1. About 73,000 workers in the U.S. returned to work
this week, ending the largest nationwide General Motors/United
Auto Workers strike in over thirty years. After two days off the
job, the strike was suspended after the UAW and GM reached a tentative
agreement on a new four year national contract.
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2. President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice attended the 62 nd General Assembly meeting of the United
Nations in New York this week. Bush spoke about his concerns with
the country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, saying that people
living there are denied basic freedoms due to a government of “terror.”
http://www.un.org/
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3. The controversial leader of Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
was also at the U.N. Assembly this week. While in the U.S., he
was invited to speak at Columbia University in New York on Monday.
The invitation outraged many people who dislike Ahmadinejad because
of offensive comments he has made, such as denying that the Holocaust
occurred. Protestors gathered outside Columbia University, while
others said freedom of speech is granted to all.
http://www.columbia.edu/
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4. James MacDonald shows us why too much food
can be a bad thing, not just for our waistlines. In Hong Kong,
too much food waste is ending up in landfills where it creates
methane as a byproduct of rotting. Methane is a greenhouse gas
that contributes to global warming.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/
food.leftovers/index.html
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.
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5. Why do Twinkies taste so good if they’re also sometimes
called “junk food?” Doctor Sanjay Gupta asks Christopher
Kimball from America’s Test Kitchen to break down the ingredients
in this popular treat, and finds that chemicals have replaced
some of the original food ingredients.
http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/twinkie.htm
http://www.hostesscakes.com/twinkies.asp
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6. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company announced
this week that it will close its 119-year-old Geauga Lake Amusement
Park due to low attendance in recent years. The company plans
to add more attractions at its water park on the same property,
Wildwater Kingdom.
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7. An enthusiastic crowd of 1,882 harmonica players
played Frere Jacques and broke the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Harmonica Play-Along” on Sunday at Cleveland
Metroparks’ Rocky River Reservation in North Olmsted.
http://www.clemetparks.com/Guinness%20record.asp
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8. The Cleveland Indians claimed their title as
Central Division Champions before a sell-out crowd at Jacobs Field
on Sunday. They head to the post-season for the first time in
six years.
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle
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9. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is
helping to keep their rural residents safer in emergencies, giving
them special light adapters for their front door lights. If they
call 9-1-1 with an emergency, they can flip the light switch once
to make their front porch lights blink on and off, directing emergency
crews more easily to their homes.
http://www.co.miami.oh.us/sheriff
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10. Surfers Healing was founded by Israel and
Danielle Paskowitz after their son was diagnosed with autism.
A competitive surfer, Izzy found that their son was soothed by
riding on a surfboard with his dad. Izzy and Danielle now host
day camps to provide surfing to other children with autism.
http://www.surfershealing.org/
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11. A staff member at a retirement home in New
England brought his kids’ Nintendo Game System to work,
and found that the senior residents enjoyed the games. It seems
to help their hand-eye coordination and overall health, too.
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12. Dr. Lynn Ogden, a Brigham Young University
Professor, had an idea to make a new product. He added carbon
dioxide bubbles to yogurt to make a fizzy treat. Buddy Blankenfield
shows us how long it took from invention to selling the actual
product – Yoplait’s GoGurt Fizzix.
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13. Kodi, the tree-climbing dog, climbs 40-foot-high
spruce trees. It all started when Kodi was helping her owner hunt
birds. Now owner Pat Tully can’t stop her from climbing
to the sky.
http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=49516
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