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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

"Wheelchair flies across hospital room."

In this article, a carless nurse in Southampton General Hospital in Hampshire is to blame for the "what could have been" very dangerous incident that occured during a MRI. An MRI was taking place and the strong magnetic magnets caused a wheelchair to fly accross the room and cause almost two thousand pounds of damage to the machinery in the room. An MRI by itself costs almost one million dollars! That is not something to be messing around with! The nurse was using the wheelchair and left it in the room during the patiens MRI and while the sesssion the magnetic was so high that it pulled the metal wheelchair into the machinery and damaged it, while not harming the partient or anyone else for that matter, that nurse got really lucky!wc=132

Monday, February 27, 2012

"Chinese woman hailed hero after confronting cash machine robber."

In this article, a fifty seven year old woman named, Zhang sticks up for herself while being robbed and actually changed the robbers mind about taking her money at a local ATM. In eastern China Zhang, on an everyday normal day went to the bank to withdraw money out of the ATM, when a man in his early twenties tried to rob her. With an unexpected reaction from the Zhang reminded the man/robber of his wrong actions and what his consequences could do to his future. Zhang spoke calmly and assurtivly to get her point across. She said that it wouldn't be smart at all to begin with because there were cameras everywhere that are monitored because it is a bank. He would be caught in no time! The man carried a knife, and was later caught after the incident his also apologized to Zhang and his own parents for letting them down for his actions. Whoa! wc=157

Thursday, February 16, 2012

"Chile experts identify Trinidad Moruga Scorpion as world's hottest."



In this article, a golf ball size pepper officially becomes the hottest chili pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records. There are many competitors to the hottest chili pepper but this one, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion discovered by New Mexico's State University Chili Pepper Institute is the one!! They say the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion is "sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire"!! When collecting the peppers workers said they went trough so many gloves because of the heat generated off of the pepper onto their hands. Capsaicin is the heat sensation that the pepper gives off, this went through the latex gloves and workers constantly had to keep changing their gloves! They say the pepper adapts to the environment. The more extreme heat, and less water made this plant so intense! Awesome!  wc=129

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

"Jockey suffers 367th fall of career."

In this article, a man just wont give up his love for riding even if he breaks almost every bone in his body! Choc Thornton "Jockey" has fallen a total forty two times. The thirty three year old racer has been racing since he was sixteen, so he knows what hes into and the consquenses if something goes wrong. His injuries include torn muscles, broken collar bones (both multiple times) broken all of his ribs, chipped and lost teeth and busied his kidneys! Whoa! Choc is still riding! He says he lucky to not of having life threatening injuries but ones that he was easy enough to recover from and keep riding. His injuries not only affect himself but his bank too. All of his injuries add up too over thirty thousand dollars! Being thrown from about thirty miles an hour off a horse will do that kind of damage even worse.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

"Father uses iPhone torch to search birthing pool for baby in power cut."

In this article, an iPhone app literally saves a life! In Scotland one couple was brought into the "birthing pool" so Ms. Preedy could give birth to her fourth child. Having four children she knew what to do when something went wrong. In a bad winter storm Scotland was currently having problems with the power and the generators. The entire electricity was out for eleven minutes. During this time of blackout Ms. Preedy was having her baby son, the child was dropped into the birthing pool with his umbilical cord around his neck. Mr. Livie the father of the baby came into the room to find Ms. Preedy in a panic and in total darkness. Mr. Livie puts his torch app on his iPhone to help him see. He grabbed the baby and untangled the umbilical cord and the baby survived!!!!!!! wc=141

Monday, February 13, 2012

"Turkish transplant patient sees face for first time."

In this article, another successful facial transplant since 2005 to nineteen year old Ugur Acar undergoes surgery. The surgery took place in  Akdeniz University's School of Medicine. The transplant was was from forty five year old donor,  Ahmet Kaya. The facial tissue was successfully transplanted and placed together. The recovery time is about six months. Mr. Acar can not make facial expressions within the recovery time but with therapy and time he will eventually. He will be able to cray laugh and look angry, in about six months says the Surgeon Omer Ozkan.  "I thank all my doctors. It couldn't be better." says Mr. Acar. This is just one of few sucessful facial transplant surgeries, one of twenty world wide! That's amazing! wc=122

Friday, February 10, 2012

"Kyle Dyer: veteran Denver TV news anchor attacked by dog live on air."

