Current Event for the Week of 10-26

Taco Bell's World Series bet: Free tacos for all


Taco Bell is giving away free tacos to the public for the first base stolen. They will be sold at the chain's participating 5,800 outlet stores, and anyone who comes in during the give away period will recieve a free taco.

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What do you think are the positives and negatives for Taco Bell giving out free tacos? Do you think it is wrong for company's to use the World Series as a way to get their product out there?

Current Event for the Week of 10/19

MANNY has always been MANNY

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How do you feel about the way Manny reacted to his homerun during the game against Cleveland, when the Red Sox got beat 7 to 3?

Fans, coaches remember slugger when he played in Canton Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez hammered a home run to center field Tuesday night and immediately threw both arms up in celebration. He’d just narrowed the Indians’ lead to four runs — generally not a time to rejoice. Indians players and fans were perturbed. Smiles, however fleeting, likely flashed across the faces of those who knew Ramirez when he played for the 1993 Canton-Akron Indians.

Current Event for the Week of 10/19

Children find body of a child in a suitcase in a park in Australia

-- According to CNN.com A group of children playing in an Australian park Wednesday opened a suitcase they found floating in a pond and discovered the body of a youngster inside, police said.
Police divers searched the pond in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow and sought potential witnesses in a hunt for clues to who the boy was and how he died.
Detective Chief Inspector Gary Clark said identifying the body was difficult because it had been in the water for some time, but officials believed it was a boy between 5 and 10 years old. A forensic examination of the body would start on Thursday.
The Australian Associated Press news agency reported that one boy said he and his friends were riding scooters when they heard about something in the water.
Police said about 10 children between 10 and 12 years old spotted the black suitcase floating in the pond, Clark said. They fished it out, opened it and police were called.
The park is surrounded by houses and is a spot for picnics, walking and cycling.

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How do you think the body ended up their? Do u think the parents did it or not?

What would you do if you were the kids who found the body? How would you react?

Current Event for Week of 10/19/07

Dalai Lama honor stokes U.S.-Chinese tensions

The Dalai Lama, the Buddhist moral/spiritual leader of the people of Tibet, received the Congressional Gold Medal this week. This is the highest honor that the U.S. government gives a civilian, which the Dalai Lama is receiving for being a "universal symbol of peace and tolerance."

The controversy surrounding this honor is due to China, who does not recognize Tibet as its own country, feels that the U.S. is trying to support Tibet's separation from China. China feels that the U.S. only gave this medal as a way to antagonize them.

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Do you think that giving the medal was a political move against China? Do you think that the U.S. has stirred up unnecessary "bad feelings" with China over this? Should the Dalai Lama be allowed to return to Tibet? Should Tibet be allowed to be its own country?

Current Event for the Week of 10/19

Colbert announces presidential pursuit.

Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" announced his presidency run. Stephen said that he planned to run in South Carolina only. The state is one of the key early primaries, and is also Stephen's home state. He also said that he would run as a Republican and a Democrat, so that he could "lose twice."

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What do you think of Colbert's presidency run? How far do you think he will take his mock-run? Would you ever vote for a comedian to be president? What do you think would happen if he won South Carolina?

Current Event for the week of 10/12

U.S. Military looking at alternatives incase Turkey cuts access.

Because of growing tension between the U.S. and Turkey, Turkey may decide to end some road access or even completely cut off American access to raod ways and our air base. Since there is so much cargo going into Iraq through Turkey, the U.S. is deciding they may need to find other options incase Turkey goes through with this cut off.

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Do you think it's neccessary for the U.S. to find other sources to get our supplies to Iraq? Is the Turkish Goverenment just in its reasoning for cutting of American access? What affect do you think this will have on the U.S. military's fight aqainst terror?

Current event for the Week of 10/12

Shooter dead along with six victims in rampage

In Crandon, Wisconsin, a deputy shot and killed six people then died himself for reasons unknown. Tyler Peterson, the shooter, was not on duty at the time of the killings. He killed 3 Crandon High students and 3 more that had graduated within the last year. Marci Franz, a neighbor, woke up to about 5 or 6 gunshots, then 5 or 6 more. Then she heard around 8 shots and tires squealing out of the block. The shootings took place at around 2:45 in the morning.

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Why do you think an average, off duty deputy would decided to go out and shoot high school kids? Do you think the deputy got shot when he died or did he kill himself to save himself from being arrested?

Cureent Event for the Week of 10/5

3 Chicago cops get desk duty after video.

Three police officers in a troubled unit have been assigned to desk duty after questions arose about the accuracy of a police report on a March 2004 drug arrest when it didn't match up with what was seen on a surveillance camera. The 2004 bar search which led to the arrest involved an elite police unit now under state and federal investigation. However, a call to the police union about this incident was not immediately returned.

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What do you think about this story and the actions of the police? Do they deserve the punishment, did they not get enough punishment? How would it make you feel knowing police patrolling your town weren't as trustworthy as you assumed?

Current Event For The Week Of 10/5

This article is about a woman in Cleveland who was arrested for drowning 2 of her kids in a bathtub. She told her husband that she had done this so that her kids could be "at peace."
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Do you think that by commiting this act, that her kids were now "at peace?" Why Or Why Not? What do you think should happen to her? and why?