medicare is health care insurance for old people. medicaid is health care for less fortunate people. social security is money you get when you retire.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South Sudan- became a country july 9, been fighting since the 1950's3. Libya-Qaddafi has been in power for more than 4 decades and his people have been revolting. gadhafi blames U.S. for all his problems. people think Qaddafi is already dead.4. US Supreme Court and videogames-2009 anyone who sold or rented a mature videogame to a minor in california would be fined 1000 dollars.5. New York and gay marriage-2009 government of new york rejected gay marriage. 2 years after they voted against gay marriage they allowed it6. Drawdown in Afghanistan-800 troops by the end of the summer. 10000 by the end of the year. 20000 troops by the end of 2012.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda--Al-Qaeda is a world wide terrorist organization. Al Zawahri grew up in a very powerful family and was OBL partner. Al Zawahri apposed the egyptian goverment. He was put in jail. Al Zawahri has been hiding for more than 10 years. He is believed to be somewhere between the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution-The problem was tthat the ceiling is being raised.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution-The problem was that all the players wanted more money. The players didnt want to play 2 extra games. The owners wanted to so they could sell more tickets to make more money. The solution was they gave rookies a 4 year contract. less practice. players dont do two a-days for practice anymore. the practices are less intense so the players dont strain anything or get hurt.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria-11. Famine in Somalia-they are in one of their worst droughts ever. Al-Shabab is a terrorist group from south eastern Somalia and are aligned with Al-Qaeda. Somalia is the only country in the world that is true anarchy. Al-Shabab keeps food out of somalia.12. Norway incident- there was a guy who for some reason decided to put a car bomb by a capital building atleast 8 people. he dressed as a cop and took a ferry to a camp for kids with an automatic gun. he killed 90 people and wounded 30 more people.13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results- there has only been 6 total tournaments. united states won the cup 2 times.
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