Story 3

Inn Robbed
Story 3 – Exercise 5


The day started like any other for the North Point Inn's employees; small talk, doing paperwork. That all changed when a knife wielding man and his partner invaded the inn, killed a cook, and stole $130 in cash.

Nina Cortez was in the back room counting the receipts when one of the men came into her office with a knife and grabbed the handful of cash. She started screaming and locked her door, luckily, because one of the robbers came back to get the rest of the cash, but the police soon arrived after.

It wasn't until later that Nina came upon the body of one of the inn's cooks and her co-worker, Kevin Blohm, with a large knife wound in his chest and a smaller wound on his hand.

The man Nina saw take the handful of cash was described as around 5 foot 10 inches, medium build, and in his early 20's. She didn't get a good look at his face because he was wearing a floral scarf "cowboy style" over his mouth.

At print time the two men have yet to be apprehended, and all citizens should report any suspicious men who fit the description to the authorities.

Article Summary #6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8530124.stm

Apple has pulled from the App Store around 5,000 apps that were sexual in nature. Apple chose not to remove apps by more well-known publications, like Playboy and Sports Illustrated.

Self-obituary

Kevin Pabst, who's love of games was only outpaced by his love of the written word, died in his home last night. The cause of death was a brain aneurysm while watching a holographically recreated episode of The Brady Bunch. He never married, but is survived by brothers Kyle and Casey. He was 78.

Born to Harry and Lisa, he grew up in a Coon Rapids suburb across the street from the Epiphany Catholic Church. At the age of seven his family moved to an empty neighborhood in Andover, which quickly filled up. As he passed through high school and graduated in 2007, he realized that he truly loved reading, as he pointed out in his bestselling autobiography "Maeking Wurds."

After high school he attended the local community college, but later moved on to the University of Minnesota, where he earned a degree in both English and Journalism. He floated around the Midwest trying to find himself, but soon drifted further west and into California. There he got a job at a website that reviewed fast-food collectibles, but soon moved on to bigger things.

He soon found himself working for GameSpy as a mere intern, but it's what he wanted to do. Within five years he had been promoted to managing editor, and made editor-in-chief in ten. He continued to work as EIC, until he retired at the age of 65, and moved back to Minnesota to live out retirement.

His funeral service will be held in two weeks at 3461 Northcross Avenue in Coon Rapids and is open to all attendees. After the funeral he will be cremated, and his ashes scattered from the international space station across the globe, as he explicitly stated in his will.

Article Summary #5

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8518670.stm

New nuclear power plants are going to be built in the United States thanks to around $8 billion in federal loans. The building of these plants will generate around 3,000 temporary jobs, and the staffing of the finished plants will generate 850 permanent jobs.

Story 2

The police department is out of money in Anoka County. For the first time in 27 years, the sheriff's department can't buy any new equipment.

The issue Sheriff Gus DiCesari brought up was the aging patrol cars, all with an excess of 150,000 miles on them. DiCesari says that the cars spend too much time being repaired, and need to be replaced.

DiCesari's supporter, Commissioner Anita Shenuski, places the blame on immigrants, saying "They are a problem for our law enforcement, our schools, and our health care system." She continues, "They take away jobs from decent people and work for next to nothing."

Commission President Anne Chenn was opposed to DiCesari, telling him "They add a great deal to the local economy and they pay taxes. You are being a hypocrite when you try to blame those people for everything."

Anoka County's budget for the year is $127 million, $30 million of which was allocated to build the new prison. The cost of buying DiCesari's proposed replacement cars and five new deputies is $580,000.

Chenn suggested that officers not drive their patrol cars home at night, to make more cars available and to keep any more mileage off the cars. DiCesari though says that cars parked in neighborhoods is a crime deterrent.

The request for the $580,000 failed to pass with a vote of 5-2.

Article Summary #4

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500876.stm

Criticism has been brought to the U.K. government's Digital Economy Bill about it being too broad with not enough technical detail. The bill contains a clause that would allow ammendments without any more legislation, which Facebook, Google, Yahoo and eBay all object to.

First day at ARCC

I would imagine that a majority of student's first day was much more eventful than mine. I'm a CNET student, so a vast majority of my classes take place in the Training and Development building (the building across from McDonald's). The classroom was, and is, filled with computers, and I've always been comfortable around them, so even as nervous as I was, it could have been much worse. I sat there, took the syllabus, and each first day of class has been the same since.

I started in the spring semester not realizing when the application was due for the fall semester, so everyone around me was already acclimated to the school. I've been attending ARCC for a little over two years now and haven't taken a class before 3pm, so I've never really seen the campus alive.

My experience today with ARCC is great. I've never had any major issues, and only two that hardly count, but both seem to be working against night students.

First, until this semester, the cafeteria closed at around 3 p.m., and any students who wanted supper at the school were out of luck. Thankfully, the cafeteria is now open until 6:30 p.m., not ideal but better than nothing.

Second, I never knew of any events going on around the school. I'm not sure if there is some sort of announcement system for earlier classes, but I didn't even know our school did plays until a friend mentioned it. There should be a system in place to give night students information about these things. If there is one right now, I don't know about it.

Article Summary #3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8494369.stm

Admiral Mike Mullen is trying to get the U.S. Miltiary's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" lifted. Mullen believes the change will be difficult, but he believes that people will adapt and that it's the right thing to do.