Current Events QTR 2 Week 2: Gunman arrested after Walmart standoff/post 9

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/29/nevada.walmart.shooting/index.html
A gunman who opened fire on employees at Walmart in Reno, Nevada, was arrested Friday after a six-hour standoff with police.John Gillane the shooter, 46, walked into Walmart at 8:30 in the morning and started firing. He barricaded himself in an office there. Police got him out at 2:30 that afternoon. Three employees were hurt and two are still in the hospital from Friday night in serious condition.

How I feel-
Nowadays, i don't get why people do these things. It's stupid, and, about 95% of the time they are caught and thrown in jail. I hope those people shot get well and heal. I also hope the man is put in jail for a long time because who's to say he wont do something like that again when he gets out? The only reason they are put in jail is so they will learn a lesson but i bet most of them don't.

Current Events QTR 2 Week 1: Suspect returns to crime scene to ask cops for cigarrette/post 8

Jaime Adan Esquivel, 36, was accused of stealing a cash register and 2 Ronald McDonald charity donation boxes from a local dry cleaning business. Okay, he wasn't accused of stealing them, he did steal them. Jaime returned to the scene of the crime and asked 2 police men for a cigarette. When cops asked him for identification, he led them back to his home to retrieve it. When they got there they found 2 Ronald McDonald boxes and change all over the place. Jaime was charged with burglary and his bail was set to $10,000.

My Opinion
Well that was stupid what he did. He should have known not to go back to THE SCENE OF THE CRIME!!!! Apparently he has no common scene because i think its obvious that you would know not to do that, when they know for a fact, that they have the boxes at their home. I hope all the money was found and brought back to donate to the charity. Well...that must have been one of the easiest crimes to solve...ever.

http://blog.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/2010/10/suspect-returns-to-crime-scene-to-bum-cigarette-say-cops.html?link=dumbrss

Current events week 7: Man saved by his cell phone

54 year old Juan Camarena said that his cell phone saved his life. Why? Juan got a new job as a handyman and was informed that the old super was still angry for being fired and replaced. Juan was confronted by the man who was fired and in the stairwell. The guy had a gun in his pocket, reached for it, and shot at Juan. Luckily, Juan's Nextel was in his jacket pocket. The phone took the bullet and only had a scratch. Juan said the shooter was only about five feet away. Police have footage of the shooter and are working to catch him fast. Juan said "I'm still alive, thank God, That Nextel saved me."
How I feel-
That man is very lucky he has his phone in his pocket. If he hadn't had it he could have been killed. That man shouldn't have been that mad for getting fired. It probably just wasn't working out. I hope police get that man fast because that wasn't right to do.

Current events week 6: Mongolia to partner on rare earth mining

Japan has agreed to help Mongolia make mines to get rare earth metals. "Mongolia has high potential in mineral material development and this will serve the two countries' national interests,"as said by Kan.Officials said Batbold said Mongolia will be able to produce value-added products by using highly advanced Japanese technology. Rare earth metals from China suddenly dried up last month while Japan and China were in a fighting over the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain whose trawler collided with a Japanase Coast Guard near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but is claimed by China and Taiwan. Rare earth metals are a class of 17 elements which includes neodymium, dysprosium and cerium which are used to produce high-tech products ranging from cell phones and digital cameras to flat-panel TVs and hybrid cars. China accounts for about 97 percent of the world's supply of rare metals and Japan is almost 90 percent dependent on China to get them, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 

How i feel-

I think its cool we are getting rare metals! We just have to make sure we are careful so that miners won't get stuck like in Chile. The metals will be very useful and it will be cool to get new technology. I hope this won't start something like a war between china and japan. It will be exciting to see what they come up with