Friday, November 9, 2007

Current Events 11-16-07 blog




LOCAL

Anderson Police arrested a man on suspicions of child molestation, say he molested two girls age 7 and 8. Jeremy A. Bishop 28 years old is being held in the Madison County Jail on a $35000 full-cash bond. The supposedly started molesting girls in 2006, and threatened to beat the girls if they told anyone. The girl told her mother who immediately took her to the police. Bishop denied the claims against him saying that "they must have been injuries from a bicycle accident". Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jim Nave believes that Bishop will likely be punished with 20-50 years in prison, if convicted.

Source: http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_312181209.html

STATE
Indiana University has been contracted to study how teachers use technology in the classroom and they're suppose to learn the most effective ways to use technology in classes. The Center of Evaluation and Education Policy have many unanswered questions. They have gotten a 3.1 million dollar contract making it the largest undertaking on the study of the use of technology in schools. The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy set a deadline for completion in April 2009. The University believes that the questions need to be answered to help enhance the education process in the future years.





http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/LOCAL/711190386





NATIONAL
According to a private research group, Detroit has surpassed St. Louis in the most dangerous city in the Nation. The report looked at 378 different cities with a 75000 population or more, and based it on their per-captia income, rates of homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft. Each of the categories were analysed separately and weighted apon their seriousness. The study ranked Mission Viejo California as the safest city of all they reviewed. The study used a scale where 0 represented the National average. Detriot scored a positive 407, and Mission Viejo scored a negative 86


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_us/dangerous_cities;_ylt=AgY7522I_WYZLzrJaBq7QbVvzwcF

TECHNOLOGY
The 80-gigabyte Zune media player from Microsoft Corp. which was launched Tuesday has been sold out. "Anyone know where I can get a Cabbage Patch Doll ... er ... I mean Zune?" asks an Amazon.com Inc. Because of the sell outs Amazon.com, Best Buy and Circuit City do not have the latest Zune


SPORT

Michael Jordan’s son takes to the court
Michael Jordan’s son takes to the court


Michael Jordan's son is trying to follow in his dads footsteps, he has recently gotten a scholarship to University of Illinios, however hew wasn't recruited to play basketball. He went to the basketball team as a walk on. The Coach of the basketball team is expecting him to be athletic and have the same drive as his father. However his dad just wants his son to be happy. Michael Jordan now retired, is now wanting to spend more time together with his son, but his son now in college doesn't have time to now that he is in college. Jordan says he never pressured his son to play basketball, he felt the pressure would be unhealthy. Jeff Jordan his son decided on his own to play basketball.

Source: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=0b2bbd2d-a775-48a9-b7bf-8b80366ff016







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