An Arabian horse was spotted two miles offshore the coast near Santa Barbara. The 6 year old horse was spooked by ocean waves crashing on the shore. It is valued at $150,000. Her owner said that instead of running from the waves, she swam two miles out to sea. The animal stayed floating despite its tail which was wrapped around one of its legs for almost 3 hours. A rescue crew managed to save it. The horse was exhausted and had water in its lungs, but is going to be fine.
Patricia Krentcil, mother of a 5 year old little girl living in New Jersey denies all charges of bringing her daughter in to go tanning. The little girl showed up at school with a horrible sunburn and when asked about it, her teacher overheard her say that she went tanning with mommy. School officials alerted the police. Her mom denied the claims and blamed it on a sunburn from outside. The law prohibits children under 14 years of age to be allowed in the tanning booth. Patricia Krentcil admitted to letting her daughter in the room but still stands firm that she was never exposed to the actual tanning bed. After much questioning, police still believe that Patricia Krentcil's daughter did go tanning with her mother. She was released from jail but charged with felony child endangerment and a $25,000 bond.
Instagram is an Apple application that took off to 30 million users in just a year and a half. The application makes it possible to put cool effects on your photos from your phone, iPod, and now computer. It provides a number of different photo filters and makes uploading to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, very simple. In the last week, another 5 million users signed up when Instagram opened up to Android users and was put on Facebook. The mobile photo market is making digital camera's less necessary. People are beginning to use their phones or iPods instead. Facebook's Instagram purchase goes to show the rise in the mobile photo market.
With spring break over and April just beginning, the 6th hour GeoCon class was getting back into the swing of school and beginning their fourth quarter. As Mr. Dahlie was explaining what the class was to work on for our next project, flames erupted from the Tutaj. In a matter of seconds it completely burned to a pile of ash. The carpet caught fire in the process but water from students water bottles were thankfully enough to put it out. Laos House was extremely upset after the incident and is threatening to sue the school. An investigation has begun to discover the cause of this mysterious combustion.
Teens are increasingly texting far more than making phone calls. It has become the dominant form of communication between teens to parents and friends. The largest increase has been the age group among 14-17 year old's. They sent an average of 100 texts per day. In 2009 that number was 60. This increase in texting has led to a decrease in using cellphones for phone calls. People are beginning to worry about the ability of teens to know how to make a proper phone call. These skills are important for finding jobs for the future and being able to communicate successfully.
Fourteen year old Nicholle Coppler was proclaimed missing in 1999. Her skeletal remains were discovered in a house being demolished in Ohio. The state took ownership of it because its taxes went unpaid. This house was owned by Glen Fryer who was one of the suspects of her death. He killed himself in 2002 after his conviction for raping a girl. The case of Nicholle Coppler has now reopened and police suspect that there were more people involved in her tragic murder.
Memory loss had been tied to overeating with old age in a recent study. 1,233 people ages 70 to 89 were surveyed. All of the participants were free of dementia but 163 had some symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Participants kept track of their daily calorie intake and they were divided into three groups. The lowest group had about 600-1500 calories per day. The middle group had about 1500-2150, and the last group had between 2150 and 6,000 each day. The people who ate the highest number of calories were twice as likely to to have MCI. These extra calories doubled the risk of Cognitive Impairment.
35 year-old Jesus Navarro is married and a father of a 3 year old little girl. His kidneys begun to shut down eight years ago. Every day after work he would come home and cleanse his blood of toxins using a home dialysis machine. But lately, he has been getting worse and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Navarro has a willing donor and they have private insurance to cover the cost of a transplant. UC San Francisco Medical Center say they refuse to do one because he is an illegal immigrant so they can't be sure he will receive proper follow up care. Critics say that that providing this kind of care would discourage home countries to get their own health systems. If Navarro does not get the kidney transplant, he will die. His life hinges on the status of "Illegal Immigrant."
