Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Tidal Wave of Tide Theives?


In the past few months the thefts of Tide laundry detergent have become so high in some places they have had to form task forces to stop people. The police are finding that these criminals are stealing the detergent from the shelves in order to sell it on the black market for drugs. The detergent is said to sell on the market for between 10-20 dollars and is a relatively easy thing to steal. The police are looking into why Tide is being targeted as opposed to other brands of detergent, but they are finding that the reasoning is its one of the most popular making it worth more, and it contains no serial numbers. There has been much uproar in the media about this, with people saying its a "result of inflation" or caused due to the raise in gas prices. Either way you look at it stealing is wrong, and its been found to be sold for drug money, making it worse.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/tide-detergent-being-stolen-stores-across-country-162253268.html

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Twins live and die together?

 
Yesterday in South Lake Tahoe California twin sisters Patricia and Joan Miller,73 years old were found dead in their shared home. The two bought the house together in 1976 and were very reclusive, rarely leaving the home, never married, no children and almost no contact with the outside world. One was found in her bedroom, and one in the hall outside of said bedroom. Police and investigators say there is no evidence for foul play, and they suspect they both died of natural causes, whether one died first and just couldn't live without the other or it was something else they don't suspect any outside involvement. This is a very curious case of death, sad, and confusing, but the two died happily and peacefully in their home together.
http://news.yahoo.com/reclusive-twins-73-leave-behind-mystery-death-083220870.html

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Benched for saying "I Love You" ?


Yesterday in Shawano, WI a 7 grade girls basketball player was benched right before her game. Why you ask? Well she was benched because she said the words "I Love You" to her friends in her native tongue during class before her game. Her coaches and teachers reprimanded her and chose to keep her from playing in the game that evening at her school, but now it has become a large language debate. The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay now owes an apology to her and her family for not only reprimanding her for a controversial reason, but also disrespecting her, her language, and her family. Things are said to be solved  with a simple apology, but what do you think? Should this ever have even been a problem, reprimanding someone for speaking native tongue?
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1138079--native-girl-punished-for-speaking-her-language