Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Captain Phillips

On February 19, two american security officers were found dead at on the Maersk Alabama ship. They were killed on Tuesday (February 18th). The investigators are still investigating the scene. They aren't sure what happened.  In the past there have been killing of people on the ship too, from trying to hijack the ship. The last one was in 2011. So far they do know that no one on the crew (24 people) killed them.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/world/asia/seychelles-maersk-deaths/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sinkhole in Kentucky

On Wednesday, February 12th, eight vintage Corvettes were distorted by a giant sinkhole. They said that it is about 40 feet wide and 30 feet deep. This happened at the Corvette museum in Kentucky, the sinkhole happened in the part of the building where the dome was. All of the cars that got smashed were important but the one that was in the very middle, was the 1 millionth Corvette made. At the time it was made it was about $15,000 but before it got all smashed up, that car was worth about 1 million dollars.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Toothpaste bombs

Flights that are going straight from the US to Russia or vice verse, have all been warned that in toothpaste tubes, or makeup tubes can have explosives in it. Michael McCaul, the head of Homeland Security think that people are bringing then to Sochi, Russia, where the 2014 Winter Olympics are being held, that people are smuggling explosives over the planes. The Russian officials contacted the American officials, saying that there is a possibility that people are doing that.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/sochi-security-toothpaste/index.html?hpt=hp_t3