West Virginia Top Democrats Won't Go to DNC

West Virginia's Democratic Party has announced that three of it's top members will not go the Democratic National Convention this year.

Senator Joe Manchin, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, and Representative Nick Rahall will all be skipping the 2012 national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Manchin has already publicly stated that he is unsure if he will vote for Obama, and has voted with Republicans on several big issues.

The senator said that he felt his time was better spent focusing on the people of West Virginia's future, rather than this single election.

Tomblin and Rahall have not given any sort of release as to why they aren't going.

Obama is very unpopular in West Virginia, having barely won the state primary against a convicted felon; he also struggled in Arkansas and Kentucky.

Microsoft's Surface

Microsoft has announced it's own tablet computer, Surface.

It is expected to take on Apple's iPad, and conquer a good chunk of the market for the company.

Surface will run on Windows 8, and is only 9.33mm thick, just big enough to fit a USB port.

An SD card slot will also allow further integration with your save information from other devices.

The 10.6", 16:9 screen has been designed to allow viewing from almost any angle.

It's screen intensity will auto adjust depending on the lighting situation.

Equipped with a kickstand, it also comes with a 3mm thick touch sensitive cover that can double as a keyboard, that attaches magnetically.

Not one, but two cameras are on Surface, so you can show either yourself or what you are viewing, without moving it around.

Dual microphones allow for you to sound like you are with the person you're talking to, and stereo speakers make it easy for you to hear.

The casing is top of the line technology to protect the tablet, as well as having a finish that is easy on the eyes and to your touch.

Surface will start off being available in five colors, with more expected to come.

Subway Adding Vegan Sandwiches

Subway restaurants are beginning their plan to attract even more people.

Locations in Canada had already begun selling vegan patties for their sandwiches.

Now locations in Maryland, Virginia, and DC will begin having three vegan sandwiches on their menus.

Vegans will have the three choices of; Sweet Riblet, Malibu Greek and Italian Black Bean.

Previously vegans had been limited to the Veggie Delight, which was just a salad on vegan bread.

Burger King Invading China

Burger King has announced intentions to begin opening locations in China.

They plan to open around 1,000 stores by 2020.

This comes just weeks after the chain announced a planned expansion into Russia.

In Russia they expect to open around 500 locations.

Last year, the company began opening an expected 200 locations in Brazil.

Teenage Ninja Turtles Delayed

Paramount Pictures has announced that the Teenage Ninja Turtles movie will be delayed til May 16, 2014.

It had been scheduled to hit theaters December 2013.

The movie has already taken a lot of heat with Producer Michael Bay's announcement that the turtles would be aliens, instead of mutants.

Bay has responded to the anger, over the change, by promising fans that it'll be worth it.

No word was given on why the delay was taking place.

This is the third movie to be delayed by Paramount, within the last few weeks. G I Joe Retaliation was pushed back nine months and World War Z about six.

50 Mph Winds Striking High Park Fire Area

Braced by winds reaching fifty miles per hour, Colorado's High Park Fire has reached over 55,000 acres.

Nearly 1,700 people, over 100 engines, seventeen helicopters, and eleven aircraft are fighting the fire.

Containment on the fire is nearing forty-five percent, and hopes are to maintain that if not improve upon it, despite the winds.


The high winds have caused near evacuations, and halted the planned returns.


Almost two hundred homes have been damaged or destroyed, and one person lost their life to the fire.

It is being called the most destructive fire in Colorado history, and has cost around ten million dollars.

Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Dead at 78

Saturday Nayef bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Crown Prince died of unknown causes.

A three day mourning period is expected to follow the funeral, on Sunday.

Bahrain and Kuwait have both announced a mourning period of their own.

It was just in October that he had been named heir to the throne.

Nayef had led the Saudi side of the war against Al-Qaeda, since 9-11.

His son, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, will now be the Saudi lead in the war on terror.

Sometime in the next week a new heir is expected to be announced.

Remembering: Breed's Hill

June 17, 1775 General Howe orders his twenty-four hundred British troops up Breed's Hill against entrenched colonials.

General William Prescott ordered his militiamen to hold fire until they could see the whites of the British eyes.

At forty yards they unleashed, and broke the British ranks.

Howe ordered another wave forward, and the story repeated.

The third British wave came as the militia was running low on ammo, giving the British a chance to break into the outnumbered colonial line, and forcing the militia to retreat.

British forces chased them to Bunker Hill, and then gave up pursuit. The redcoats had suffered a loss of nearly one thousand troops including ninety-two officers.

Colonial forces may have lost the strategic position, but the battle only built their morale.

It was the last time that the British would attempt a purely frontal assault against American militias.

For some reason history generally remembers it as the battle of Bunker Hill, where the militia were chased to, rather than Breed's where it was fought. 

Yemen's Military Continues Advances Against Al Qaeda

After multiple successes earlier this week, Yemen's military continues it's gains.

The army moved into the town of Shuqra on Friday, the third city this week that they've taken back from Al Qaeda.

Al Qaeda had taken the towns, and others over the past year.

Things have changed though as Saudi Arabia began putting money into paying for US training for the Yemeni troops.

Saudi Arabia and the US were both concerned by the gains Al Qaeda had been enjoying, in their ally.

Parts of Yemen are still under Al Qaeda's power, but thousands of Yemeni troops are working hard to eliminate their presence.

Obama Halting Deportations

President Obama today announced that he plans on halting the deportations of nearly one million illegal immigrants.

His new presidential note, gives immunity to illegal immigrants who are currently under thirty, were under sixteen when brought to the US, have lived here for at least five years and graduated high school, and not have any felonies.

Very few have come out in support of Obama's move, even most Democrats have backed away from the issue, for now.

Many opponents of the move are pointing out the blatant circumvention of Congress, and therefore illegal nature of such a move.

Congress has repeatedly voted no on the so called dream act which would give immunity to many illegal immigrants.

Other opponents question how Obama can justify the move, whilst at the same time millions of citizens are out of work.

Even some illegal immigrant activists are wary of the move, noting that it is really only a memo, not an actual executive order.

They worry that it is simply just another empty promise from the Democrat party, in an effort to gain votes and support.

Hispanics voted nearly two to one for Obama, in 2008; but since then have becoming increasingly critical of his administration's lack of work towards any kind of immigration reform.

It is important to note that not all illegal immigrants come from Latino countries; they come from all over the world, of all different races and ethnicity.