Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
April 26, 2013
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Suspected Boston bombers found After days of searching and questioning, the two individuals who set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 8, have been found. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan had recently entered into a radical form of Islam that encouraged them to post Anti-American,... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
April 19, 2013
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Venezuela chooses a new president Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan election this past Sunday and will be taking over the last six years of Hugo Chavez’s presidential term. Chavez’s death from cancer on March 5 marked the start of the election. While Chavez handpicked Maduro to continue his legacy,... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
April 12, 2013
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PETA falls under scrutiny People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has more of a dark side to it than its members throwing paint at fur coats. The organization claims to protect animals from ending up as clothes, experiments, and entertainment. They also aim to protect them from abuse,... Read more »
Outside the Circle: 4/5
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
April 5, 2013
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Obama invests in further neurotechnology research On Tuesday, Apr. 2, President Barack Obama described his plan to invest $100 million towards the 2014 plan to map the human brain. According to Time magazine, the project, called the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN),... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
March 29, 2013
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Amanda Knox called to stand trial once more In 2007, American student Amanda Knox, who was studying in Italy, and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, were accused of killing Knox’s roommate, Meredith Kercher. Two years later, they were convicted. In 2011, the convictions were overturned on the ground... Read more »
Outside the Circle: Spring Break News Recap
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
March 22, 2013
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6,000 dead pigs found in Chinese river Believed to be the work of police campaigns against the illicit trade of pork products harvested from diseased pigs in the Zhejiang Province, nearly 6000 dead pigs were found in a Shanghai river. The Shanghai municipal government said that 5,916 pig carcasses... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
March 1, 2013
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Thirty injured in NASCAR incident Thirty people were injured at a second-tier NASCAR series race last Saturday. On the last lap of the DRIVE4COPD 300, a crash sent debris through a safety fence and into the grandstand. 14 civilians were sent to a local hospital by ambulance and 14 individuals were... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
February 22, 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI resigns In Vatican City on Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be resigning from his position. His venue was a typical meeting to discuss the canonization of three potential saints. During this meeting, Benedict said, “Before God, I have come to the certainty that... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
February 15, 2013
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Boy Scouts reconsider banning openly gay individuals from participating in organization Last summer, the Boy Scouts of America passed a policy that prevented openly gay individuals from participating in the program. Last week, they announced that they were reconsidering the ban and as of Wednesday,... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
February 8, 2013
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Google Maps releases map of North Korea On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Google Maps unveiled its map of North Korea. According to Google, the map of the secretive police state was completed with assistance from “a community of citizen cartographers.” Pyongyang, the state capitol, can be seen on the map... Read more »