Shooting at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin

On Sunday morning, a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin was attacked by a lone gun man. Seven people, including the shooter, were killed, and at least three more were injured. The injured were taken to Froedtert Hospital, all of who are adult males in critical condition.


One of the wounded was the first police officer who arrived on the scene, he is in surgery, but expected to survive. A second officer then shot the gunman, killing him. Both officers are being credited with keeping the situation from being worse than it could have been.

Investigators are searching the home of the, as of yet, unidentified shooter. They are telling us that he was using a 9 millimeter, semi automatic handgun; and that he had extra ammunition in his BDU pants. Police are planning to release more information and details on Monday morning.

Aleppo Besieged

As Syrian forces eliminate the rebel remnant in the capital of Damascus, they mass on Aleppo. The largest city in the country has seen some of the heaviest fighting in the conflict.

Intel suggests that at least twenty thousand Syrian troops are near, around, and in the city. Artillery, tanks, helicopters, jets, and all the conventional means of modern warfare are at use.

National troops have been fighting in the southern and eastern districts, of the city, for some time. Anywhere that rebels occupy has been shelled and bombarded, killing many civilians. Rebel forces have continued to bring their own reinforcements to the city, making it look like Aleppo could be the crucial battle in the war.

At least twenty thousand Syrians have lost their lives during the seventeen month long fighting.

On Saturday, forty-eight Iranians were kidnapped from Damascus, by rebel groups. Iran is demanding the release of their citizens, calling them pilgrims. The rebels however say that some of their number are members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.

Lakewood Residents Trying to Keep Deaf School Out

Lakewood, Colorado residents are attempting to block the building of a Rocky Mountain Deaf School, in their neighborhood.

The ten acre plot is currently vacant, and was rezoned in June by the city council, allowing for the school to move in.

Homeowners in the area are against the school coming in, some wishing it to remain open space.

For the Rocky Mountain Deaf School the move would be an important change, as they currently meet in a strip mall.

Residents are attempting to gain three thousand signatures, on their petition, by August tenth.

If they can accomplish that, the city could be forced to put the decision up for a special city wide vote.

121 Structures Burned by Oklahoma Fires

At least 121 structures have been burned down by wildfires in Oklahoma.

Saturday saw temperatures over 100 degrees for the nineteenth straight day.

Thousands have been evacuated, including the entire town of Glencoe.

Thirteen fires are burning across the state, at least one of which was the work of arson.

Oklahoma has asked neighboring states for help, but very little has been sent, as they are all fighting fires of their own.

Conditions have been extremely dry throughout much of the United States.

More than half the US is in the worst drought the country has seen since at least 1956.

Phelps Career Ends in Gold

Phelps and his team took gold in the 400 meter medley relay, barely missing the Olympic record.

It gave Phelps his twenty-second overall medal, and his eighteenth gold.

He has gained six medals in the London Olympics.

Some have called him the greatest Olympian of all time, due to his twenty-two medals being the most of anyone for any sport.

Serena Gains Career Golden Slam

Saturday saw Serena Williams become only the second woman to ever attain a career Golden Slam.

To win a career Golden Slam, a tennis player has to win all four grand slams, and then the Olympic gold medal.

By beating Maria Sharapova in two straight sets, Serena won her first singles gold medal.

Steffi Graf accomplished the feat in the 1988 Olympics.

Fires in Colorado Start up Again

South of Elk Springs, Colorado two fires began on Friday, both were started by lightning strikes.

As of Saturday morning the Wolf Fire was around 1,200 acres and the Divide Fire was nearly 300 acres.

The fires are burning through grasslands, and being spread by winds.

Seventy-six firefighters and a helicopter are battling the blaze.

Ranchers are worried as the area that is burning is crucial grazing land for the cattle.

Conditions have been extremely dry throughout many areas in Colorado as well as the rest of the United States.

More than half the US is in the worst drought the country has seen since at least 1956.

Floods Kill 170 in North Korea

Floods in North Korea have killed at least 170 people, four hundred more are missing, and over 200,000 are homeless.

160,000 acres of farmland, as well as populated areas, have been flooded in a country that already was dealing with major food shortages.

The United Nations estimates that around two thirds of the North Korean population are not getting enough food, and that a third of children have stunted growth due to malnutrition.

Various agreements in the past to get food to the North Korean people have been either rejected by their government, or fallen through after the regime broke the terms.

Due to the situation of the floods, the UN has decided to send food aid, without terms.

Pirates Kidnap Four Off Nigeria

On Saturday gunmen raided an oil barge off the coast of Nigeria.

Two Nigerian navy sailors were killed in the attack, two more were injured, and four foreigners were kidnapped.

The foreigners work for Sea Trucks Group, an international oil services firm and were from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Iran.

Nigeria has been trying to build up their oil industry, recently announcing an all time high of production at 2.7 million barrels a day.

Kidnapping and piracy have been on the rise off the Nigerian coast, with seventeen attacks being recorded so far this year alone.

NASA Selects Winners of Space Taxi Competition

NASA has announced the winners of it's 'space taxi' competition.

The award is $1.1 billion dollars worth of funding, and will be split between the three companies.

Boeing of Texas, SpaceX of California, and Sierra Nevada of Colorado were the winners of the funding.

Winning the funding does not guarantee the contract, but does give a nice financial edge over other companies.

The companies will have several other major steps to accomplish within the next twenty-one months, before a final decision will be made.

'Space taxis' are being designed to ensure that US astronauts will not be dependent upon Russian space craft to reach space.

They have been forced to do so, since NASA's space shuttles were retired by President Obama.

Hopes are for the private companies to be shuttling astronauts by 2017.