January 2010 Archives

Beyoncé became the most decorated women in Grammy history reports MSNBC. She took home six awards including song of the year for her hit, "Single Ladies." She also won for the best female pop according to CNN.

Taylor Swift took home four Grammys, winning album of the year as well as best country album.

Kings of Leon won record of the year for their song "Use Somebody." Kings of Leon won three of the four nominations.

Other awards went to The Zac Brown Band for best new artist and Stephen Colbert for best comedy album. Green Day won best rock album.

A 50-year-old women died and seven were injured in what supposedly was carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Star Tribune reports Beltrami County sheriff's officials said a family member, Gary Jennings, returned home to find his family unconscious.

Colleen Jennings was found dead and 30-year-old Christopher crew was found in critical condition. Two others, 50-year-old Vincent Beyl and 24-year-old Emma Jennings were also injured. All were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, KSTP reports.

According to KSTP, Crew is still in critical condition and Beyl and Jennings were in satisfactory condition as a hospital spokeswoman reports.

Jennings was released Saturday after being taken to North County Regional Hospital.

It was obvious the Maccu Picchu mudslides were a cause for concern after reading several stories by various news organizations.

In order to get the full affect of the damages and problems caused it was important for the news organizations to travel to Maccu Picchu. It was also apparent organizations such as CNN and The Washington Post relied on press conferences as they had identical information from the same sources.

The stories varied as to what the organizations thought was the most important points of the occurrence. Some organizations choose to focus on how many Americans were trapped whiles others, CNN, focused on the time it was estimated as to when the travelers would be able to leave.

It was also necessary for the reporters to at least conduct some background information on why Maccu Picchu was a popular travel destination for tourists and the previous history Maccu Picchu has has with mudslides. Information such as this was usually left until the end of the article but was critical in understanding the conditions and causes for the amount of people trapped and the damages done.

A University of Minnesota student was shot Monday night just outside Centennial Residence Hall.

The 19-year-old student heard a comment from the two suspects, turned around to hear what they had said then was shot in the side around 11:07 p.m. He was able to make it into Centennail where he received help and was taken to Hennipen County Medical Center reports the Pioneer Press.

Two other crimes with similar suspects preeceded the shooting minutes before.

The Star Tribune reported authorites saying a female was robbed a few blocks near Centennial, on Huron Boulevard around 10:50 p.m. Two other females were also robbed blocks away along Deleware Street shortly after.

The Star Tribune says no arrests have been made and the student is 'feeling better.'

Hundreds are stranded in Lima, Peru after mudslides blocked the route to the tourist attraction the Inca citadel.

The mudslides have already killed an estimated five people reports The Washington Post and injured at least three tourists on the Inca trail.

Heilcopters and emergency crews are working to resuce the tourists and and CNN reported the official Andina news agency saying they hope to pull 700- 800 tourists in eight hours.

People have been sleeping in makeshift tents,the village's train station and on the streets after hostels began to run out of space reports The Post.

CNN states over the past three days there has been record rainfall in Peru with more rain predicted to be on the way.

by Jezelle
President Obama is expected to introduce a three-year spending freeze to alleviate the nations $9 deficit, in his State of the Union address on Wednesday.

Cutting from numerous domestic programs such as farm subsidies and national parks, the freeze will exempt national security-related programs. Among these programs reside Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

The New York Times reports Obama's freeze will not take into affect until the 2011 fiscal year and continue through 2013. Between these three years around $250 billion will be saved.

Congress must agree on these spending reductions. The Times reported one official saying,"By helping to create a new atmosphere of fiscal discipline, it can actually also feed into debates over other components of the budget."

A spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, Michael Steel said, "Given Washington Democrats' unprecedented spending binge, this is like announcing you're going on a diet after winning a pie-eating contest," according to CNN.