homework - Yankees WIN!!! YES!!!!

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Story:

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx: The New York Yankees have tied up the World Series following Thursday night's 3-1 win against Philadelphia.

After an RBI single by the Phillies' Matt Stairs, the Yanks fired back with homeruns by Hideki Matsui and Mark Teixeira.

The Bronx Bombers added one more with a Jorge Posada RBI single in the seventh.

AJ Burnett threw solid, pitching seven innings and striking out nine. But it was Yankees closer Mariano Rivera who came in to seal the deal.

Rivera pitched two solid innings in relief, striking out Matt Stairs for the final out to tie up the series at one game apiece.

Thursday night's win in the Bronx was a welcome sight for Yankee fans who sat through a disappointing and rain-soaked Game 1.

"I feel great right now. I go to school in Massachusetts, I drove all the way down. Took about four hours. It was worth every second," said one Yankees fan.

"It was awesome game. They came through and Teixiera had a great home run. Matsui had a home run, and they made up for Game 1. It was a great time," said another Yankees fan.

The Yankees now head to Philadelphia for Game 3 of the series, which takes place Saturday night.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What was the final score?

4) Which two Yankees players hit home runs?

5) When and where will Game 3 of the series take place?

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Homework - Yankees LOSE!!!

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Yankee Stadium, The Bronx - The New York Yankees suffered a 6-1 loss Wednesday night against Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series.

The Phillies came out strong with a pitching lineup that kept the Yanks losing for most of the night.

Raul Ibanez drove in two runs with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, giving the Phillies a 4-0 lead.

Philadelphia brought in two more runs in the ninth before the Yanks managed to put one on the board, thanks to an error by the defending world champs.

Chase Utley hit two homeruns against the Bombers' ace CC Sabathia.

It was a pitcher's duel for most of the game, but Cliff Lee outplayed Sabathia by going all nine innings.

Wednesday night's loss in the Bronx left many fans disappointed.

"We weren't getting hits, man. You can't win a game, if you can't hit a ball," said one Yankees fan.

"The first wins ok. It's ok, we're gonna come back. We're gonna come back," said another Yankees fan.

Game 2 of the World Series takes place tonight at Yankee Stadium where AJ Burnett will go toe-to-toe with former Met Pedro Martinez.

Questions: 

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What was the score?

4) Who drove in the first two runs?

5) Where and when will game two take place?

Info and video from New York 1.

homework - Swine Flu vaccines available in schools today

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Story:

New York City - The first phase of H1N1 immunizations in city schools will get underway this morning.

More than 100 elementary schools across the city will begin the giving vaccines to children during regular school hours.

Health officials are saying there will soon be enough doses of the vaccine to go around.

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say more than 22 million doses of the vaccine are now available, meaning that 8 million doses have become available in the last week alone.

"Eventually, there will be enough vaccine for all who want to be vaccinated to get vaccinated," said CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden. "We wish we had more vaccine available now, we wish it had been available weeks or even months earlier but we are beginning to get to a significant increase in the availability."

The second phase of immunizations at city schools will begin on November 4 and the third will begin November 9.

The city will also run free public H1N1 vaccination clinics on weekends in each borough for middle and high school students.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many elementary schools will be giving the vaccines today?

4) When will the second phase of immunizations begin?

5) When will the third phase begin?

6) What website should you go to if you want to find out more information? (on video)

Info and video taken from NY1.com

homework - Minivan crash in Queens

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Queens, NY - A child died Monday after two minivans crashed in Queens.

Police say a van with at least six children inside crossed the median and crashed into another van at the intersection of Dunkirk Street and Brikerhoff Avenue in St. Albans just before 5 p.m.

Five children were taken to the hospital, but as of late Monday their conditions were unknown.

One witness said it appears one of the drivers was speeding.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many children were taken to the hospital?

4) At which intersection did the crash take place?

