San Diego Ex-Mayor Confronts $1 Billion Gambling Problem by JENNIFER MEDINA

A former mayor of San Diego has gotten into a billion dollar gambling problem. With a total net loss around $13 million. Okay how do you get that far into debt? I mean wouldn't you realize that you kind of suck at gambling and you should quit? She claims that her gambling problem is due to a brain tumor. But still I think brain tumor or not you need to get help or have someone stop you because getting that far into debt is just unacceptable for someone who use to be as important as she did. She stole $2 million dollars from a charity, and took out second and third mortgages. The brain tumor might have affected her thought process a little but don't you think that you would morally feel that it is wrong to do that? I don't think I would ever be able to steal from a charity no matter how bad I needed/wanted the money! With spending over a billion dollars in the last nine years that is equal to spending over
$300,000 a day! I can't imagine spending that much money at one time, not to mention the fact that I would probably loose it all. I mean there is a lot better things she could have been spending her money on besides gambling. What would you do with all that money? To read more about this article please click here

Carnival cruise

I recently read the article Disabled Carnival Cruise is on The Move Again After Tugboat Towline Snaps.  The article is about a Carnival Cruise ship that broke down out at sea.  This was a nine hundred foot, fourteen story ship where a fire occurred in the ship’s engine room and knocked the ship out of commission three days later.  There were 3,143 guests, and 1,086 crew members on the ship.  They were stranded out at sea till rescuers finally began towing the ship.  But there just happened to be stiff headwinds that day and then a broken towline that caused them to be stranded even longer.   It got to the point that some of the passengers spelled out “help” with their bodies on the deck of the ship because the tugboats couldn’t pull them any faster than five miles per hour and they were miserable on board.

Not that the situation wasn’t bad enough already, but the conditions on the ship weren’t very pleasant either.  All of the passengers are telling stories of the poor conditions such as the sewage leaking.  The toilets over flowed, there was sewage in the showers, an overpowering odor on the ship, and sick passengers.  Also, to top it all off, there was a food shortage because the cruise wasn’t meant to last for that long of a period of time.  The passengers survived mostly off of cold cuts except for when a passing ship dropped off some burgers.

I think that would be an awful situation to be in.  Just think, all these people paid for a cruise and were expecting to enjoy themselves.  I can’t imagine being trapped on a ship for days with little food with it being in that kind of condition!

Anna Prins is proposed to After a victory

       Anna Prins a 6' 7'' center for the women's Iowa State basketball team has been dating a man by the name of Ryan De Hammer for 3 years, or sense her freshman year of college. Prins plays an important role on the Iowa State team with 25 games, making eight starts averaging 7.9 points and 4.4 rebounds. She missed the first five games of the season and six games total after having her knee scoped in preseason. She has had nine double-figure scoring games, including eight in conference play and led the team in scoring twice. Prins also scored a season-high 19 points against Kansas and had 17 points and hit a career-high four, 3-pointers at Baylor. After her game on Sunday against Alabama who they had just defeated there coach, Bill Fennelly, walked out on the court to say a few words about how important family and friends are. During Fennelly's speech De Hammer walked out onto the court and asked for Prins to come out on to the court, when she got to him he proposed to her in front of her, her family, the team, and all the fans in the Hilton. Prins gladly said yes and got her diamond ring placed on her finger. Fennelly said "De Hammer has set the bar high for the other boyfriends." How would you react if or would you proposed in front of a huge crowd like that?

