Monthly Archives: April 2014

Local Earth Day Festival Teaches Orlando Communities About Sustainability.

Last Saturday, Lake Eola was a gathering place for many environmental activists when a special Earth Day festival was held.

Earth Day, celebrated on April 22nd, is not only recognized on one day, but during the whole month …

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NBA Playoffs: Visiting Teams Set League Record with 5 Winning their Series Opener

The NBA Playoffs are back, and have not disappointed so far!  The 8 teams from the Western Conference, and 8 from the Eastern Conference have gone hard at each other during the series openers.  This year, a new record was …

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Facebook and New Plans For the Future

When we look at the technology sector, few companies control more than Facebook. Looking at the future, Facebook in years past has settled down and not had the buzz that it has had in years past. With this comes new …

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A Mother Get’s Arrested After Her Child Is Found Alone And Digging In Trash.

A mother from Sanford, Florida was arrested on Monday April 21, 2014 after they found her daughter alone in a busy street. Her daughter was found across the street from the hotel where they were living, more than 100 yards …

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16-year old Surprisingly Survives A Five hour flight to Hawaii in flights Wheel well!!!

A 16-year-old apparently hitched a ride from San Jose, California, to Maui, Hawaii, in the landing-gear wheel well of a Boeing 767, Hawaiian Airlines Sunday morning . The first sign something was off was when the ground crew at Kahului …

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Kids Get Codeine in ER Despite Risks

Despite recommended limits on codeine use in children, the potent painkiller is prescribed for children in at least half a million emergency room visits each year, a study suggests. Use of the drug in that setting is hardly rampant, just

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South Korean Ferry Sinks with Hundreds of Students on Board

This story sounds like one of my worst nightmares. To me, a ferry ride seems totally safe. Even if it were to start sinking surely nobody ever dies on a ferry, right? That is not the case in South Korea. …

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High School Student Asks Miss America To Prom and Gets Suspended From School, but the Social Media Backlash May Change Things

A senior at Central York High School in Pennsylvania caused a whirlwind of online outrage after he was suspended for not taking school administrators’ orders seriously and asking Miss America to the prom during a school assembly Thursday.

Patrick Farves, …

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Overtime NHL Playoff games lead to increased viewership

The first round of the 2014 National Hockey League playoffs is underway this week and several teams from huge cities are competing to bring the Stanley Cup to their home base. The NHL has never been as popular as other …

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Government’s Problem with Militias: The repercussion of backing down

Recently in Nevada, a cattle rancher who has refused to pay the federal government for the use of their land, had his cattle returned to him by the FBI as protestors and militia members threatened to cause mass violence and …

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