Wakeup Call
The list below is from yahoo’s “most viewed” news items. Is this a true reflection of what society is truly interested in? Again the objective here is to try WAKEUP. So here is your wakeup call, Global News.
1. Pitcher's Mother Rescued From Kidnappers
AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
Venezuelan police stormed a mountain camp and rescued the mother of Detroit Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina from kidnappers who demanded $6 million in ransom, ending an ordeal that lasted more than five months.
2. Monster star burst was brighter than full Moon: astronomers
AFP - Fri Feb 18, 2:23 PM ET
Stunned astronomers described the greatest cosmic explosion ever monitored -- a star burst from the other side of the galaxy that was briefly brighter than the full Moon and swamped satellites and telescopes.
3. DAUGHTER'S LOW-CUT JEANS GET A RISE FROM HER MOM
Dear Abby - Wed Feb 16, 8:01 PM ET
DEAR ABBY: I have a 22-year-old daughter who insists on wearing low-rise jeans. I have seen half her rear end at least five times, and I'm embarrassed for her. I have had to tell her every time. When I do, she acts mad at me for saying something. Last October, she squatted down to look in a box at a yard sale, and the poor elderly gentleman who was trying to assist her had quite a view. It was awful! I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture and blow it up to an 8-by-10 so she could see what everyone else is seeing. Believe me, this is no laughing matter.
4. Clinton, Bush Close to Tears in Tsunami Aid Tour
Reuters - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush came close to tears on their tour of tsunami-wrecked Asian coasts Saturday after meeting Thai children who lost their parents in the disaster. Full Coverage
5. Calif. County Wants Pot Certified Organic
AP - Fri Feb 18, 5:38 PM ET
Medical-marijuana growers in Mendocino County — a Northern California outpost that is home to vegans, vintners, libertarians and aging hippies — want to have their pot certified as organic.
6. Egyptian Doctors Remove Baby's Second Head
Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Egyptian doctors said they removed a second head from a 10-month-old girl suffering from one of the rarest birth defects in an operation Saturday.
7. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Naked?
Reuters - Sat Feb 19, 8:14 AM ET
The diners arrived at a nice Manhattan restaurant on a cold February night and stripped off coats, hats, gloves and scarves. They didn't stop there.
8. Report: N. Korea Won't Talk With Nations
AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
North Korea no longer wants to negotiate with the United States and four other nations in an effort to ease the ongoing standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, China's state news agency said Saturday. Full Coverage
9. 22 Dead in Eight Iraq Suicide Bombings
AP - 21 minutes ago
Eight suicide bombings in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq killed at least 23 people, including a U.S. soldier, and injured 70 as Shiite Muslim worshippers around the country celebrated their holiest day of the year. Full Coverage
10. Endangered Status Sought for Polar Bears
Los Angeles Times - Thu Feb 17, 7:55 AM ET
The animal, which experts say is threatened by global warming, may bring new attention to climate change and Alaska's wildlife refuge.
11. Bush, Clinton Tour Tsunami-Ravaged Areas
AP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
School children waving American flags welcomed former presidents Bush and Clinton to their dusty fishing village devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami, as the two toured the region Saturday.
12. Brits Test Limits of Ban on Hound-Hunting
AP - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Hunters gathered in farmyards, country estates and muddy fields across England and Wales on Saturday to test the limits of the government's ban on hunting with dogs. The police promised to be watching on the first weekend since hunting with hounds was banned. Full Coverage
13. Smoking Gun Smokes Out Jackson Case?
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 4:15 PM ET
Has the gagged Michael Jackson molestation case been unbound? Full Coverage
14. Hizbollah Tells Lebanese to Cool Anti-Syria Line
Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Saturday that popular agitation against Syria's grip on Lebanon after the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could plunge the country back into civil war. Full Coverage
15. British say foods tainted by cancer-linked additive exported to Canada, U.S.
Canadian Press - Fri Feb 18,11:52 PM ET
LONDON (CP) - Britain's Food Standards Agency triggered an international alert Friday involving hundreds of products contaminated with a dye linked to cancer that were shipped to Canada and the United States, as well as most of Europe and the Caribbean.
16. Women Sue Over Gorilla's Breast 'Fetish'
AP - Sat Feb 19, 8:31 AM ET
Two fired caretakers for Koko, the world-famous sign-language-speaking gorilla, have sued their former bosses, claiming they were pressured to expose their breasts as a way of bonding with the 300-pound simian.
17. Ashlee Simpson Lives--Live
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 6:45 PM ET
The "Stop Ashlee Simpson" online petition may have more 320,000 cosigners, but the object of its disaffection won't play along.
18. Judge Who Pushed Desegregation Dies at 86
AP - 48 minutes ago
Robert R. Merhige Jr., a federal judge whose rulings forcing schools to desegregate made him so unpopular that for a time he required 24-hour protection, has died. He was 86.
