U.S Safety Board Proposes Tougher Drunk-Driving Threshold

A decade-old benchmark determining when a driver is legally drunk should be lowered in an effect to reduce alcohol- related car crashes that claimed 10,000 lives each year. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that all 50 states lower the threshold from 0.08 blood- alcohol content to 0.05. The idea is part of a safety  board initiative outline in a staff report and approve by the panel to eliminate drunk driving which accounts for a third of all road deaths."This is critical because impaired drivers remains one of the biggest killers in the united states", NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersmen said  ahead of a vote by the panel on a staff report.





http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/us/ntsb-blood-alcohol/index.html?hpt=us_c1

North Korea Removes Missiles

North Korea has withdrawn two mobile missiles from a launch site in the eastern part of the country. According to U.S officials, the latest hint of an easing in tensions on Korean peninsula. The day before President Barack Obama was due to meet with his South Korean counterpart. Periods last month there was daily North Korean threats of war , U.S and North Korean officials said they believed Kim Jong Un's could carry out a test launch of at least one of the missiles at a time. The United States and Japan responded by steeping up missile defense in the reign.



http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Texas Governor Demands Apology

Texas governor Rick Perry is demanding an apology from a California newspaper that published a cartoon that seemed to link to his push for less regulations to the recent fertilizer plant explosion that killed four-teen people. On April 25th Jack Ohman's cartoon made a strong statement about Governor Rick Perry's disregard for the workers safety, and his attempt to market Texas as a place where industries can thrive with few regards. The cartoon shows Perry standing at a podium in front of signs about lower taxes and lower regulations proclaiming "business is booming in Texas". Perry said he was offended that the cartoon was published on Thursday, the same day that the Governor, President Barack Obama and many others gathered for a memorial for the victims. 






http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/us/texas-perry-cartoon/index.html?hpt=us_c2  

Reese Witherspoon Arrested

Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth  were arrested early April 19th in Atlanta after Toth was pulled over suspected drunken driving with Witherspoon in the car, Georgia State patrol said. Witherspoon's performance as an upset wife earned her a trip to jail and a disorderly conduct charge. Her lawyer worked out a deal with the prosecutor Monday morning which Witherspoon will have to go through a per trail intervention  program to avoid getting a conviction on her record. "Participants are charged with minor criminal offense, and have not already gone through diversion program" the court said. The Judge set May 22 as the date for a hearing  to check if she is complying with the program.




http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/showbiz/reese-witherspoon-arrested/index.html?hpt=us_c2

BBC accused of endangering students

   

 A BBC journalist who got into North Korea by using a group of students from a top British university as camouflage is facing accusations that he recklessly endangering their safety and damaged the school's reputation. BBC Reporter John Sweeney posted as a London student from the London School of Economics and Political Science, on a visit to the secretive nation. Students and Officials say Sweeney did not fully explain the situation to the students he was traveling with in advance, only being told that a "journalist was going along". He put the students at risk and jeopardized future visits by the school's academics to North Korea and other politically sensitive countries.   

 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/world/europe/britain-nkorea-bbc-lse/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Stabbing At College In Texas

There was a stabbing at Lone Star College campus in Texas. "A male on the loose stabbing people" said Sheriff Adrian Garcia. Two of the fourteen people injured in the stabbing accident are in the hospital in critical condition. A nineteen year old student was in a campus health sciences building when the incident happened, she managed to take a picture chaotic scene as it unfolded. The school was on lock down as the authorities ensured no others were injured or attackers were not there. Four students were taken by helicopter to the hospital because they were in critical condition.




http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/justice/texas-college-stabbing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Lottery Winner Puts In Pool At School

Melinda Kroening was the big lottery winner on Monday. Her plans with some of the money is to put in a pool at Gibraltar High School for the hot days leading up to summer break. The lottery ticket was from the Pioneer Store in Ellison Bay Wisconsin. Winning a jackpot of $340 million dollars that she got from a close friend of hers for her birthday. Kroening announced her decision for giving some to charity and some on the pool in the back of Gibraltar High School. One of the students of the high school shouted out, "Can I get a hot tub".