Effects of oil spill on Mississippi Coast

Tweenty Sea turtles have washed up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Although at this time officials can not confirm that the deaths are from the oil spill. The full story is below. As a side note, I have lived on the coast since 2005 and in five years I have...

Police Officer shot in drive by

An Anchorage Police Officer was shot while sitting in his patrol car doing paperwork. Lt. Dave Koch stated, the officer was shot five times and is listed in stable condition. Although the total number of officers killed in the line of duty has decreased, the number of...

The Fight Over Racism and Color

As I read several articles tonight on the subject of racism, I find myself very disappointed. There are fights on comment boards over the question, if racism exists or not, and the race card. I saw white people and black people arguing over who was more racist. What...

10-year-old found dead hanging from school bathroom hook

 A very sad story. " Aquan Lewis, a fifth-grader at Oakton Elementary, was found unresponsive and hanging from a hook in a bathroom at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. He was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. " A janitor has said...

Another first for African Americans in U.S.

  On Friday the GOP elected its first African American as the Notional Party Chairman. Micheal Steele, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland won the election with 91 votes. Mr. Steel who is considered a moderate received cheers and applause as the election results...