Seniors Busted for "Prank"

Seniors in Walker, Michigan were busted for their class “prank”, a bike ride to school. This marked their last day of classes so wanting to celebrate the senior class got up early in the morning and road their bikes to school. It was all about school pride and staging a “prank” without any damage (there was a police escort and the mayor showed up). But the school’s principal was not so entertained. She said it was a “prank” that could have hurt someone while tied up in traffic. The parents came to a board meeting on Tuesday to speak up against the principal’s overreaction “The disruption to the classroom, the disruption to the school day, was not these kids,” said a concerned parent, “it was the principal.” Pennington did apologize for over reacting on Wednesday.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/23/11832498-seniors-busted-for-prank-riding-bikes-to-school?lite

Yogurt the Key to Sexiness?

At a lab in Massachusetts Institute of Technology they made a break through discovery. Eric Alm and Susan Erdman theorized that probiotiics—found in yogurt—help weight loss and sex appeal. To test their theory they gave a set of mice junk food, regular food, and regular food with mouse size portions of yogurt. One of the first thing they noticed about the mice that were given the probiotics; was they had shinier and thicker fur and were slimmer than the other mice.  This wasn’t the only thing that set a part the yogurt eating mice from their siblings. The male mice had “swagger”. “We knew there was something different in the males, but we weren’t sure what it was at first,” Erdman said. “You know when someone’s at the top of their game, how they carry themselves differently? Well, imagine that in a mouse.” Later a lab technician notice that their testicles were protruding out farther.  It turns out their testicles were 5 percent bigger than those eating regular food, and 15 percent bigger than those of mice on a diet designed to mimic “junk food” in humans. And in this case, bigger was better. “Almost everything about the fertility of those males is enhanced,” Erdman said. She explained how yogurt-eating males mated faster and produced more offspring. “There were legitimate physiological differences in males fed probiotics, not just the extra sexiness.”And let’s not forget the ladies. Female mice that ate yogurt were even shinier than the males and tended to be better moms to their larger litters. http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/31021731/detail.html

Super Moon

Astronomers say that the moon will appear 16 percent larger than normal as the moon reaches its perigee—the closest point to Earth in its orbit. Stargazers are in for a treat if the weather permits. According to astronomers at Discovery.com the moon will become officially full on Saturday at 8:35 p.m. This is very fortunate for stargazers all around, because this full moon, luckily, corresponds with the moon’s perigee, making it the biggest the moons ever been this year. Because the lunar orbit is not a perfect circle the moon’s distance changes with each revolution. The average distance from the earth is 237,700 miles, but because of the perigee the moon is 221,802 miles away. With the moon being so close to the earth means the tides will be higher and lower than normal. Unfortunately the super moon might be obscured by cloud, National Weather Service repots.
http://edmonds.patch.com/articles/supermoon-lights-skies-this-week-5fd224f5#photo-4065132
Astronomers say that the moon will appear 16 percent larger than normal as the moon reaches its perigee—the closest point to Earth in its orbit. Stargazers are in for a treat if the weather permits. According to astronomers at Discovery.com the moon will become officially full on Saturday at 8:35 p.m. This is very fortunate for stargazers all around, because this full moon, luckily, corresponds with the moon’s perigee, making it the biggest the moons ever been this year. Because the lunar orbit is not a perfect circle the moon’s distance changes with each revolution. The average distance from the earth is 237,700 miles, but because of the perigee the moon is 221,802 miles away. With the moon being so close to the earth means the tides will be higher and lower than normal. Unfortunately the super moon might be obscured by cloud, National Weather Service repots.
http://edmonds.patch.com/articles/supermoon-lights-skies-this-week-5fd224f5#photo-4065132

Mad Cow Disease

In California this week there was the first case of mad cow disease that America has seen since 2006. Fortunately the dairy cow was not yet slaughtered for food. Mad cow disease first popped up in the1980’, 1990’s, wiping out English cattle herds. It was also linked to 225 worldwide cases of human fatal brain aliments. Luckily a human case has not been linked to U.S. beef. Now animals on the same farm are being tested. If they are found carrying the disease they are to be put down. Cows are believed to be infected shortly after birth, although symptoms don’t appear for years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/case-of-mad-cow-disease-found-in-california-animal-but-food-supply-said-safe/2012/04/24/gIQAtelqfT_story.html

Child Gone Missing in 1979

Etan Patz vanished on May 25, 1979, after leaving his family's SoHo apartment for the walk to bus stop. It was the first time his parents let him go by himself. NYPD and the FBI searched a Manhattan basement for the remains. A forensic team planned on digging up the concrete floor and removing the drywall to find blood, clothing or human remains in the building. The work is expected to take five days. FBI and police officials didn't publicly announce what led them to the site, but a law enforcement official told The Associated Press that an FBI dog detected the scent of human remains at the building over the past few weeks. Investigators have looked at the basement with curiosity. It can be accessed from the street on which was the boy's route to school. At the time, the space was being used as a workshop by a neighborhood handyman who was thought to have been friendly with Etan. The FBI has interviewed the man several times over the years. They questioned him again recently, and as a result the investigators focus their attention on the building. Because of Etan's disappearance it drew national attention to child safety, and urged future parents to help the movement to publicize missing children's cases. Etan's face was among the first to appear on milk cartons.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEqXGllKI-26WdWaJPL1lR9_pEjA?docId=6279304a78c24d7d9483bc68871a0148

Buffett Rule

Obama promoted his Buffett Rule, which states that millionaires and billionaires should pay their "fair share". This should help reduce the federal debt and pay for necessary government investments such as education. "One in four millionaires pays a lower tax rate than millions of hardworking middle-class households," Obama told a group of business executives. “It’s just plain wrong that middle-class Americans pay a higher share of their income in taxes than some millionaires and billionaires,” he added. This proposal came from the billionaire Warren Buffett who said he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. This issue has become a political element.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/obama-evokes-a-gop-legend-urge-congress-pass-buffett-rule-call-reagan-rule-article-1.1059800?localLinksEnabled=false

Zombie Apocalypse

Today an outbreak occurred in a remote facility. An unknown virus was accidentally released; infecting thirty nine people…that we know of. This virus is highly contagious so please be careful about where, what and who you come in contact with. Some symptoms include:

·         Cravings for human flesh

·         Obsession with death

·         Wanting to be a vampire

·         Rotting flesh

·         Smelling bad

·         Having bad teeth

·         Craving blood

If you or someone you know has any of these symptoms, stay inside, lock your doors and windows, and pray that you are alive long enough to contact the authorities. If you do live long enough to contact them and get no answer, call the emergency hot-line—1-800-ZOMBIES—this is an emergency message and these events are not to be taken lightly. Watch out for the Zombie Apocalypse. This message will self-destruct at the end of the world.