Lauren Bell

National 1

Summary:

Britney Spears as we all know has lost custody of both of her children. She has been charged for negligence towards the poor kids. In LA she recently went back to court to request to expand her custody conditions. She discussed it with her ex husband, Federline, outside of court, but there has been no change. Kevin has custody of the children and Spears can only see them on monitored visits, but no overnights. She has a new visitation order but there has not been a new overnight monitor declared thus far.

Opinion:

Spears should not get anymore custody of her children. She abused the right to have them. She put them in danger and neglected them for her own selfish ways. She didn’t care about them while she was partying and now she cares once the consequences hit. Ya she is stupid and deserves not to be able to see her kids. Maybe she will think before she leaves her kids at home alone night after night.

International 1

Summary:

In Istanbul, Turkey an Egyptian plane carrying 133 people to Warsaw caught fire Thursday after making an emergency landing at Istanbul's international airport. The fire was extinguished and there was no loss of life. It said the aircraft carried 126 passengers and seven crew. The plane was forced to land in Istanbul due to a technical problem, but its landing gear failed to work properly. The aircraft landed on its main body, starting a fire. We do not know if anyone was injured.

Opinion:

This was a scary almost incident. It is very good to hear no one was killed in something like this. It shows that we need to increase the work efforts with things related to technical difficulties. That is something that needs to become more of an importance. This stuff is dangerous and can be prevented. But it will take effort to do so. It’s a blessing no one was seriously injured if at all. God’s angels were watching over this aircraft.

National 2

Summary:

Fellow students say they and school authorities didn't take Asa Coon's threats of violence seriously before the 14-year-old's shooting rampage at his Cleveland high school on Wednesday. Rasheem Smith said he and fellow students had voiced concerns to faculty about Asa Coon. Coon killed himself after wounding two teachers and two other students at SuccessTech Academy. The youth had a history of violent confrontations and had been suspended after a fistfight on Monday.

Opinion:

This is a definite tragedy. This entire community was put through so much and this is one thing that is almost impossible to deal with. My heart goes out to the family of the shooter and to the entire community. It is very fortunate that no one was killed. God had a definite part in this as he does with everything. This school and everyone in it will be in my thoughts and prayers. This is so sad and so unfortunate. You can not help but want to know why this boy had to turn to something like this.

International 2

Summary:

In Columbia a former justice minister was convicted Thursday of masterminding the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, a cartel-fighting politician. Alberto Santofimio was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Bogota court for ordering a hit squad belonging to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar to kill Galan in 1989 to boost his own candidacy and prevent Escobar's extradition to the United States.” This ruling reaffirms our belief as a nation in the justice system, that the participation of politicians in the murder of my father won't go unpunished."

Opinion:

It is upsetting that this case has to be continually dragging on. Yes they say he will not go without punishment but how long that is supposed to take. It has taken this long already and nothing has seemed to have changed. Yes he has been sentenced but there has been no action that has taken place thus far.