5) What did the witness say?  (on video)

homework - Couple arrested for beating child to death

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Story:
New York - A  mother and her boyfriend were held without bail Sunday after being charged with second-degree murder for the beating death of the woman's four-year-old son.

Police arrested Myrna Chenphang, 25, and her live-in boyfriend, Steven Dadaille, 26, on Saturday after the medical examiner declared Jayden Lenescar's death a homicide.

The Crown Heights couple gave written and taped statements blaming each other for the boy's death.

Both are due back in court next week.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What were the couple charged with?

4) What was the name of the boy?

5) What borough is the family from? (Answer in video)

Info from NY1

homework - Man that shot 92 year old woman

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Bronx, New York - Police arrested an 18-year-old man on Thursday in connection with the shooting of an elderly woman who was hit by a bullet while sitting inside her home.

The Police said that Jamal Blair,18, admitted he fired the shot that killed Sadie Mitchell, 92, inside her home.

Investigators say two groups were fighting a turf battle outside Mitchell's home on East 224th Street in Williamsbridge on Tuesday night when someone fired a shot from a 9 millimeter gun that pierced Mitchell's window and hit her in the back.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What was the name of the man that got arrested?

4) What kind of gun was fired?

5) What was the name of the woman that got shot?

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homework - fetus found on Staten Island

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Staten Island: A 16-year-old girl is awaiting charges after her fetus was found inside a trash bag on a Staten Island driveway Wednesday afternoon, according to police sources.

Police sources say officers responded to a call around 12:30 p.m. at 147 Lafayette Avenue near Henderson Street in New Brighton. Upon their arrival, they found the fetus wrapped in a garbage bag.

They say the girl, who was six months pregnant at the time, either lost or gave birth to a baby in her home without her parents knowing.

Sources say she dumped the fetus in the trash and then went to school. When she started feeling ill, she checked into a hospital where doctors learned of her pregnancy and alerted authorities.

Neighbors say they are shocked by the discovery.

"They found the baby in the garbage? I mean, my mind's just twisted up, I ain't know what to say," said a local. "It's crazy, I ain't never heard nobody do nothing like that at all."

"To not appreciate the life of somebody, that's not right. That's ungrateful," said another.

"Call 311 or something like that to get rid of it. To throw it in the garbage like that, that's just sick," said a third.

Doctors have yet to determine whether the girl had a premature birth or a miscarriage.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) Where did the police find the fetus?

4) How old is the girl?

5) How far along was the pregnancy?

Info from NY1

homework - 92 year old shot

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Story:

The Bronx - Police are investigating the death of a 92-year-old Bronx woman after a bullet was shot through the window of her home Tuesday night.

It happened just before 7 p.m. on East 224th Street in Williamsbridge.

Police say they responded to a call of a female shot and when they arrived they the woman shot in the back.

Investigators say the bullet came through the first floor window of her home. She was taken to Jacobi Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

It's not known if she was the intended target or the victim of a stray bullet.

"It could have been any one of us. It could have been any one of us. She's living right there, my mom is living right there," said one neighbor. "It could've been her house, it could have been anybody at least, ya know."

"To me it's sad to know that she was in her house, she was not outside and she lose her life like that, by some street shot," said another neighbor.

No arrests have been made.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How old was the lady?

4) How did she die?

5) What hospital was she taken to?

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Homework - Taxi dispatchers busted

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Story:

New York, JFK Airport - Six taxi dispatchers were arrested Monday for messing with the cab selection process at JFK airport.

The dispatchers took small cash bribes, up to $10, to let drivers skip the holding area that taxis have to to wait in -- sometimes for hours before they get to pick up arriving passengers.

The six are charged with multiple counts, including commercial bribe receiving.

They face up to two years in jail.

The investigation began in May when several drivers snitched to The Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Investigators spent months undercover.

The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.

Officials say the alleged scheme did not affect the actual amount passengers paid.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many dispatchers were arrested?

4) Why were they arrested?

5) How many years could they get?

