LOCAL
The Highland Scots came out strong after suffering a defeat in their first game against Yorktown. The Scots played Westfield well and forced the Shamrocks into 18 turnovers. Led by senior forward Grant Fulton and junior guard Jay Mohr, the Scots beat the Shamrocks 71-64. Fulton finished with 26 points and 8 rebounds while Mohr finished with 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists.
STATE
Jacobus Tielen is going to have to pay a large settlement. He has been convicted of breaking environmental management laws and has been fined $21,000 already. He is said to have had many manure spills causing deaths of wildlife and has his farm too close to the nearby lagoon. Tielen's settlement negotiation is scheduled for later this week.NATIONAL
In Nashville, TN, a cat owner was overwhelmed with joy when she finally found her cat. Her cat, wild oats, had gotten a peanut butter jar stuck on its head but the owners couldn't get it off because the cat kept running away. They finally caught it with a fishing net and got the jar off with some oil. The cat survived off its excess fat for a full 19 days.
WORLD
A British teacher is being arrested over a teddy bear. Gillian Gibbons is being detained after she let her fourth grade class name a classroom teddy bear Mohammad. She is a teacher in Sudan and the British government believes that they should be able to deal with it. However, the Sudanese government is taking care of it and the outcome does not look favorable for Gibbons.
HEALTH
Around Christmas time, more toys are bought than any other time of the year. Which also means there are more hazards brought into the home. Parents are recommended to shop with a list of recalled toys, toys with sharp objects, or toys that shoot projectiles into the air. This year kids will be safe. But no one is going to have fun.SPORTS
With only a few weeks left in the season, the Inianapolis Colts pull out another victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Peyton Manning had a stellar performance throwing for 4 touchdowns and only one pick. With this divisional win, the Colts are almost guaranteed to win the division and will definitely be a high seed in the playoffs.
BUSINESS
"Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" is projected to be the best selling interactive music game created up to this point. The creaters at Red Octane (makers of Guitar Hero) did not change the gameplay much. However, after "Guitar Hero II" was such a hit, gamers are looking for new songs and different challenges. Look out "Donkey Konga" there's a new sheriff in town.
TECHNOLOGY
There may be a new remedy for global warming. A company called Skyonic is coming out with a new system called Skymine which could largely reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide released in the smoke from factories and the heat waste from them could be used to power factories making baking soda. The only question that remains is, why do we need all this baking soda?
ELECTION '08
Barrack Obama is finally trying to play the race card. In his recent trip to Harlem, he wooed many African American voters with his plans if elected. He says that if he is elected he would fight harder than any other president to end racial discrimination and injustice. Obama says that we won't wake up after 4 years and still find more black men in prison than in college.IRAQ
Turkey recently came out and declared that it had attacked 50 or 60 Kurdish rebels within the borders of Iraq. Whether or not the United States was informed of this attack is yet to be released but American Intelligence had been promised to Turkey's military. The attack came a day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the government had authorized the military to launch a cross-border offensive against guerillas from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, based in northern Iraq at any time.
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