First in 600 years!

Pope Benedict XVI is resigning from being the pope effective February 28. The pope is 85 years old and he is resigning due to the fact that he is aging and his health is declining. He feels that he can no longer do his duty of looking over over 1 billion Catholics. He was the first pope to resign since 1415 when Pope Gregory XII stepped down. The Catholics will have a new pope before easter, which is March 31. There isnt a leading canidate to replace the pope but the Catholic community is working hard to find a replacement.

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1908779

no mail on saturdays?

The u.s. post service or the mail is planning on cutting out saturday mail routes to cut down the cost. this plan would save the agency 2 billion dollars. it is going to be annouced today according to fox new and will bevin effect starting in August. the service has been struggling with money and has raised the mail prices over time including a penny raise lately. Research shows that 7 out of 10 americans approve of the move. Packages will still be delivered 6 days a week because packages have gone up 14% since 2010. i think this move is decent and in 20 years i feel there will be no mail system it will all be email.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/06/postal-service-to-cut-saturday-mail-to-trim-costs/?test=latestnews

Grad rate very high!

High school grad rates are the highest they have been since 1976. With that about a fifth of the students arent graduating in four years but who cares. at least the kids that cant do it in four years stick with it and graduate after all. Kids are realizing with this economy jobs are very difficult to get with a diploma. So without one it is almost impossible. Unless you want to work at McDonalds or Burger King for the rest of your life you need to have direction in your life like going to college and majoring and getting a job to support yourself and family. It is good to see the rates going up!



http://news.yahoo.com/study-high-school-grad-rate-highest-since-76-050251407.html

PED's

Today in a new list of baseball PED's there were 5 susperstars among many more. The list cam from a clinic that supplied the players with the drugs. Gio Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrerra, Bartolo Colon and Nelson Cruz were the 5 stars. This year the league has passed a law stating that they can test in season for banned substances and will start too. I think this will find many more players using and could hurt the reputation of the game but it needs to be done.






http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/report-links-rod-ped-mlb-investigates-18344810

NRA Video calls Obama a Hypocrite

NRA, National Rifle Association came out with a video that called Obama a Hypocrite because he doesnt want schools to have an armed securtity system. He was called this also because his own children get their own armed security so people are sayin that he only cares about his own children. I believe that all people are equal so in saying that all schools should have armed security personal whether it be a teacher or a cop. Just because they are the presidents kids, that doesnt make them any better than anybody else. There should be armed security personal in all schools.



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/01/16/nra-video-calls-obama-a-hypocrite/

Zorb Accident

In Russia two men where in a zorb inflatable ball and it veered off the course. It went over a rock leadge on a ski hill killing one and severly injuring the other.  The ball rolled for over a mile launching the people out of it. The guy that is still alive suffered head and spine injuries and he is the lucky one. People in Russia love zorbing but after this i really don't know what their views are going to be. A video has been released of the run.




http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-zorb-accident-20130109,0,5945485.story

WWII practice bomb found

The other day Sonny Carter a 7 year old from Gaywood, England was using his new metal detector and found a rare find.  He and his family found and dug up a 11.5 pound World War II practice bomb and brought it home. When they got it home and washed it they realized that it was a bomb so the Royal Air Force bomb squad was dispatched to the house. The bomb didnt have any explosives in it so everyone escaped danger. So after this bomb was found, the government advised the citizens to not move the device if they find one.



http://news.yahoo.com/video/7-old-finds-wwii-era-191000092.html