Comet passing by Earth in 2013 Will Outshine Moon

I recently read an article about a Comet Passing by Earth in 2013 Will outshine Moon. The Russian scientist discovered a comet that is passing by out plant and will be visible in 2013 with naked eyes over the Western horizon. The comet's called ISON, and it is expected to shine up to 15 times the moon depending on how big its tail will get when it gets closer to the sun. The scientist hesitate to predict its behavior, but the positioning of ISON comet at present indicates that it will be well visible over India in 2013. It will keep a two thousand mile distance from the sun. Due to the brightness expected, the comet will be visible even during day time. If so, ISON will be the brightest comet ever discovered by scientists during the last century. But some scientists speculate that the trip by our planet may be ISON'S last as it may plunge into the sun due to its unpredictable path. ISON is a two mile wide body made out of rocks and ice. It is currently passing by Saturn, and is gaining speed. It is becoming brighter day by day as it nears our planet. This is suppose to take place either on Feb. 14,2013 or on Feb. 15, 2013. If this does end up happening it could be the end of the world. We would no longer be living, I hope this doesn't happen because I want to graduate high school and move forward in life.
What do you think about this article? How would you react to this? Do you have any fears about this happening to the Earth? If so what are your fears?

Jennifer Kennedy's Story

I just read an article in Fitness Magazine about Jennifer Kennedy. In high school she was a really good gymnist and cheerleader. Her senior year she was thinking of trying out for a cheerleading squad in college when she felt a tingling sensation in her right leg. The tingling got worse a couple months later so the doctor diagnosed her with a blood clot in the main artery behind her knee. The blood thinner that was prescribed gave her a bad reaction causing more blood clots cutting off circulation to her foot. Jennifer had to make a decision: keep her leg and wear a brace or be on crutches the rest of life, or have it amputated and get a prosthesis. Jennifer had the operation.

After her surgery she went to physical therapy to get used to her new leg. Five months later she enrolled at Saint Ambrose University where she made the cheerleading squad and majored in physical therapy. At an internship she met her husband who also lost his leg but in a car accident.
Today Jennifer and her husband have two kids. She loves her career and she trained for a 5K and lost forty pounds. Jennifer doesn't think of her new leg as a disability becuase of all she has accomplished.

I'm inspired by this story because Jennifer didn't let a fake leg stop her from doing the things she loved to do but made her work harder. I love running and didn't think I could do it without my legs but Jennifer proved you can. If she can run a 5K so can I.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner's New Clothing Line

     Including me and most girls around my age are in love with two things, clothes and Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Well, now we can have both because Kendall and Kylie have created a new clothing line, just like their big sisters, Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe Kardashian. "We watched our sisters do their clothing line...when the opportunity came to us, we jumped on it. We've always been interested in fashion and all that so it was great and worked out perfectly," Kylie said in her interview with the Newspaper.
     Kendall, 17, and Kylie, 15, have teamed together with PacSun to design a clothing line for teen girls just like us. They have designed their clothes around their home state. They wanted their clothes to reflect California, fun, sun, and the beach. So thats what they did. Their clothes have been designed so you can mix and match everything. They wanted you to be creative and make it your own. I cannot wait to see the line in stores!
     Both of the Jenner girls are models and their last job was at the annual Heart Truth Red Dress Fashion Show in New York with their mother. They are also in process of writting a sci-fi young adult book that is due to come out later this year. Kylie is also interested acting. These girls are so busy I can't keep up! But, these girls are really cool and really good role models.
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Christopher Jordan Dorner

Chris Dorner is an ex Los Angeles police officer who was said to have killed three civilians and shot at three other police officers, while  killing one after he had posted on own Facebook page that he was going to declaring "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” against police. So now all over Southern California is a manhunt for this man. Before allegedly shooting three police officers, Dorner was already the prime suspect in the murder of a couple who were found fatally shot in the parking lot of their apartment. The first victims in Dorner’s alleged rampage were Keith Lawrence, 27, and his fiancé Monica Quan, 28 The killings were believed to be a revenge attack on her father, Randy Quan, an LAPD captain who retired and became an attorney. Quan was involved in the review process that eventually led to Dorner’s dismissal from LAPD in 2009 for allegedly making false statements about his training officer. I just see this artical as a violent man who needs to be out away. I believe he did this all because people don't do what he all wanted them to do, so he had to get rid if them. What do you think?