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Girls Get Severely Sunburned Because School Won't Allow SunScreen

Levack — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:24:42 +0000

Two elementary school girls were hospitalized on Tuesday for severe sunburns that they got while on a school field trip. The girl’s class at Point Defiance Elementary School, in Tacoma Washington, spent most of the day outside on Tuesday and were not allowed to wear sunscreen. The girls were unprotected from the sun because their [...]

News Of The Week Rhymed! [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:47:37 +0000

Casey Danton, our illustrious newsperson is one busy lady. Trying to compile all of goings on is a tough job. She can’t possibly cover all of the stories that come across her desk (plus there’s no room for them with all those shoe boxes in the way from her latest shopping trip). So on Friday [...]

Two U.S. Marshals Wounded in Shootout in St. Louis

Jake Thomas — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:17:11 +0000

It is very unfortunate to see the recent increase in the shooting deaths and injuries of law enforcement officers at various levels and departments around the country in the last couple of months.

4 Americans Dead At Hands of Somali Pirates

Jake Thomas — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:07:16 +0000

This story had been develpoing for a few days now as U.S. Military ships were shadowing the yacht which had been overtaken by Somali pirates. Sometimes you just have a feeling that things are not going to end well, and for me this story was on them. For the sad details the LA Times has [...]

Apple's Steve Jobs May Be Done

Jake Thomas — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:47:51 +0000

Apple and Disney CEO Steve Jobs has announced an indefinite leave of absence due to medical issues. The man who made the Mac, IPhone,Ipod,Ipad and much more part of our culture may be the most talented CEO in the world. MSN has more on this story.

Packages Ignite In Maryland

Jake Thomas — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:18:11 +0000

On this day that the federal government announced that it is cutting back on the defense budgets and shrinking the size of our Armed services in America 2 packages that were delivered ignited in Maryland. Maybe they should rethink those cuts now. AP has more on this story.

President's Approval Ratings Up

Jake Thomas — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:27:42 +0000

I didn’t get called for this poll. It wasn’t a real surprise to me to see the numbers move up a little after the holidays. According to the retail sales numbers for the Christmas season a majority of Americans were living fast and loose with their purse strings. That’s a pretty good indicator that people [...]