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Three dead due to a parking garage collapsing

10/17/2012 19:58
  Three people have died due to the collapsed parking garage at the Miami-Dade College in Doral, Florida. Eight people have also been hospitalized due to the collapse, according to NBC News. The garage collapsed on Wednesday in almost a pancake like style. Police believe at the...

Illnesses and death toll up due to the rare form of fungal meningitis

10/11/2012 13:18
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 11, 2012 The rare fungal meningitis has now killed 12 people and has made 120 people ill. According to CNN, this is up from the eight deaths reported earlier and the 105 people ill. The steroid shots were given to people between May 21...

Pakistani Taliban claiming responsibility for the shooting of a 14-year-old

10/11/2012 13:01
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 10, 2012 The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the shooting of a 14-year-old Pakistani blogger. Malala Yousufzai has been blogging against the Taliban. The gunmen stopped a van that was driving Yousufzai and two other girls home...

Three teachers and two school administrators in hot water over sex scandal

10/11/2012 12:59
By Miranda Bridgeford  October 10, 2012 Three high school teachers have been arrested in New Jersey for having inappropriate sexual relations with students. Two school administrators face charges for allegedly covering up the scandal. Teachers Jeff Logandro, Daniel Michielli, and Nick...

Michigan has now had reported cases of the rare meningitis found in a steroid shot

10/08/2012 18:35
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 8, 2012 Michigan is now on the list of states that have had patients contract the rare fungal meningitis from a steroid shot. There are now forty seven people who have been infected with the fungal meningitis. So far the death toll has not...

Friendly fire is likely the case in a U.S. Border Patrol agents death

10/08/2012 18:34
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 8, 2012 The fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the wounding of another agent was most likely due to friendly fire. The FBI stated, “While it is important to emphasize that the FBI’s investigation is actively continuing, there...

Abortion and teen birth rates dropped due to free birth control

10/07/2012 14:47
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 5, 2012 The rate of abortions and teen births dropped with free birth control. There were about 9,000 women, mainly poor and uninsured, in St. Louis observed from 2008 to 2010. They were given the option of what birth control method they...

Unemployment hits 7.8 percent, lowest since Obama took office

10/07/2012 14:45
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 5, 2012 The unemployment rate is the lowest is has ever been in the four years President Barack Obama has been in office. The rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest it has been since January 2009, according to NBC News. There...

Up to 26 people have rare meningitis infection

10/07/2012 14:43
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 4, 2012 A rare form of deadly meningitis has made 26 people sick and has killed four. The medication that may contain the deadly strain may be a steroid medication used for back pain, according to USA Today.  The Massachusetts...

Tunisia woman faces charges for being raped

10/07/2012 14:42
  By Miranda Bridgeford  October 4, 2012 Hundreds are protesting in Tunisia to support the woman who was raped by police officers. A 27-year-old woman said police officers stopped her last month. One officer held back the woman’s fiancé while two others raped her. The...
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