Friday, January 20, 2012

Monkeys found so rare that they were thought to be extinct

A team of monkey experts set up camera traps in the Wehea in the eastern tip of Borneo island. Hoping to catch photos of clouded leapords. But the pictures that came back suprised them all , groups of monkeys nobody have ever seen.With  no photographs of the grizzled langurs in existence,  was a challenge to confirm their species. said Brent Loken, a Phd student at Simon Fraser University in Canada, and one of the lead researchers. THe only pictures that useto be there were museum sketches. The monkey has hooded eyes and a pinkish nose and lips was said to be extinct a few years ago.Found: The lost grey monkey so rare it was thought to be extinct

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Skier Sarah Burke dies

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke did today after 9 days after a injury in Utah while practicing at a event she was sponsoring. Tests showed that she had "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest,". She won four x games and she was injured on the same area that snowboarder Kevin Pierce was injured on in 2009. She donated all her organs and tissue. Burke tore her vertebral artery, which led to severe bleeding on the brain, causing her to go into cardiac arrest on the scene, where they did CPR. Burke was the best known athlete in her sport and pretty much got her sport put on the map for women.

Rick Perry drops out of republican canidacy race

Republican candidate Rick Perry dropped out of the race today. He said he believes in Newt Gingrichs ideas even though thay may have there differences he believes he represents "bold and conservative leadership". He also said "I believe Newt is a conservative visionary who can transform our country," Mr. Perry said, with his wife, Anita, at his side. "We've had our differences, which campaigns inevitably have, and Newt is not perfect, but who among us is?" Some conservative people have wanted Perry to drop out so they all can ralley are Romney. He also said to rally around Gingrich "We must rise to the occasion and elect a conservative champion to put our nation back on track,".
Mark Wahlberg was scheduled to be on one of the hijacked planes on 9/11 but then changed his flight to go to the Toronto film festival. He was interviewed by mens health magazine and said that if he was on the plane he would have stopped the attacks. He said ""If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did," he said, . "There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, 'ok, we're going to land somewhere safely, don't worry. Obviously he thinks since he was in a few action movies he can stop a group of dangerous armed terrorists.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Homeless teen gets new home

Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a Long Island shelter for several days when they got word that the 17-year-old  aspiring marine biologist made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition.  She was given donations and the county she lives in was helping find rentable houses. She said at a news conference it was the most amazing thing that could happen.She also said they were all in tears after the county found them a home. She has applied to univesites like yale and brown but on new years eve her and her family were evicted from there house.

Killer stabbed homeless people 40 times

The daughter of one of four homeless people said that the victims were stabbed more than 40 times. The newspaper in the area of the stabbing said that other witnesses said they were stabbed more than 50 times. One of the suspects is a former marine who saw combat in iraq. The district attorneys office is supposed to make a announcement on wether they will press charges on the former marine.
The 23-year-old Ocampo was arrested Friday. His father, who is homeless, said his son came back from Iraq a changed man.The killings began in December and led police to go on nightly patrols to urge homeless people to sleep in groups or seek shelter

costa rushes to remove tons of oil from sea

Carnival cruise lines italian unit was rushed to remove 2400 tons of oil spewing into russias largest marine park. They are also still looking for 29 passengers and crew workers. Smit Salvage a unit if Royal Baskalis westminister Ny they are ready to start inspcecting the wreckage as soon as tommorow. The company will need  two to four weeks until they can get all of the fuel. Kees van essan teh manager of the company said ina call.There have been no leaks so far and salvage operations don’t increase the chance of leaks, he said. The boats position is shifting and it is critical that they get the 500,000 gallons of fuel because the weather is getting worse. The search party was stopped for four hours yesterday because the ship moved position.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Zappos victim of cyber attack

The popular shoe website zappos was the victim of a cyber attack by a hacker who gained access to customer information on the companys internal network and systems told employes in a emal.In a separate email to account holders, the company said they potentially exposed information included names, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of credit card numbers.
Zappos said the database that stores full credit card numbers and other payment data was not affected or accessed Zappos said it has more than 24 million customer accounts in its database.  zappos is known for its customer service genouris return policies and employee pranks.


Burger King tries home deliveries

Burger king is the number 2 food chain in the world behind Mcdonalds but have they developed a game changer? If fast food delivery catches on like pizza delivery has it would help the fast food industry even more. Some think that it will not work because of how food like fries stays hot over time and they also dont warm up well in the microwave. Groceries are being delivered, books clothes, movies, and almost anything you can think of. In a electric age were people want everything as soon as possible without having to leave home this idea may work.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Howard breaks free throw attempts record

Dwight Howard broke Wilt Chamberlain's nearly 50-year-old NBA record for most free throw attempts in a game, making 21 of 39 in the Orlando Magics 117-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. Dwight howard has been the most dominant center in the league since he joined the NBA but has never been good at free throws. The Warriors decided to try to take advantage of his poor free throw shooting. He attempted 39 free throws which was 5 past the 50 year old record of Wilt Chamberlin. Howard eclipsed his old mark of 24 with 3 minutes left in the third quarter.

police shoot armed man

Police shot and killed an armed man who apparently had gone outside in his pajamas to check on a possible break-in at his Brooklyn home Thursday night.Dwayne brown was hit in the chest once in eastern New York City. The officers told his girlfriend that they had to shoot dwyne. The victims girlfriend said noone said to put the gun down. She also said" they just shot dwayne in his pajamas". A police source said Dwayne Brown was shto by a office who responded to a scuffle at a family home. A second source said Brown was holding a gun pointed it and wouldnt put it down.Officers investigate  police-involved shooting at home at 943 Schenck Ave. in East New York, Brooklyn.

Monday, January 9, 2012

suspected muslim extremist arrested

A 25 year old man who is believed to be a muslim extremist was arrested after taking possesion of guns, bombs the man was a naturalized U.S. citizen who moved here from Yugoslavia.  Law enfocement said he was closely monitored for months and described as a sting operation. Officials said that a source told them that the suspect wanted Al queda flags . The suspect had created a marytdom video.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Police shot 8th grader after he pointed a pellet gun at them

Jaime Gonzalesdied Wednesday at his middle school, Texas, after two officers fired three shots striking the kid at least twice after he failed to comply with "numerous commands" to drop the weapon said Interim Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez.
He said that before police were called to the school Gonzalez walked into a classroom and punched another kid in the nose.The boys father called the shooting unjustified. officers in brownsville also started recieving death threats after the shooting

Lost World of sea creatures found in antartica

A lost world of unidentified species was found in deep vents in the antartic ocean. One species called yeti crabs was seen with bacteria growing on its chest.Weird life flourishes at deepsea vents in the wrld but no one had ever found hydrothermal vents in Antarctica,  Jon Copley, a professor of earth and ocean science at the University of Southampton who also was part in the research. That's  because its difficult to do research in the southern ocean than in temperate climes.

Andrew Bynum strong play raises question about his future

If Bynum continues to play at this level averaging 22.7 points and 17.0 rebounds through three games some people believe that the Lakers wont need the superstar center for the Orlando magic. but the question has always been, can Bynum stay healthy? During his first six seasons, Bynum missed a total of 160 games. For comparison sake, Howard averaging 18 points and 15. rebounds  has missed a total of seven games in his seven-plus NBA seasons. Which is why the lakers have tried to get Dwight Howard. Another reason is the lakers trade for Chris paul was rejected from the commisionar David Stern.