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Utah Woman, 70, Pleads Not Guilty in Dispute over Her Brown Lawn
FROM: http://phoenix.cox.net/cci/newsnational/national?_mode=view&_state=maximized&view=article&id=D8RO8F8G0&_action=validatearticle

SUMMARY:
A 70 year old women, was arrested for not watering her lawn. Officer James Flygare, Orem, Utah; visited Betty Perry’s home on July 6th and then proceeded to arrest her for “having a bad lawn,” later she was charged with resisting arrest, because she failed to give Flygare her name.

OPINION:
What? Who arrests someone for having a bad lawn? In my opinion that shouldn’t even be a law, I think I should be able to have a ugly lawn if I want to. Of coarse some people choose to live in a neighborhood with a home owners association, but in this article there is no mention of that. Also, didn’t the officer feel really stupid after he arrested someone, which could be his grandmother? And how could she possible resist arrest? My goodness she is 70 years old!!

Explosion Rips through Florida Apartment Building
FROM: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297467,00.html

SUMMARY:
An apartment building exploded on Wednesday, in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Over 150 residents were evacuated and at least ten people were injured, including two firefighters. The cause of the explosion is still unclear, since there were propane tanks in the building, and a natural gas line that runs under a nearby road.

OPINION:
Umm… that sucks! Some many people have been displaced. Where will they all go? I hope that the have family/friends nearby to help them until they get on their feet again. I always wonder if you live in an apartment, is there some sort of insurance that covers all of you belongings that are lost? Or does the apartment landlords cover costs like that?


INTERNATIONAL
Iceland phasing out fossil fuels for clean energy
FROM: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/18/driving.iceland/index.html

SUMMARY:
Reykjavik, Iceland is trying a new way to create energy, even though the countries already uses it’s natural resources such as waterfalls, volcanoes and geysers and hot springs. Virtually all of the country's electricity and heating comes from domestic renewable energy sources -- hydroelectric power and geothermal springs. It’s cheap and pollution- free.
OPINON:
Cool! Good for them, I am glad that they are actively trying to create something that will work for their country. Because of their obscure location it must be really expensive to have oil shipped. It seems like they are figuring out a way to get what they need to get done, done.

Myanmar monks protest for third day
FROM: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/myanmar.monks.ap/index.html
SUMMARY:
Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks, joined by thousands of their countrymen, marched in Myanmar's largest city Thursday in the biggest challenge in at least a decade to the iron-fisted junta, a show of strength rare under military rule. Processions of monks converged from various monasteries around Yangon in the early afternoon at the golden hilltop Shwedagon pagoda, the country's most revered shrine. They prayed there before embarking on a more than three-hour march through Yangon in steady rain, gathering supporters as they went.
OPINION:
Wow! They are so dedicated to walk in the rain for what they believe in. IN the artilce it mentions that these Buddhist monks are peaceful and popular. Their protests have often caused a change in the government. I hope they get the response that they are looking for.