19. Bush Outlines Goals for European Trip
AP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
On the eve of his trip to Europe to patch the trans-Atlantic relationship, President Bush says he doesn't believe the West is split between an "idealistic United States and a cynical Europe." Full Coverage
20. Model Trapped in Publicity Pitt
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 1:55 PM ET
Model April Florio can't seem to get her story straight when it comes to Brad Pitt. Full Coverage
1. Pitcher's Mother Rescued From Kidnappers
AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
Venezuelan police stormed a mountain camp and rescued the mother of Detroit Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina from kidnappers who demanded $6 million in ransom, ending an ordeal that lasted more than five months.
2. Monster star burst was brighter than full Moon: astronomers
AFP - Fri Feb 18, 2:23 PM ET
Stunned astronomers described the greatest cosmic explosion ever monitored -- a star burst from the other side of the galaxy that was briefly brighter than the full Moon and swamped satellites and telescopes.
3. DAUGHTER'S LOW-CUT JEANS GET A RISE FROM HER MOM
Dear Abby - Wed Feb 16, 8:01 PM ET
DEAR ABBY: I have a 22-year-old daughter who insists on wearing low-rise jeans. I have seen half her rear end at least five times, and I'm embarrassed for her. I have had to tell her every time. When I do, she acts mad at me for saying something. Last October, she squatted down to look in a box at a yard sale, and the poor elderly gentleman who was trying to assist her had quite a view. It was awful! I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture and blow it up to an 8-by-10 so she could see what everyone else is seeing. Believe me, this is no laughing matter.
4. Clinton, Bush Close to Tears in Tsunami Aid Tour
Reuters - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush came close to tears on their tour of tsunami-wrecked Asian coasts Saturday after meeting Thai children who lost their parents in the disaster. Full Coverage
5. Calif. County Wants Pot Certified Organic
AP - Fri Feb 18, 5:38 PM ET
Medical-marijuana growers in Mendocino County — a Northern California outpost that is home to vegans, vintners, libertarians and aging hippies — want to have their pot certified as organic.
6. Egyptian Doctors Remove Baby's Second Head
Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Egyptian doctors said they removed a second head from a 10-month-old girl suffering from one of the rarest birth defects in an operation Saturday.
7. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Naked?
Reuters - Sat Feb 19, 8:14 AM ET
The diners arrived at a nice Manhattan restaurant on a cold February night and stripped off coats, hats, gloves and scarves. They didn't stop there.
8. Report: N. Korea Won't Talk With Nations
AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
North Korea no longer wants to negotiate with the United States and four other nations in an effort to ease the ongoing standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, China's state news agency said Saturday. Full Coverage
9. 22 Dead in Eight Iraq Suicide Bombings
AP - 21 minutes ago
Eight suicide bombings in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq killed at least 23 people, including a U.S. soldier, and injured 70 as Shiite Muslim worshippers around the country celebrated their holiest day of the year. Full Coverage
10. Endangered Status Sought for Polar Bears
Los Angeles Times - Thu Feb 17, 7:55 AM ET
The animal, which experts say is threatened by global warming, may bring new attention to climate change and Alaska's wildlife refuge.
11. Bush, Clinton Tour Tsunami-Ravaged Areas
AP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
School children waving American flags welcomed former presidents Bush and Clinton to their dusty fishing village devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami, as the two toured the region Saturday.
12. Brits Test Limits of Ban on Hound-Hunting
AP - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Hunters gathered in farmyards, country estates and muddy fields across England and Wales on Saturday to test the limits of the government's ban on hunting with dogs. The police promised to be watching on the first weekend since hunting with hounds was banned. Full Coverage
13. Smoking Gun Smokes Out Jackson Case?
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 4:15 PM ET
Has the gagged Michael Jackson molestation case been unbound? Full Coverage
14. Hizbollah Tells Lebanese to Cool Anti-Syria Line
Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Saturday that popular agitation against Syria's grip on Lebanon after the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could plunge the country back into civil war. Full Coverage
15. British say foods tainted by cancer-linked additive exported to Canada, U.S.
Canadian Press - Fri Feb 18,11:52 PM ET
LONDON (CP) - Britain's Food Standards Agency triggered an international alert Friday involving hundreds of products contaminated with a dye linked to cancer that were shipped to Canada and the United States, as well as most of Europe and the Caribbean.
16. Women Sue Over Gorilla's Breast 'Fetish'
AP - Sat Feb 19, 8:31 AM ET
Two fired caretakers for Koko, the world-famous sign-language-speaking gorilla, have sued their former bosses, claiming they were pressured to expose their breasts as a way of bonding with the 300-pound simian.
17. Ashlee Simpson Lives--Live
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 6:45 PM ET
The "Stop Ashlee Simpson" online petition may have more 320,000 cosigners, but the object of its disaffection won't play along.
18. Judge Who Pushed Desegregation Dies at 86
AP - 48 minutes ago
Robert R. Merhige Jr., a federal judge whose rulings forcing schools to desegregate made him so unpopular that for a time he required 24-hour protection, has died. He was 86.
19. Bush Outlines Goals for European Trip
AP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
On the eve of his trip to Europe to patch the trans-Atlantic relationship, President Bush says he doesn't believe the West is split between an "idealistic United States and a cynical Europe." Full Coverage
20. Model Trapped in Publicity Pitt
E! Online - Fri Feb 18, 1:55 PM ET
Model April Florio can't seem to get her story straight when it comes to Brad Pitt. Full Coverage
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