True Blood

I read an article called about the new tv show, True Blood. It has to do with vampires and a love story. I havnt heard of this tv show, but I wanted to read this article because it seems vampires our becoming very famous these days, especially since the Twilight series have come out, which the tv show is supposed to have gotten many ideas from. I learned this tv show has around 6.8 million viewers a week. It airs on HBO and has been out since september, but is expected to get even bigger after the first season finale. I think it will probably become more and more popular soon because everyone likes vampires now mostly because of the Twilight books. I would like to know, who started all of these vampire love stories in the first place?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/18/tv.hbo.true.blood.ap/index.html

Kidnapped Boy Found Safe in Las Vegas

The article I read is about a 6-year old boy who was kidnapped last Wednesday in Las Vegas. I had not ever heard about this before I read the article. I wanted to read about it because I was curious to see what had happened. It said that 3 men came into his house on some sort of drug-dealing related rampage and tied up his parents. When they searched the house and couldn't find any money, they took the boy instead. They activated an Amber Alert and on Saturday they got an alert that someone had seen a boy who mathced the description walking alone on a sidewalk in the city's eastside. They confirmed it was him. I also learned, they think it could have had to do something with the little boy's grandfather, who had earlier been involved in a "significant drug dealing" and may have taken millions of dollars from drug dealers. Now that they have found the boy, they are focusing more on finding out about the drug dealing and the 3 men. I would like to know who the men were that done this because it is very mean to take someone's child. At least he was unharmed when they found him.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/19/nevada.boy/index.html

Parents Abandoning Teens

The article I read is about how recently, teenagers are being abandoned by their parents in Nebraska at hospitals. In most states, there is a Safe Haven law that allows you to anonymously drop your child off at any hospital within 72 hours of birth if you do not think you can care for it. However, in Nebraska the law does not state an age limit. People are abusing this fact and even driving to the state to be able to drop off there older children. I wanted to read this article because I thought it was pretty funny that parents would drop off there kids at a hopital and leave them, and even go as for as to drive to another state to do it. I had never heard anything about his before I read this article, so I wanted to read about it. I learned about the Safe Haven law, which I had never heard of. It is actually a good idea, but not when it is being used on older children. I learned that the cause of the parents abandoning their kids was from stress and not being able to deal with their child's problems. I also learned they are trying to set up some type of program that you can come to, like a self-help group, which would be more useful. I would like to know why Nebraska didn't have an age limit like everyone else in the first place if they didn't want something like this to happen.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/nebraska.safe.haven/index.html

Article 9/25: Artic Ice

The article is informing people of the serious decline of ice in the artic areas. Researchers say it is at the second lowest level ever. This is showing how big of a climate change we are having and how bad global warming is affecting us. Not only is it having a major effect on us, but also on the polar bears who greatly rely on the ice. The animals are dying off fast because they can't get to normal food and our drowning in the water because there is not enough ice to stay on. Some polar bears have even resolved to cannibalism because they are so hungry. They say that these animals are becoming an endangered species and eventually may become extinct. Another thing is, they estimate in 5 years, there will be no ice whatsoever during summer. I read this article because I think it is scary how much global warming is affecting us and the animals. What I would like to know is, why are they not trying to do something more to help the polar bears?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/23/arctic.ice/index.html

Article 9/11

The article I read is talking about all the ceremonials they had today in remembrance of September 11, 2001. This article is to everyone, reminding them of the tragic event that happened that day and letting people know we still remember it and it will never be forgotten. I chose to read this article since today is 9/11 and  I think it is very sad what happened. Not only did it have a terrible impact on our country, it also consumed the lives of many innocent Americans. I knew about the different ceremonies and moments of silences before I read this article, but I wanted to know farther details. I did learn some new things such as 184 people were killed when the American Flight 77 hit the side of the pentagon. I also learned there were 40 people on board when the plane crashed in Pennsylvania and that the people on board were trying to fight back, leading to the crash. Also, the president and presidential candidates refrained from campaigning today so we could remember 9/11. I would like to know how many total people lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Article: CIA,FBI Push 'Facebook for Spies'

The CIA,FBI has been creating a site that is similar to social networks such as myspace and facebook. Only it is just for secret agent spies to share their thoughts and opinions on different things happening in the world. This caught my eye when I seen the title and I thought it was interesting because it seems that everything is turning to interent and social networks. It is pretty strange to me whenever secret service agents are turning to it. I had never heard about this before I seen this article, so I decided to see what it was about. After reading this article, I learned that the spies just want to do this, so they don't miss out on any important information other spies might put out there and they are releasing the site on September 22. Also, it has taken them months to work on it and get the security right because it will not be allowed to be viewed by anybody but secret agents. What I want to know though is, what if some smart interent person is able to get onto the sight and access all that information? Then what would happen?

Article

1. This article is about a woman in Ohio who was charged quilty of killing her month-old daughter by burning it in a micorwave.

2. The audience is to anybody.

3. This article interests me because I thought it was really sad and wanted to hear more about it.

4. I had heard that it had happened from the news before but I didn't know any of the details.

5. I learned if a judge calls it a mistrial, you can tried for it again.
I learned that this incident actually happened in 2005.
I learned that the girl done it because of a fight with her boyfriend and she faces the death penalty.

6. Why did they just now find her quilty after 3 years?