CWI: Current event free choice
USH: Each student will be assigned on of the following topics:
1. Causes of the Stock Market Crash
2. Causes of the Great Depression
Plus one of these topics:
1. 1928 Election(466)
2. Stock Market in the 1920'
Read more…More presidential fun facts-and the last of them
Gerald Rudolph Ford’s name before he was adopted was Leslie Lynch King Jr
As a young man, Rutherford Birchard Hayes fought lyssophobia, or the fear of going insane
Three presidents died on July 4th: Th
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Miley states that they were smoking sylvia.. not weed..
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A species of salmon from Japan was thought to be extinct for 70 years but was found alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji.
I personally thought this story was interesting
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_extinct_fish_found
Read more…After a big sack a giants player gave a sack dance and Tony kornheiser called it " pardon the interruption" Dance
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Read more…andy Avgi is a power forward At Woodburn High oregan. In his last game he went up for a slam dunk but came down with the back bored with him. After the back board was replaced he gave a spectacular move which was a one armed alley-oop.
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Read more…Okay...you guys all know yoda from starwars right? Hes pretty awesome. Well there is a BAT called a YODA BAT! and its pretty awesome. And theres 9 other discoveries that dont quite measure up to the yoda bat but they're pretty cool too.
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Read more…There is a new weed going around Kenya that is not good at all. Its called Santa Maria Feverfew and its spreading fast and wipeing out many grasslands that animals use for food during migration. Its poisonous and destructive. Read the rest of the sto
Read more…Fun facts about presidents! XD
Abraham Lincoln is the only US president to be a licensed bartender. He was the co-owner of the Berry and Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois.
The only president to be elected unaminously was George Washington. He also ref
Read more…There is a man in Alabama, who calls himself Vamp, took a heated fork and burned a "V" into a teenagers forehead. How did this teenager let this happen? Well the teenage was tricked into be tied up because Vamp told him they were going to play a game
Read more…When a family puts the ticket in a safe, the safe falls through their rusty car and they lose the ticket! Can you imagine? You would never get over this! Read the Rest of the story here: http://www.allweirdnews.com
Read more…I find it kind of hilarious that an old repair tire man had just had a 10 centimeter blade from the guys head. The knife had been there for three years after he was involved in a bar fight. Would'nt you know a knife was stuck in your head for that lo
Read more…Two college age brothers were on the way to a family dinner at their sister's house with their parents when they saw a car in the middle of the lake and without hesitating they jumped out of the car and into the lake. The boys soon realized that the
Read more…this one is all about the Earth
The earth can be seen as a living, breathing organism because it regulates its temp, burns energy, renews it's skin, experiences changes to its face as it ages,
The earth once had a twin. Its name was Theia that was a
Read more…After a korean vessel sunk in the cold water around New Zealand, and around Antartica the search for 17 men have stopped.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/antarctica.ship.sinks/index.html?hpt=T2
Read more…The storm stranded many in car wrecks. Many Flights were delayed, and the minnesota NFL game was delayed because the roof collapsed in under 18in of snow.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/13/winter.weather/index.html?hpt=T2
Read more…Former host of the food networks "Calorie Comando" Was sentenced monday for nine years in prison for pleading no contest to soliciting to homeless men in killing his wife
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/13/california.tv.chef.case/
Read more…He is not attending out of consideration of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
read full story at http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/13/new.york.madoff/index.html?hpt=T2
Read more…Brett favre had a 297 game start streak and it has finally ended because he sprained a joint in his throwing arm. He has held this record since 1999
get full story at http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/12/13/favre.consecutive.games/index.html?hpt=T2
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