Villagers fend off Boko Haram attacks

The Boko Haram terrorist group attacked three villages in Nigeria. The terrorist group is notorious for the kidnapping off nearly 300 school girls.The terrorist group attacked the villages, but the villagers were more than ready. The terrorist group arrived in all-terrain vans, armored tank, and motorcycles. All their vehicles and man power was still not enough to disrupt these villages. The villagers put up an amazing fight killing over 200 of them. They also took the tank, 3 vans, and 90 motorcycles. Only 60 villagers where killed in these horrific attacks. The villagers had no help from any military during the attacks. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/15/world/africa/nigeria-girls-abducted/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Alaska State Troopers

Two officers from the National Geographic show where fatally shot on Friday. The state troopers where responding to a call for back up. There was a disputed over a couch sale and someone pulled out a gun. The couch was for sale for 150 dollars, but something went wrong. Two suspects have been detained since the incident. One suspect age 19 Nathanial Lee Kangas was under arrest for both deaths and the other suspect Arvin Morse Kangas,58, was under arrest for fourth degree assault and driving with a revoked license. Sgt. Scott Johnson was one of the officers killed. He was 45 years old and is survived by his wife and three daughters. The other officer Gabe Rich was 26 years old and was survived by his fiance and two sons.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/us/alaska-state-troopers-killed/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

KD

Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder beat one of Michael Jordan's records on Sunday night against the Phoenix Suns. The record was 40 consecutive games scoring 25+ points in a game. Michael Jordan held that record for quite some time. Kevin Durant is now at 41 games and still going. The most consecutive games with 25+ points is 106 games. That record is held by Wit Chamberlain who achieved that record in the early 1960's. Durant isn't expected to break that record anytime soon, but stranger things have happened. Kevin Durant's record breaking game was a loss, but he still came out on top.

Air Yeezys

At a Juicy J concert on Saturday in Milwaukee at the rave Juicy J threw a pair of Air Yeezys. The Shoes were Juicy J's and they cost him 5 g's. Everybody in the crowd wanted the shoes even the person he threw them to. Once the Shoes where thrown out a riot ensued. Anybody in the vicinity crowded towards the shoes. Many people where injured in the riot. The Rave security was unable to break up the fights. Juicy J left stage after the fight broke out. Nobody expected him to throw the shoes and nobody expected such a fight to break out over a pair of shoes.

Steve Green Dead

A former U.S. Army soldier was pronounced dead last Saturday. He was convicted 5 years ago for the rape  and murder of a 14 year old Iraqi girl, and the murder of her family. He killed her mom, dad, and 6 year old sister. The crimes took place in a village about 20 miles south of Baghdad. He was then convicted of his crimes about 3 years after they took place. He died two days after his suicide attempt in his cell. He died from hanging. He was the last of 5 soldiers from the 101st airborne division to be convicted for the crimes and trying to cover them up.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/us/soldier-steven-green-suicide/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Refusing to serve same sex couples

In Kansas house bill 2453 protects religious individuals, groups, and businesses that refuse services to same sex couples. The states house passed it with a vote of 72-49. The house is republican dominated. The bill will then go on to the senate for a vote. Gay marriage is banned in Kansas, but lawmakers think its still necessary to create the bill. The bill protects business owners from being sued for refusing service to same sex couples and for not recognizing their marriages or committed relationships as valid.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/us/kansas-bill-same-sex-services/index.html?hpt=us_c2

New Orleans Mayor guilty of bribery

Ray Nagin the ex mayor of New Orleans was thought to be a good man when he led the city through the worst natural disaster of its history. He was convicted wednesday after he was found guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other favors. The main clients he was accepting the bribes from where businessmen. He was convicted on 20 of the 21 counts against him. Nagin left office in 2010. Nagin received checks, cash, wire transfers, personal services, and free travel. The businessmen were trying to get contracts and favorable treatment from the city. He faces up to 20 years, but his lawyer said he would likely get 14 to 17 years instead. He accepted more than 200,000 dollars in bribes.  
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/justice/louisiana-nagin-convicted/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Firefighters and Roller Coasters

Fifteen people were rescued by firefighters on Wednesday from a roller coaster. The roller coaster got stuck at the Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. All the passengers involved were reported to be OK. The Tampa Fire Rescue posted a picture of the rescue effort on twitter. The passengers were on the Cheetah Hunt roller coaster, the longest coaster in the park. It has a total length of about 4,400 feet. The riders were stuck on the coaster for more than a little over three hours in the rain. The cause for the ride malfunctioning wasn't immediately clear.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/us/florida-roller-coaster/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Purdue Shooting

On Tuesday a gunman shot and killed a student of Purdue University. The shooting occurred in the electrical engineering building. The two people involved where both males, but no other information is being released. The shooting took place at about noon. The police say the suspect has offered little to no cooperation and no motive has been found yet. The School is home to about 30,000 undergraduates. The school sent text messages to the students telling them to take shelter where they were. This request was listed about an hour later. No other students were injured. The shooter was said to have only targeted the one victim.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/justice/purdue-shooting-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Outkast at Coachella

Coachella is a large music festival held every year in Indo, California that brings together the top artists around. It sometimes brings groups back together for their performance. This year it looks like they are bringing back Outkast. Outkast is made up of Andre 3000 and Big Boi. The group was formed in the early 90's and broke up in 2007 to pursue solo careers.  This has many fans excited and will probably attract many other fans. Last year at Coachella they brought together A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan. Tickets for the music festival are starting at $375.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/01/09/arcade-fire-muse-and-outkast-to-headline-coachella-2014/4387429/

Giant Duck Explodes

In Taiwan as part of their New Years celebration they had a giant inflatable duck. The duck was 59 feet tall and was created by a Dutch artist named Florentijn Hofman. The duck was located in the city of Keelung. The duck floated in the harbor.  It was supposed to last until the new year, but it exploded around noon. The once large duck turned into a large yellow disk that aimlessly floated around the harbor. The duck was later examined and thought to have been attacked by eagles. The eagles are believed to have scratched at it with their claws. This isn't the first incident in Taiwan that involved a large rubber duck according to a telegraph. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/01/inflatable-duck-explodes_n_4528679.html?1388616248&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009