Sixteen Dead From Ebola in Uganda

At least sixteen people have been killed by an outbreak of the ebola virus in Uganda.

Thirty more are in isolation, and over two hundred are being checked for the disease.


 Schools, and other public buildings have been closed, as authorities try to prevent it from spreading any further.

Some areas have even banned public gatherings, making buying of food and other supplies difficult for many.


Uganda has dealt with the virus several times before, in 2000 it killed 224 people.

Baseball Team's Facebooks Hacked

On Thursday, several Major League Baseball teams had their Facebook pages hacked.

Hackers posted fake messages on the pages, mocking the teams and the fans.

Some of the messages were humorous, others vulgar.

The San Fransisco Giants, Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs were all struck by the attack.


Nationals' fans saw a message saying that the team was leaving Washington DC, to move back to Montreal.


On the Marlin's page was a pit bull giveaway, the breed of dog is illegal in the county where the team resides.


The Chicago White Sox, which Obama claims to support, were seen to post a message endorsing Mitt Romney.

All the teams effected have made apologies, and removed the false messages.


No one has claimed responsibility for the hacking, and authorities have not pointed any fingers.

Teddy Bears Conquer Belarus

Air dropped teddy bears have conquered Belarus.

879 of the invading stuff animals parachuted into Belarus, defying restricted airspace.

President Alexander Lukashenko responded by firing two of his top defense officials.

Lukashenko is known to much of Europe as "The Last Dictator", and the 'air raid' was carried out to show support for human right's activists in Belarus, as well as to embarrass the military.

All of the bears carried signs urging the President to show greater respect for civil and human rights.

The stunt cost the plotters nearly $200,000, but they consider it well worth it.

Their aircraft took off from southern Lithuania, and flew at a height of 150 feet to avoid detection.

Earlier in the year, Belarus formed a joint air defense agreement with Russia.

Some now worry that Russia will use the event as an excuse to put a Russian general in charge of Belarus's defenses.

The President has now made standing orders that any unauthorized aircraft should be automatically shot down.

Turkey Launches Air Strikes Against Rebels

Turkey engaged Kurdish rebels with jets on Thursday.

Aircraft joined ground troops in the fighting near the town of Semdinli, which sits nine miles north of Iraq.

Clashes have been occurring in the area for at least a week.

At least two Turkish troops have lost their lives, and the government claims to have killed thirty-seven rebels.

Turkish troops have repeatedly joined with Iraqi troops in fighting the rebels, who hold areas along the border with the two countries.

Many are concerned that the rebels will take advantage of the chaos in Syria to take over territory there.

Kofi Annan Resigns

Kofi Annan has resigned as the UN's special peace envoy to Syria.

Annan points to the inability of the international community to agree upon how to act, as one of the reasons that peace has failed.

The divisions of the rebel forces in Syria, also got in his way of trying to make peace happen.

Syria's President Assad repeatedly hampered efforts, as he would agree to them, but not act towards peace.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has begun the search for Annan's replacement.

Mr. Annan did not comment on his thoughts towards who would, or should, replace him; he will serve in his post through the end of August.

Cleveland Browns Sold For a Billion

Jimmy Haslam, president and CEO of Pilot Flying J, which has more than 550 travel centers across North America, has purchased the Cleveland Browns football team for one billion dollars.

He purchased the team from Randy Lesner, who's family bought the team in 1999.

Haslam currently is a minority owner in the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he will have to sell that interest before he's allowed to finalize the purchase of the Browns.

The NFL owners are expected to approve the deal, in October.

In the past nine seasons, the team has gone through three coaches, and had a combined record of 47-97, never making the playoffs.

It is unsure what this change in ownership will mean for the team, only time will tell.

NCAA Football Rankings Announced

The first NCAA football poll of the year hardly had any surprising results.

Louisiana State University was given the number one rank, while national champions Alabama were given the number two spot.

Third place went to the University of Southern California, who will be eligible for a bowl game spot, after three years of bans.


Oklahoma, Oregon, Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina, and Arkansas filled out the rest of the top ten.




The Southeastern Conference was no surprise as the dominant conference in college football, with seven of the top ten.

Rivalry talk will begin all the more now that the poll is out.

19 Tons of Beef Being Recalled

Nearly nineteen tons of frozen bacon cheeseburger patties are being recalled by Kenosha Beef International Ltd.

The USDA says there have been no reports of injury or illness, and that this is merely a precaution as the meat may contain pieces of gasket material.

All of the meat being recalled is two pound cartons, containing six patties of Sam's Choice Fireside Gourmet Black Angus Beef Patties Bacon and Aged Cheddar.

They were sent to and can be found in Indiana, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

Packages have the establishment number "EST425B" and "best if used by" date code of 120812B.

Vermont Police Cruisers Crushed

Sheriff deputies in Orleans County, Vermont received a 911 call about a tractor running over other vehicles.

To their surprise the vehicles being run over were their own, outside their station.

Before they could get outside five marked cruisers, one unmarked car, and a transport van had all been crushed.

Everything in the vehicles is likely a total loss as well, with damages amounting to near $300,000.

Newport City Police eventually caught up to the tractor, and arrested the man with charges totaling seven counts of felony unlawful mischief, one count of misdemeanor unlawful mischief, one count aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, one count of gross negligent operation, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident.


The man who carried out the attack was angry over his recent arrest for marijuana possession and resisting arrest.

Windows 8 Release Date Announced

Windows 8 is now being released to manufacturers, so that new equipment with the latest version can be built.

Microsoft announced that it will be made available to the public on October 26.

Developers are now accepting paid apps, for the switch between versions.

The new version was designed from the start to be touch screen based, whether you have a desktop, laptop, or tablet.

It will still work if you don't have a touch screen, but the layout is optimized for that form of use.

Because of this it will look like no Windows version ever has before.