Wednesday, November 4, 2009

News 11-4-09

A SET OF BROTHERS ARE BEING CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE HOMICIDE CASES. ONE BROTHER FROM, FROM LYONS, KANSAS, IS BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. HIS BORTHER IS BEING CHARGED IN A BARTON COUNTY MURDER. ARMANDO MOSQUEDA WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER MONDAY AND HIS BROTHER ANTONIO MOSQUEDA JR. IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED THURSDAY FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.


A RARE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL. THE SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED MAY HELP A 19 YEAR OLD MAN HAVE BETTER USE OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM AFTER AN ARM AMPUTATION. THE SURGERY TOOK A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS. THE SURGEONS SAVED AS MANY AS OF THE MAN’S NERVES AS POSSIBLE AND PLACED THEM IN THE MAN’S CHEST. THE SURGEONS SAY THAT THIS WILL ALLOW THE MAN TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM. THIS WAS THE 35TH TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION PROCEDURE, AND THE FIRST ON A CANCER PATIENT RATHER THAN TRAUMA PATIENT.


BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. THE COLORADO TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS SKIING VOTED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ON TUSDAY NIGHT. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 ARE NOW ALLOWED TO CARRY UP TO ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THIS IS A LARGE STEP AT A TIME WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGALIZATION TALKS.


THE SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. A SPACE ELEVATOR IS THE FUTURE GOAL OF THE ELEVATOR GAMES. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL BE BEGIN THE ELEVATOR PROCESS TODAY ON THE FRY LAKEBED NEAR NASA’S DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. THE TEAMS WILL BE TRYING TO TEST IF ROBOTIC MACHINES POWERED BY LASER BEAMS CAN CLIMB A CABLE SUSPENDED FROM A HELICOPTOR A HALF MILE IN THE AIR.


THE POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. GOOGLE IS CELEBRATING SESAME STREET’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, BY USING THE LONG LEGS OF BIG BIRD FOR ITS HOMEPAGE LOGO. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1969 AND IS THE LONGEST RUNNING CHILDRENS SHOW IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. USA TODAY SAYS THAT SESAME STREET HAS OVER EIGHT MILLION VIEWERS IN 120 COUNTRIES.

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