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.

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.   

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Education for Girls Activist Shot

Malala, a 14 year old girl was shot by the Taliban on October 9. She and her class mates were on their school bus when the bus was stopped by a member of the Taliban. They asked the girls where is Malala and they told him. He then opened fire on her shooting her in the head and neck, including 2 other girls who weren't as critically injured.
Malala is an Activist towards girls rights for education. Malala blogs about her life at school and how difficult and dangerous it is to go to school and just to even be at school.

Dog in Toyota's Grille?

The title may seem crazy, but it happened. A poodle got caught in a Toyota Sedan on October 3.
The driver was driving along the road and thought that he missed the poodle because he didn't see the dog anywhere around. Eleven miles later; another driver noticed a dog stuck in the Toyota's grille. The driver notified the driver of the Toyota and they quickly attempted to extract the dog from the grille when animal control arrived.
The dog suffered a concussion and a minor bladder rupture.

The New iPhone 5

Apple is at it again. Upgrading their prized possession, the iPhone. Apple has distributed five iPhones all together and their latest one, the iPhone five, is supposedly the best.
The iPhone 5 is like a sequel to a gaming console; it has the same plot, but their are improvements in the new merchandise. The new gadget's upgrades include a longer screen, both the front and back camera shoots better pictures, panorama mode, a new adapter, and much more.
For supplies during the phone's release, the preorders during the first day doubled iPhone 4s's preorders during the first twenty-four  hours of availability. As far as people liking the new improvement, that shows through time.

Movie Review: The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Disney is known for their heart filed movies. As for their new edition, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, it stands up to their title. 

Jim and Cindy Green, grieve their unlikely chance to have a child of their own by writing down how they wish their kid would be. By burying a box with all their ideas in their garden, a young boy by the name of Timothy comes into their possession claiming to be their son.

This movie is perfect for families and for anyone who feels like crying.    

McDonald's Health Conscious?

When customers walk into McDonalds after September 16, they’re in for a new surprise. Due to the Affordable Care Act regulation, that requires any restaurant that has at least more than twenty locations, every McDonalds will be posting calories of each item on their menu in the restaurants.

A few restaurants have already posted their calorie count in their establishments (such as Subway), and as for others, they’ll have to do the same thing McDonalds is doing. Burger King and Taco Bell are a few food chains that will be following in McDonalds footsteps. 

Clint Eastwood, Republican National Convention

On Thursday, August 30^th, thousands of people gathered at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida to support Mitt Romney. Clint Eastwood, also known as "Dirty Hairy", appeared at the convention  with an unscripted speech. His only company on the stage was a lone chair. Eastwood interrogated the invisible President Obama, who Eastwood pretended was sitting in the chair.

As for the audience they giggled at times. The movie star using some of his timeless catchphrases, such as “Go ahead, make my day,” to end his speech.