lunes, 26 de abril de 2010

Parents using smartphones to entertain bored kids


By Stephanie Goldberg, Special to CNN April 26, 2010 -- Updated 1316 GMT (2116 HKT) This article is about children are playing their parent’s smartphone to keep them entertained. Almost all Ipod apps are for pre-school or elementary. Adults use smartphone as an advantage to teach their kid. Many designs of smartphones atract childrens such as touch and color. Summary by Chih Kae Tsaur and Benny Watemberg http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/26/smartphones.kids/index.html?hpt=Sbin

martes, 20 de abril de 2010

Volcano casts cloud over European economy


By Kevin Voigt, CNN

April 19, 2010 -- Updated 1703 GMT (0103 HKT)

This article was about the ash cloud that spread all over Europe, cancelling millions of flights and reducing the European economy , because the ash cloud makes it impossible to travel through it, because the engines would get polluted with dust and the plane would crash. More than 63,000 flights have been cancelled, and people are impatiently waiting. More than 63,000 flights have been cancelled

summary by Chih Kae Tsaur, and Danielle Bishoff

article from http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/19/volcano.economic.impact/index.html?hpt=Sbin

lunes, 12 de abril de 2010

Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex with teens


This article is about a Middle School Math teacher called Stephanie Ragusa who pleaded guilty because she was accused of having sex with her students. She was sentenced 10 years in prison. The Prosecutor named Rita Peters said that Ragusa had have sex with 14-year-old kids three times. Though she said she didn’t people have proof about these fatal incident.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/12/florida.teacher.student.sex/index.html
summary by benny
article by Grace Wong

martes, 6 de abril de 2010

Baja governor seeks emergency declaration after quake

This article is about the earthquake in Baja California. This earthquake was declare as a 7.2. Two people died and 233 injuries were reported. They will send some people to go and help them examine for more damage people and the damages that the earthquake caused. They opened four shelters in Meicali so they can be safe. They will work to re built and engineer the causes of the quake.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/04/05/mexico.earthquake/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Summary by Michelle