Bounce houses becoming dangerous

Injuries from bounce houses have grown 1500% from 1995 to 2010. Bounce houses are very popular for picnics, parties, and more, but the injuries are growing rapidly. On average, 31 children were being brought to hospitals around the United States each day for bounce house related injuries in 2010. More than 1/3 of the children brought in were under the age of five. Safety warnings and cautions are posted on the bounce house websites and on the bounce houses themselves, but that doesn't stop kids from bouncing or parents from letting their kids bounce. Most injuries are arm or leg injuries, but hte younger the kid, the worse the injuries could be. Some are as bad as neck or head injuries.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/health/bounce-house-injuries/

New Homecoming King

Hakam Daley is a senior at St. Lucie West Centennial High School in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He was nominated to be on homecoming court for his school, but it wasn't something he was expecting to happen. Hakam has cerebral palsy, which caused him to go to many different foster homes. Most people would think a boy with cerebral palsy wouldn't have many friends but that's the exact opposite for Daley. A cheerleader who is a close friend of is, asked many seniors to vote for Daley to be on court and when he won king, he did something that never happened before, he walked in public to get his crown with the help of some people.
http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/12/teen-with-cerebral-palsy-crowned-homecoming-king/?hpt=us_t2

Rare whales found on beach

In 2010, a mother and a whale calf were washed up on shore in New Zealand. Scientists didn't think it was anything at the time, but during further DNA testing, dicovered the whales were a very rare species. The spade-toothed beaked whale has never fully been seen by a person until then. There have been skulls of spade-toothed beaked whales found in New Zealand and Chile, but have never been seen alive. They supposadly have similar behavior to other whales and dive deep down for their food, like squid and other fish. Scientists buried them in the sand in 2010 after they collected DNA but after the tests were performed, they were dug back up for further research.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/11/worlds-rarest-whale-found-on-new-zealand-beach/

Babies Being Evacuated

260 hospital patients had to be evacuated out of a New York hospital on Monday, October 29th, due to Superstorm Sandy. The hospital's lower floors were beginning to flood and between 7:00 and 7:45 p.m. the lights went out. Some patients had to be carried down 15 levels in order to evacuate because the elevators weren't working. The hospital staff didn't expect to have to evacuate patients so they were not prepared. Newborn babies had to be evacuated and four were put on respirators because they couldn't breathe on their own. The hospital had few lights on, so the staff had to work with only flashlights, pumping air into babies lungs. By 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, the evacuation was over and the patients were transported to other hospitals.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/health/sandy-hospital/index.html?hpt=he_c1

Missing Girl Found Dead in Recyling

12 year old Autumn Pasquale of Gloucester County, New Jersey was found dead in a recycling container. She went missing on Saturday, October 20th and was found Monday, October 22nd. An official says "Gloucester County is one of the safest counties in the state of New Jersey." The house that Autumn was found near was a couple blocks away from where she lived, but the police have no leads or suspects. Autumn's school canceled Spirit Week and some parents kept their children home when she was missing. The Mayer, Thomas Biaanco, says "You hear about it in other places but never think it would happen in our little town." Children are not aloud to play outside alone anymore.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/23/missing-girl-nj-pasquale/1651305/

Death Row for South Dakota Man

On April 12, 2011, 50 year old Eric Robert was found guilty of killing a prison guard while trying to escape. He said he would kill again, so asked to be put to death. He will be lethal injected on Monday at 10:00 p.m. This is South Dakota's first execution in 5 years and only the second in more than 50 years. Robert was issued 80 years in prison for kidnapping when he and a fellow mate tried to escape. They beat the prison guard with a pipe, the Robert put on the guards' clothes and the other one hid in a box. They tried leaving the gate but guards became suspicious and caught them.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sd-death-row-inmate-executed-monday-17482094

Meningitis Deaths Climb

Meningitis broke out in the United States on September 25 due to an infected steriod shot. Ten states have reported an overall of 124 people who have been diagnosed with meningitis, the most resent being Florida. There have been deaths in Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, Florida, and Maryland, cases have also been found in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, New Jersey, and North Carolina. More than 13,000 people got the steriod shot, which is like a pain reliever and helps other infections. Meningitis infects the membranes and covers the brain and spinal cord. People who contract meningitis suffer from headaches, nausea, and fever. Although it is not contagious, people keep getting it from the shot.    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/us-usa-health-meningitis-idUSBRE8970TQ20121010