

CNN. ( march 13, 2012). Hawaii mystery: Child's fingers found in trash. Retrieved March 13, 2012, from http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/13/hawaii-mystery-childs-fingers-found-in-trash/?hpt=hp_t3


Tide detergent seems to be a hot commodity and is being stolen off the shelves. The price for the detergent is why it's targeted with the average price as close as $20.00 a bottle. The item is stolen and then sold in the black market for a lesser price. The bottles don't have serial numbers so they are hard to track, but stores are placing devices on the bottle and an alarm will go off when they are taken off the shelves.

http://money.msn.com/shopping-deals/article.aspx?post=4ea02fe7-5217-4ce5-94d5-1048f4902384

A deadly recluse spider bites a girl Amarillo airport in Texas. Nikki Perez 21, was stung and hospitalized for the deadly bite. Her head swelled twice the size and she needed a skin graft to rebuild her ear that rotted from necrosis. The spider was known only to habitat in the Midwest and Southeast, but it is traveling north towards Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and even New York.

James. S. ( March 12, 2012). Rotting-Ear Case the Work of Deadly Brown Recluse Spider.  Yahoo! News. Retrieved March 13, 2012, from  http://news.yahoo.com/rotting-ear-case-deadly-brown-recluse-spider-195911702--abc-news.html

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Woman and children were severely attacked and murdered in Syria. The brutal massacre on Sunday took place after peace talks between the U.N. and the Syrian regime about possibly a ceasefire. The murders occurred in the Karm al Zaytoun neighborhood. Children were stabbed to death in front of their mothers and women and minor girls were sexually assaulted before they were shot to death.  

CNN. (March 12, 2012). 45 women, children killed Homs massacre, Syrian opposition says. Retrieved March 12, 2012, from http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/12/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

New Jersey is running out of toilet paper. Budget cuts have prevented the city from purchasing toilet paper. The state will run out of toilet paper next week unless an expense plan is approved. The argument is over a $4,000 outstanding bill for paper cups and the fear that employees are taking home the supplies for personal use.

Carbone, N. (March 11, 2012). New Jersey Capital Will Run Out of Toilet Paper Due to Budget Battle. Time Newsfeed. Retrieved March 12, 2012, fromhttp://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/11/new-jersey-capital-will-run-out-of-toilet-paper-due-to-budget-battle/?hpt=hp_t2

 A School bus crashed  killed 2 and critically inured 2. The reason for the crash is still unknown. It happened in Indianapolis at 8:00 a.m., the bus crashed into into support pillars of  a train bridge. It was raining at the time. The driver of the bus died along with a 5 year-old child. Twelve other children were injured and two are critical. 

http://www.wthr.com/story/17134930/school-bus-crash-injures-one?hpt=hp_t2

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A two year-old is still missing since Feb. 22. Her mother Athena Manuma, 22 dropped off her daughter with the toddler's father. The mother said "it was a normal drop off and told her daughter Ava Enlow I will see you on Wednesday." Manuma has not heard from either of them and the police are calling it a custodial abduction. The father Brent Anderson drives a 2002 blue Chevrolet Silverdo he is 5 ft 10' and weighs 235 pounds, anyone with any information is to call 602-534-2121. 

Abbey, J. ( March 8, 2012). Arizona Mother Searches for Missing Two Year-Old Ava Enlow. abc. Good Morning America. YAHOO! NEWS. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from  http://gma.yahoo.com/arizona-mother-searches-missing-two-old-ava-enlow-193940140--abc-news.html


A toddler gets thrown off a Jet Blue flight. The Rhode Island family was traveling from Turks to Boston and their 2-year-old wouldn't sit in her seat. The family was able to get Natalie to sit, but security still did appear, due to the request from the pilot. Security was sympathetic, but the pilot wasn't and the plane pulled back to the gate and the family was taken off the plane.  The family was forced to stay another evening in the Caribbean because there were no more flights going out that day. The whole ordeal cost them over $2,000.  Unfortunately, this is not the first case.

•  Kate Penland claimed she was taken off an Express Jet flight in 2997 after refusing to give her child Benadryl to quiet him down.
   
• Two-year-old Jarret Farrel, an autistic boy traveling with his mom, was kicked off an American Eagle flight in 2008. American Airline's said the "child had been crying and screaming uncontrollably, to the point where the child's well being was in question."
   
• Pamela Root and her toddler son were kicked off a Southwest flight in 2009 because passengers could not hear pre-flight safety announcements. The airline did apologize to Root and sent her a $300 voucher for future travel. 

Inspirational Friday

Dolphins are rescued by beach goers. Thirty dolphins became confused and began to swim to close to the shore in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When beach goers realized that the dolphins were to close to the shore they grab each dolphin by their tail and brought them back to the deep water. When all the dolphins were saved and returned to the deep a crowd of people cheered and applauded.

 http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16185363


A man with 10 brain tumors is denied treatment until a good Samaritan pays for it. A father of two from England was denied expensive treatment for his tumors. Glen Cunningham needed the drug Avastin, but health officials denied his claim stating "there is no proof that the drug would shrink his inoperable brain tumors." Cunningham and his family launched a campaign and got the attention from Kenny Vickers a property developer who agreed to pay for Cunningham's treatment $53,000. Cunningham was stunned and truly grateful and "he never thought that their would be a person in the world as generous as Vickers."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/glen-cunningham-brain-tumors-cancer-treatment_n_1324508.html

A blind surfer in Hawaii will amaze you watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1R8zp8WfqXg#!

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 A Solar storm will hit earth today. At 5:45 a.m. Eastern time a geometric storm from a solar flare that occurred on Tuesday arrived the earth's atmosphere today. So far the storm has been a dud, but it could change. The effects from the storm can interrupt GPS devices and air  traffic communication.

Los Angeles Times. (March 8, 2012). Solar Storm is a bit of a dud--but wait, there's more to come. retrieved March  8, 2012, from http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-solar-storm-20120308,0,1357976.story

Ground beef from grocery stores have pink slime. The United States Department of Agriculture has blown the whistle on the meat industry. They have stated that 70% of ground beef has pink slime, which contains ammonia. Pink slime breaks down the waste trimming meat on a low heat from the muscle and makes it easy to separate. Then the combination of the trimmings is sent through pipes that are sprayed with ammonia to kill bacteria. The meat is packaged and sent off to grocery stores and is added to ground beef as a filler. The pink slime does not have to be put on the label because it is considered meat. Pink slime was only thought to be found in fast food chains, but now it has circulated in your local grocery store.

WCVB. TV. 5. acb. Boston. ( March 8, 2012). Report: Supermarket Ground Beef Contains 'Pink Slime.' Retrieved March 8, 2012, from http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/30634362/detail.html


A Michigan woman who has won $1 million in the state lottery and is still collecting welfare. Amanda Clayton remained on her state welfare system after receiving a lump sum of $500,000 last September. She stated  "it was fine to still collect welfare because she had to pay for two houses." She also bought a car out of her winnings. The House of Representatives is trying to pass a bill that lottery winners that receive public assistance need to be reassess for anything over $1,000.

http://gawker.com/5891482/least-ambitious-woman-in-america-continues-to-collect-welfare-after-winning-1m-lottery