National NewsSesame Street turns 40Many children throughout the ages have heard, "Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street." Sesame Street, which first aired on Public Broadcasting Service Nov. 10, 1969, celebrated their 40th anniversary on Nov. 10. To mark this anniversary, New York City temporarily renamed a street near the Lincoln Center as "123 Sesame Street", according to an article from huffingtonpost.com.National Parks: 'A soul-saving antidote'The 84 million acres of natural landscapes that serve as a final refuge for animal and plant species are America's National Parks. These environments serve as a refuge for the plant and animal species threatened by habitat loss and degradation and embody the democratic idea that such unique places should be available not just to a privileged few, but to every citizen.Nokia recalls 14 million phone chargersNokia announced a recall on 14 million cell phone chargers that are a potential shock hazard to users. They will replace all of the recalled chargers for free, according to an article on pcworld.com.Tropical storm Ida makes landfall on Gulf CoastHurricane Ida, the third hurricane of the Atlantic season, weakened to a category one tropical storm on Monday morning, according to an article on foxnews.com. The tropical storm had maximum winds near 70 mph and did not gain strength before it made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday morning.House passes health care reform billThe US House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill on Saturday, Nov. 9, by a vote of 220-215.D.C.-area sniper executedD.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday evening. Muhammad was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., south of Richmond.Deadly Fort Hood shooting spree. Questions arise about Army Maj.'s possible radical beliefsThirteen people are dead and 42 injured after a shooting erupted at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army Base in Texas, on Thursday, Nov. 5.Karzai re-elected as Afghan president amid controversyAmid controversy, Hamid Karzai was re-elected president of Afghanistan on Monday, Nov. 2. A U.N.-backed panel of election monitors declared Karzai the winner after his opponent, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew because he said the vote would not be free or fair, according to an article in The National newspaper. October deadliest month in Afghan warFollowing an attack where eight U.S. Soldiers died on Oct. 27, the month of October has been deemed the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year-war so far, according to an article on nytimes.com. GOP wins several VA electionsLess than an hour after polls closed in Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnell was declared the winner of the race for governor in the commonwealth at 8 p.m. and at 9 p.m. the Lynchburg News and Advance declared Republican Scott Garrett the winner in the race for 23rd district delegate.Fish filetLynchburg College tells incoming freshmen every year, "if a pet is your wish, it must be a fish." But, what happens when that fish is found with a knife through it? |
