'Shocking' Legoland coaster death

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POSTED: 8:37 a.m. EDT, April 30, 2007

A 21 year old employee of Legoland amusement park was killed in a roller coaster accident. The employee, who was not identified, died immediately on Sunday after being hit by a roller coaster car. Apparently she jumped over the security fence to pick up a wallet for one of the passengers. Than the rollercoaster car came and the accident happened. Legoland manager Henrik Hoehrman, was shocked by this accident and said that nothing like this has ever happened before. The accident took place at the Legoland amusement park 240 kilometers west of Copenhagen. The Danish Legoland opened in 1968.

This is extremely shocking because the employee was just trying to help the passenger find the wallet. And it’s unfair for the employee, because she was only trying to help and unluckily a roller coaster came and hit her.

Police referred Cho for counseling in 2005

POSTED: 10:34 a.m. EDT, April 18, 2007

Cho Seung-Hui , who was responsible for Monday's shooting was just referred for counseling for being suicidal, and having inappropriate contact with girls. This 23 year old Korean killed 32 people on Monday before taking his own life on the Virginia Tech Campus. The police first contacted Cho in November 2005 when a student complained about him calling her and contacting her in person. Cho was than sent to the university's Office of Judicial Affairs, no threat was made against Cho. The next month, another student complained about instant messages sent by Cho. The police asked him to see a counselor, he agreed, and he was sent to an independent mental health facility in Blacksburg.
Nikki Giovanni said she immediately suspected Cho, when she found out about the shooting. Cho's poetry was so intimidating, that Giovanni had to removed him from her class in fall of 2005. And two of her students quit her poetry class because Cho was taking photographs of them in class. Ian McFarlane, a classmate of Cho said two plays written by Cho was so twisted. The two plays Cho wrote was Richard McBeef, Mr. Brownstone, and I personally have the read these two plays and i can say that they are extremely sick and disturbing. And both plays talk about violence and people wanting to kill someone. Cho bought a Glock 9mm from a gun shop owner. The big question was why was the campus not closed down, and the students warned before Cho came back to the Norris Hall 2 hours later and did the
deadliest mass shooting.

Wrong-way driver killed in crash with Greyhound bus

A car was driving on the opposite lane on the highway and collided head on with a Greyhound bus early Saturday. Killing the driver of the car and injuring 20 other people. Heather Marie Thomas, 23 was driving southbound in a northbound lane on interstate 85 at 3:05 am. "After the crash, panic erupted in the bus because the door was jammed shut and the car was smoking, raising a threat of fire," said passenger Clint Cannon. "They thought the bus was going to explode." The bus driver did a great job to prevent the accident from being worse, because he prevented the bus to flip over. Clint Cannon said, everytime the bus turn left, the car would turn left, when the bus turned right, the car would turn right. 20 people were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries

Two police officers killed in Charlotte

Sean Clark 34 and Jeffrey Shelton 35 were responding to a disturbance call at the apartment complex, when they were both shot at the parking lot. They both died after in the hospital. "It's a real tragedy for us, the officers, for the families, for the communities, that we've lost two in one incident," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Darrel Stephens. Clark has been with the police department for 1 year and Shelton had worked there since 2001. They used helicopters and police dogs in a search for suspects. No suspects were found though. Both officers were married, Clark and his wife were expecting a baby.

I think this is a tragic lost to the police department and a even more tragic lost to Sean Clark's family because he and his wife were both expecting a baby, and now the baby will be born without ever seeing his father.

Tsunami warnings for Pacific after quake

A tsunami warning has been issued for New Zealand, the Philippines, American Samoa, Guam, and Fiji. The U.S. Geological Survey said the first quake, took place at 8:40 with a magnitude of 7.6 and was centered 25 miles south-southeast of New Georgia Islands, and 1330 miles (2145 km) north-northeast of Brisbane, Australia. The second earthquake minutes after had a magnitude of 6.7. There are no report of injuries or damage.

Pungent pulp: Panda poop perfect for paper

March 27, 2007

Researchers at a giant panda reserve in Southern China is trying to find paper mills to process panda excrement into paper. Liao Jun, a researcher find the idea after a visit to Thailand last year where they found paper made out of elephant dung. They hope to have the product available by next year. The purpose of this is not to make a profit, but to recycle the waste. In the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base the 40 pandas produce about two tons of droppings a day. When asked about customers that might consider the paper unsanitary. Liao Jun reply with "People won't find it gross at all, they won't even be able to tell its from panda poop".

Video appears to show brothers, 2 and 5, smoking pot

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Police in Fort Worth, Texas, said a video tape was founded in search of stolen goods in the apartment of 17 year old Demetris McCoy, uncle of two children and 18 year old Vanswan Poltry. The tape shows the two teenagers persuading a 2 year old boy and a 5 year old to smoke marijuana. "I have never seen anything like this quite so disturbing," said Bruce Ure, director of public safety for the Watauga Police Department. "Our children count on us to protect them; these individuals did everything but protect these children." These 2 teenagers were obviously trying to get the 2 children high, in the video you can see that the 2 children are stumbling and falling around. The boy’s mother was sleeping in the backroom during the incident. Ure said that he thinks this may not be the first time the children have smoked marijuana. Because in the video the children are holding the marijuana cigarette and inhaling, like they have done it before.

When I saw the video, I was shocked because those two teenagers are purposely trying to get the children high. You can hear them laughing in the background of the video. It’s even more amazing that the children are only 5 and 2 years old, and they are doing drugs already. I think the police should investigate this incident and put a stop to it.