Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking 24-mile jump during the Red Bull Stratos mission on Oct. 14, 2012.
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N.Korea Claims its Missiles Can Reach the US
On Tuesday, Oct. 9th, North Korea made a statement saying that their weapons were capable of reaching the U.S. Possible strike-zones of the North Korean missiles were stated to be “not only the bases of the puppet forces and the U.S. imperialist aggression forces’ bases in the inviolable land of Korea, but also Japan, Guam…
KCON ’12: Bringing Enjoyment to “Hallyu” Fans
A typical October Saturday, a swarm of people crowded around the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine to attend KCON, a convention and concert celebrating and spreading the fame of Kpop, (or Korean pop) music. The 11-and-a-half hour event had many guests that were famous for their Kpop music, or lent their support to the prominent genre….
First Grader Beats Assaults Gym Teacher
A teacher gets beaten up by his first grade student
‘The Walking Dead’ Returns
The long awaited third season of AMC’s critically acclaimed series, “The Walking Dead”, returns to the small screen on Sunday, Oct. 14. The season, comprised of 16 episodes, will debut the first eight this fall and the next eight in February 2013. Set in the aftermath of a post-apocalyptic world where zombies thrive and dominate, a small…
Scientists Find New Painkiller in Black Mamba Venom
The scientists at the France Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology had begun their venom research by looking for particular chemicals that could block a type of protein that caused us to feel pain. These acid sensing ions— ASICs —trigger pain as a warning system whenever one of our cells are damaged. After studying the venom…
UK Government Says Global Warming Stopped in 1997
The British government proposed official data that the process of global warming has stopped since 1997. According to the Met Office data on the average global temperature, no apparent changed occurred in the temperature from the year 1997 to August this year. This data is the accumulation of the climate on three thousand places on…
The Heartbreaking Video of a Bullied Teen
On Sept. 7, 2012, Amanda Todd, 15, posted a distressing video on Youtube. Titled “My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm”, the video describes years of bullying, in both school and online, and the torment she was forced to endure. Just over a month later, the teen was found dead in her home town of Port…
Repaying an Man’s Best Friend
Last Thursday, Kabang, a heroic dog, was moved to the University of California, Davis to be examined by veterinarians after sustaining injuries in the attempt to save two young girls in the Philippines. This event was a notable event was a remarkable humanitarian effort to help a canine heroine led by Kenngott. Kabang became a celebrity…
A Growing Politician
Sean Patrick Maloney, the 2012 Democratic nominee for New York’s 18th Congressional District, running for the position in the United States House of Representatives, visits John Jay High School