Week 5

Reading Log:
Mon:  25min  Tues: 20min  Wed: 15min  Thurs: 30 min  Sun: 20min
CNN.com


A story from Kansas made the Top U.S. stories on Sunday. The grain elevator in Atchinson Kansas had an explosion that killed three people and left three others missing. The explosion was said to have been felt up to three miles away. The cause of the explosion is unknown but the article did mention that the grain can generate toxic gases that can cause explosion under certain circumstances. I was surprised to see that this story was listed on the Top U.S. stories section on cnn.com.


Earlier this week I read a little bit about the Conrad Murray trial. He was the doctor that is said to have been responsible for Michael Jackson's overdose that killed him. The trial is finally coming to an end. they have recently been discussing who if Murray gave Jackson the last dose of medicine that killed him or if Jackson gave himself the dose. I didn't read a ton about it because it doesn't really interest me.


I have continued to read about baby Lisa from Kansas City, Mo that is still missing. Lisa's two half-brothers were supposed to be interviewed this week, but the parents cancelled the police interviews. There was also an announcement made by the family's attorney, Cyndy Short, that she will no longer be representing the family. She didn't say why and there was no mention of another attorney taking over. I still think this whole story sounds off. The parents, especially the mother, have acted very odd. I also think it is weird that they didn't want their half-brothers to be interviewed again. I would think that they would want to do anything and everything they can to find their daughter. The half-brothers were in the house at the time baby Lisa went missing, so I would think they would want to allow the police to interview the boys so as to make sure that they didn't see or hear something that could help with the investigation. 


I read an article about how Kim Kardashian is catching flack for tweeting that she "had Justin Bieber's phone number". She tweeted that along with a 1-800 number and said that he was accepting calls for the next hour. In reality, the number was actually the number to call and vote for her brother, Rob, on Dancing With The Stars. Apparently some of the other contestants were upset and thought that this caused him to get more votes than he would have on his own. She did tweet that she was joking, but people are still thinking that there were people thinking they were calling Bieber. I thought this story was funny because I can't believe that people would actually think she would be putting Justin Bieber's phone number out for all to see...and it was a 1-800 number.