Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Supreme Court Discusses Gay Marriage

Members of the Supreme Court will meet Friday for their regularly meeting. One thing is different though in this meeting than from the rest, they will be discussing gay marriage.
Proposition 8 has put a hold on gay marriage in California though. Proposition 8 basically states that same sex marriage should not be allowed. The Supreme Court's meeting Friday will be discussing if gay marriage should be suggested in legalizing in states.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Twinkies Survive?

Since the disastrous announcement of Hostess's bankruptcy; Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Ho Ho's have been mourned upon. Even though the company is headed down a path to death, their famous snacks may be headed towards resurrection.

 On Monday, the company is headed to court to try and sell pieces of Hostess to go out of business. Some companies are interested in buying the recipes from the company and keeping the treats the same, just selling them through a different company. John Pottow, a University of Michigan law school professor says: “There’s a huge amount of goodwill with the commercial brand name. It’s quite conceivable that they can sell the name and recipe for Twinkies to a company that wants to make them.” If another company buys the snack’s recipe, the legend of the famous sponge cake may live on and continue to touch the mouths of millions in the world.   

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Lonely Planet Found

On November 14, astronomers discovered a new planet called CFBDSIR2149 as of now. The new planet lies within a group of very young stars. The planet is several times bigger than Jupiter and doesn't orbit around anything. Without orbiting around anything, it's basically a free-floating planet with no gravitational tie to a star. The planet's age is between 50 and 120 million years old and a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius.

Monday, November 5, 2012

2 Year Old Boy Dies in Zoo

A tragedy occured Sunday morning at the Pittsburgh zoo. A 2 year old boy was picked up by his mother and placed on the railing of a wild animal exhibit to see the animals better. The boy lost his balance and fell into the cage. Immediately after the fall 11 dogs bagan to maul the boy.
It's unsure if the boy died from the fall or from the animals, but medical examiners will be doing an autopsy on the boy.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The New Owners of Star Wars?

George Lucas, the creator of 'Star Wars' and owner of Lucasfilm Ltd, has passed his ownership over to Disney. Disney bought the franchise for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, this also includes the making of a new film to the series in 2015. Disney also plans on adding three more films to the famous saga.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

As Halloween quickly approaches, so does Hurricane Sandy, a storm that is heading to the east coast of America. After going through the Caribbean, Sandy has already caused 58 deaths. Sandy is expected to make land fall on the Delaware coast.
President Obama discussed with the emergency management officials saying that the federal government should do all that it can to provide resources to the East Coast as they wait for the storm.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania

When you think of Transylvania, the first thought that pops into your mind probably isn't a hotel. Vampires, monsters, ghouls, and goblins are probably what you first think about. Disney combines both these thoughts into their most recent movie Hotel Transylvania.
Dracula, the famous vampire, opens up a hotel just for monsters; away from civilization and built so no humans can come into the hotel and terrify the monsters. Dracula, has a little girl named Mavis who is Turning 118 years old. She desperately wants to leave her home but due to a tragedy to his wife, Dracula won't allow his daughter to go out into the world do to the humans. One night, an unexpected guest arrives at the hotel, a human named Jonathan. Dracula must now keep Jonathan's true identity a secret so his daughters 118th birthday isn't ruined.