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Obesity in America

Hannah Gottlieb-Graham March 5, 2013 1

http://obesityinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/map_tape.jpg About one fourth of the adult population in America--40 million people--are considered obese, and the rate for child obesity...

Tristan de Cunha

patrick.shea February 26, 2013 1

http://images.travelpod.com/users/jaearr/1.1296596110.tristan-de-cunha.jpg Stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,750 miles from South Africa and 2,088 from South America...

North Korea: Attempt to Bomb United States

Francisco Gamino February 26, 2013 0

http://wallpaperpassion.com/upload/22031/north-korea-flag-wallpaper.jpg North Korea, led by Kim Jong-un, is attempting to bomb the Unites States yet again. They recently announced...

Iraq War

neil.walshhendricks February 26, 2013 0

http://brainandspine.titololawoffice.com/Iraq%20War.jpg It is estimated that the Iraq war killed between 100,000 and 1 million people. Despite this, their...

Civil Union

danielle.wargolet February 25, 2013 0

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Gay-Marriage.jpg Students who are not freshmen at Urbana High School all know the love and dedication that Assistant Principal Danielle...

Mexico’s Pemex HQ Building Explodes

Francisco February 19, 2013 0

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130201-mexicoPemex-hmed-807p.photoblog600.jpg On Jan. 31, a gas leak caused the explosion of the lower floors of the Mexican-state owned oil company...

Ann Yarber: Retiring From Urbana High School

Tiffani Gray February 13, 2013 0

In 1986 Urbana’s residential curbside recycling began; this was also the year Ann Yarber, physical education teacher, joined our family...

HSBC Laundering Money

Francisco February 4, 2013 0

HSBC Laundering Money On December 11th, 2012, HSBC was caught laundering money to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and Colombia’s Norte Valle...

Gun Control in School

Sylvia Maehr January 31, 2013 0

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/12/17/gun_control_school_shooting_121217_620x350.jpg In light of the recent shooting of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December...