6) In which borough did this story take place? (You must watch the video for this one. HINT: It flashes on the bottom of the screen)

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Homework - Nurse wins lawsuit

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New York (10/19/20) - A spokeswoman for the city law department says a settlement was reached with British nurse Kerry Griffiths for $62,300 -- a claim resulting from the deadly 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash.

She was not injured but claimed to suffer post-traumatic stress and sued the city for $5 million.

The city law department says it is pleased with the outcome of the settlement.

Griffiths was credited with saving the life of fellow passenger Paul Esposito.

She applied tourniquets to Esposito's legs to prevent him from bleeding to death, after his legs were mangled by a metal pole.

Esposito lost both of his legs, but doctors and his family said Griffiths' quick thinking saved his life.

Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured when the Andrew J. Barberi crashed into a maintenance pier on Staten Island in October 2003.

So far, the city has settled 159 claims resulting from the crash -- paying out more than $66 million.

Ten cases are still pending.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How much money did the nurse get?

4) How much did she sue for originally?

5) How did the nurse save Paul Esposito's life?

Info and video from new york one

Homework - Refusal to marry a mixed race couple

NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, 10/15/09)– A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he would not give a marriage license to an mixed race couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace says it that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell said. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said that most of black society does not accept the children of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

Bardwell said that he has refused to marry about four mixed couples during his career.

One of these couples is Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay. She is white and he is black. They called about getting a marriage license and Bardwell said he would not give them one because they were a mixed couple.  

"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," Beth said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."

They will be filing a lawsuit because discrimination is against the law.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What is the name of the justice of the peace that will not marry mixed couples?

4) Why did he say he refuses to marry mixed couples?

5) What are the names of the two people he refused to marry?

Info from AP

Homework - Floating houses

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Holland (10/14/09) - People in Amsterdam are living in houses that float. Why are they doing this? Because the water level is rising in Amsterdam and covering up the land. 

Global warming is causing the ice in the North pole and South pole to melt and make the sea level rise. This is bad for places like Amsterdam because they are next to the sea anyway and not very high and the city does not have a lot of space for people to live in.

So people in Amsterdam just went ahead and built their houses on floating platforms. 

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) Why are people building houses that float?

4) Why is the sea water level rising?

5) Describe one of the floating houses you saw in the video.

Info and video from yahoo news.

Homework - Anti-gay hate crime

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Info:

New York - Police have arrested one man and are looking for another in connection with an alleged gay hate crime attack that left a Queens man in the hospital.

Investigators say Daniel Aleman, 26, was arrested Sunday and charged with assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.

A second suspect, Daniel Rodriguez, 21, is still on the loose.

Police say the two shouted anti-gay slurs as they attacked Jack Price, 49, while he was walking home from a deli in College Point on Friday.

Relatives say despite his injuries, Price managed to walk and crawl home which is located more than 10 blocks away, so he could call 911.

"He has two collapsed lungs. All his ribs are broken. His jaw they had to reconstruct, you know put a metal plate in his jaw," said Price's sister-in-law, JoAnne.

Questions:

1) Where did the story take place?

2) When did the story take place?

3) Why did the two suspects attack the man?

4) What are the two suspects names?

5) Describe the victim's injuries.

6) What is the victim's name?

Info and video taken from New York One.

Homework-Mudslides in the Phillipines

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MANILA, Philippines – Rescuers struggled through mud and pounding rain Friday to clear mountain roads and get to  more than 160 bodies from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines.

The latest calamity brought the total number of dead people to more than 450 from the Philippines' worst flooding in 40 years after back-to-back storms started pounding the country's north on Sept. 26.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many bodies did the rescuers get from the buried towns?

4) How many dead people are there in total?

Info and pic from AP

homework - Couple Sent to Jail c/c of Sick Child

CHICAGO — A Wisconsin couple were sentenced to jail time on Tuesday for not getting medical help for their sick daughter.