In this article, a women on a veteran Denver TV news was attacked by a dog while on camera! The dog was brought on the news for recognition of saving a man from a local frozen lake. The dogs name is Max a three year old mastiff, that has a great reputation for life saving events and his love for everyone. Kyle Dyer, the news reporter brought the dog onto the news show to tell the story of the pond. While interviewing Mrs. Dyer went in to give Max a kiss on the nose and got a surprise! As she was leaning in Max growled and reached up and bit her lip. Mrs. Dyer was then brought to the hospital and she will in the future undergo facial reconstruction. Yickes! Talk about embarrassing on national TV! wc=136

Thursday, February 9, 2012

"Nottinghamshire couple win £45m EuroMillions months before wedding."

In this article, a young couple receive an unexpected huge gift! The couple only being twenty two years old won the 'EuroMillions'! The young couple Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham won forty five million euros!!! In the last couple of days Mss. Carrington and Mr. Topham had some unfortunate events that they needed to make a budget for so they had enough money for their wedding. They are getting married in a few months and just recently their washing machine and computer broke and they are on a tight budget for everything. Mss. Carrinton said "I did have a feeling I was going to win" so she after work she went out and bought a 'EuroMillions' ticket and headed home feeling confident. Little did she know she had the winning ticket! wc=131

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

"Armed man shot to death by court officer after he storms Middletown City Hall: update."

In this article, only fifty minutes from Eldred, New York, in the town of Middletown at the Town Hall. Middletown not the friendliest of towns but an unexpected shooting took place early this morning (Febuary 8th). The gunman arrived at the Middletown Town Hall on a motorcycle with a gun rack on the back and a scarf covering his face. The gunman parked the bike at a bank next door and ran to the Town Hall carrying the shotgun. New York state court officers that were standing by the enterence were victims of the open fire at 9:09am. Luckily the injuries the victims had are not life threatening and are being treated right now at Orange Regional Medical Center. The dangerous gunman was shot down by the other officers at the scene. The gunman was pronounced dead at Orange Medical Regional Center. wc=142

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

"Lizard survives washing machine spin."

In this article, Larry the lizard survives a three thousand mile flight and then a trip into the washer machine by accident. Sue Banwell-Moore came back from a holiday and came off the flight grabbed her luggage and headed home to relax. Little did she know she had a critter in her bag that must have accidently crawled in there before she left. When Sue Banwell-Moore got home she decided to do some laundry from her trip, that's when she discovered a six inch lizard in her washer when she was unloading it. At first he didn't move so Sue, put him into a sauce pan and later to find that he moved inside. Sue then said "I thought 'Oh my God, he's alive"! Since then she has called her lizard "Larry", she just had to keep Larry after the washer she felt bad and fell in love with the little lizard! wc=152

Monday, February 6, 2012

"Table tennis playing toddler is internet hit."

In this article, a toddler is recognized for his great eye coordination and handling! The toddler is yet to speak but has a great accuracy in in table tennis/ ping pong. The parents were astonished to find that their toddler has a young talent! The parents filmed their baby and put the video online for their grandparents to see, little did they know after 630,000 their baby became a hit! The video is only ninety seconds long of amazement. International media requests from Ellen DeGeneres have asked the family from Plymouth to be on her chat show and have the toddler show off his skills! Whoa! Now the toddler is a youtube sensation! That is awesome! wc=116 

Friday, February 3, 2012

"Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter."



In this articlePunxsutawney Phil the official groundhog that tells us how much longer winter will be! February second is the day that Phil the groundhog comes out of hibernation and looks to see if he sees his shadow. The meaning of the shadow is, if its present then we have to live through winter for another six weeks. If the weather is cloudy and Phil doesn't see his shadow, this means that spring will come early! This year is the 126th anniversary of groundhog day. This day took play in Pennsylvania yesterday. Yesterday's results were that we have another six weeks of winter. bummer. wc=105