School bus collides with dump truck

A school bus and a dump truck collided Thursday morning in Chesterfield, N.J., killing the young daughter of a state trooper and injuring multiple elementary school students, reports say. The crash  happened at 8:30 when the bus was headed to the elementary school.Between 16 and 20 injuries were reported according to New Jerseys burlington county times. At least three medical helicopters were sent to the scene of the accident. All the children on the bus were 6 to 8 years old. Chris Christie said "eare awaiting further details, but we are deeply concerned for the students on the bus and their families and can only imagine what they’ve been dealing with".

Electric Cigarette explodes in someones mouth

An electronic cigarette blew up in a Florida mans face, leaving him in a hospital with severe burns, missing his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue. Fire officials said Wednesday that the man had switched to electronic cigarettes to try and quit smoking, and that the scary situation was caused by a bad battery. The man said the battery also flew out and set the closet on fire. The man was in his house when it exploded leaving burned carpet behind.He agreed to let firefighters take the burned case and other  ones with them as examples for reporting to a national database.

TCU players says drug use was widespread on the team

TCU football players told undercover officers that drug use was used among the team, according toevidence released Wednesday after the arrest of 18 people  including four players on drug charges.The details are disclosed in their arrest warrant  are a blow to one of the most respected programs in college football and one expected to contend for the Big 12 title in its first season in the league.Police say that four players  linebacker Tanner Brock, defensive lineman D.J Yendrey offensive tackle Ty Horn and cornerback Devin Johnson sold marijuana to students and football players. They have been kicked off the team.

Tiny Chamaleons found

A species of chameleon small enough to easily sit on a match head has been discovered on a tiny island off madagascar.In addition to the discovery of Brookesia Miacra is now the tiniest chameleon ever found the researchers also announced the discovery of three additional tiny species.Adult males of the species grow to only just over a halfinch from there nose to the bottom of them. From nose to tail the adults in both species only grow to a inch. One researcher said they found some already but he said the main reason  "but it was also good luck."

Mars Mission possibly canceled

NASA budget for the next  year is likely to include deep cuts to planetary science programs, forcing the space agency to withdraw altogether from an international effort to send two new missions to Mars experts say. Barack Obama  is going to submit his administrations federal budget request for the  year 2013 on Monday.  The amount of money given to NASA is unkown. The cuts will probably make NASA go out of the european space agency led exomars missions which aim to launch an orbiter and a drilltoting rover to Mars in 2016 and 2018. The cuts will most likely be on some robots that will be sending to mars.

U.S drone strike kills Al- Qeada linked miltitant

U.S. drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistanian Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda militantt local officials said.The predawn strike occurred in North Waziristan, the violent tribal region that serves as sanctuary for several militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and the wing of the Afghan Taliban known as the Haqqani network. The blast hit Mansors compound near a cattle market in Miram Shah, North Waziristan’s largest town.He was believed to be from Punja Pakistan’s most populous place, and was responsible for bringing alot of Punjabi militants to Taliban camps in North Waziristan.

Entire genome of extinct human sequenced

The entire genome of an extinct human was reconstructed from a 30,000-year-old finger bone and posted on the web Tuesday. Scientists at a german institute  said they were able to sequence the genome of a Denisovan using DNA extracted from less than 10 milligrams of the finger bone. Fossils of the denovins which are closely related to the neandarathals.A year ago, researchers published the first rough draft of the genome of an archaic girl who lived in Denisova Cave in siberia from at least 30,000 years ago. One of the scientists said " the genome is very high quality" said one of the scientists.

New York Giants celebrate after super bowl win

Thousands of fans screamed as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the teams Super Bowl trophy from a bright float Tuesday as the victory parade made its way down the Canyon of Heroes, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.The parade set off from the southern tip of Manhattan and moved slowly north to City Hall as fans dressed head-to-toe in Giants gear cheered and confetti wafted slowly down from the high-rises that line the street. The Giants got the win in super bowl  46 against the New England Patriots 21-17 in a rematch from 2007 that went down to the minute.

Jobs Numbers are getting better

While the economy added nearly a quarter million jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in three years, House Republicans slammed President Obama for not doing more to get it back on track faster.The Labor Department said the economy added 243,000 new jobs in January and the jobless rate dropped from 8.5 percent to 8.3 percent, but Republicans said that's no "Reagan recovery.""The jobs numbers today are certainly welcome news. All of us want to see more Americans get back to work said eric cantor the house majority leader.He said House Republicans would bring a bill to the floor in the coming months to give small businesses a 20 percent tax cut.

Two american tourists kidnapped

The abduction of two American women and their Egyptian guide at gunpoint along a major highway in Egypt's Sinai peninsula Friday is the latest blow to the country's crucial tourism industry, already in tatters as violence escalates a year after the revolution that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak. The two tourists were reportedly given into army custody hours after their arrest.Local officials told the Press the attackers were Bedouin tribesmen who resist government control and have been blamed for a few attacks in the last couple of months as tensions intensify between them and authorities they accuse of discrimination. Last month the group siezed 50 german soldiers.

Mark Cuban fined 75,000 dollars for ripping officiating crew

Mark Cuban the owner of the Dallas Mavericks is now $ 75,000 dollars lighter in his wallot after being fined by the NBA for his ripping of a officiating crew. 75,000 obviously isnt alot for Mark Cuban because he is a billionare.Mavs coach Rick Carlisle was fined 35,000 dollars after kicking the balls into the stands after a bad call against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mark Cuban said that its a victory to his team because he thought his coach would be suspended. Mark Cubans fine is 0.003% of his net worth which is the equivalant of charging the average american 3 dollars.

Punxsutany phil says 6 more weeks of winter

The furry critter emerged from his hole and saw his shadow in front of 18,000 people Summoned from his burrow by a tap from President Bill Deeley, Phil proclaimed as he looked on the crowd at Gobbler's Knob, many shadows do I see," said Mike Johnston. According to tradition if the groundhog comes out of his hole on February 2nd there will be atleast 6 more weeks of winter. " We dont have the superbowl to compete with since the Steelers arent in it" said the President of The Groundhog Club.Corbett, who flew in by helicopter for the event, said he had hoped Phil would predict an early Spring so the state government would not have to spend money on salt and snow removal.