Dale and Leilani Neumann greeted people in court Tuesday before they were sentenced to serve 30 days in jail each year for the next six years.

The parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, were ordered to spend 30 days in jail each year for the next six years and were placed on 10 years’ probation. They were convicted of second-degree reckless homicide in August.

Their daughter, Madeline Kara Neumann, 11, died from untreated diabetes on March 23, 2008, the authorities said. 

When the girl became ill and could no longer walk or talk, her parents prayed for her instead of taking her to a doctor.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many years probation did the parents get?

4) Why did the parents go to jail?

5) What did the daughter die from?

6) What did the parents do instead of taking their daughter to the hospital?

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homework - Queens Man Convicted of Hate Crime

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New York - A Queens man was convicted Tuesday of three violent muggings, including one on a 101-year-old woman.

Jack Rhodes, 47, was convicted of multiple charges of first-degree burglary, first- and second-degree robbery and second-degree assault because of  three attacks that took place in Queens between December 2006 and March 2007.

He faces between 39 to 90 years in prison.

The jury said that the attacks were hate crimes because two of Rhodes's three victims were chosen due to their advanced age.

Rose Morat, who was 101 years old at the time of the attack, was  punched by Rhodes in her building's entryway and robbed of $33.

Later that same day, Rhodes attacked Solange Elizee, who was 85 years at the time, and robbed her of $32 and two rings. Elizee was treated for cuts and bruises to her face, arms and buttocks.

The third victim, Angela Khan, was 51 years old at the time that Rhodes punched, kicked and robbed her of cash and other personal items.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What was the name of the man who was convicted?

4) How many years in prison did he get?

5) How many women did he attack?

6) Why did the jury say that the attacks were hate crimes?

7) Give the names of two victims.

homework - Swine Flu Vaccine

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New York - As the city gears up to give out the Swine Flu vaccine to school kids across the five boroughs, health officials are doing a test run with the seasonal flu vaccine.
About 700 students began receiving a free seasonal flu vaccine Monday.

Officials say they want to work out any issues before the H1N1/swine flu vaccine becomes available.

Seasonal flu vaccines will be given at: P.S. 35 Clove Valley School on Staten Island, P.S. 136 Roy Wilkins in Queens, P.S. 46 Edgar Allan Poe in the Bronx, The Children's Workshop School in Manhattan, and P.S. 40 George Washington Carver and Saint Mark School, both in Brooklyn.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many students were given the swine flu vaccine?

4) Name 2 schools where the shot was given?

5) How much did the vaccine cost? 

Info and video taken from New York One

homework - 3000 trapped by Indonesian Quake

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PADANG, Indonesia – Two days after Wednesday's quake struck Indonesia, the government said nearly 3,000 may still be trapped under the collapsed buildings. 

At least 715 people are already confirmed dead. Paramedics laid out dozens of corpses and the stench of decomposing bodies filled the air.

Ratna Kurniasari Virgo, 19, was found alive under the rubble of her school. She was pulled out Friday morning, 40 hours after the quake hit at 5:15 p.m.

But most of the trapped people have not been rescued yet. 

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did the quake hit?

3) How many people are dead?

4) How many people are still trapped under buildings?

5) What is the name of the girl that was rescued?

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Homework - Kimbo Beaten in The second Round

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UFC, Las Vegas - Kimbo lost Wednesday on Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show. He was beat by Roy Nelson. Roy laid Kimbo out in a crucifix position and dropped punches.

Referee Herb Dean, who allowed Kimbo to be saved by the bell at the end of the first round, called it early in the second.

Kimbo got beat but within a minute of his loss, Dana White, the UFC president, was on the program dropping  hints that Slice would soon  return to the show. 

He will replace  Marcus Jones who is sick.

The return of a promising fighter that had lost isn’t unusual. In past seasons of the show, fighters have left due to injury, behavioral trouble and simple homesickness.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) Who beat Kimbo Slice?

4) Who will Kimbo replace when he comes back?

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