Salmonella contaminated tomatoes have been associated with 228 illnesses in 23 states. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention still does not know the source of the contaminated tomatoes.

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The United States gets more tornados then any other country in the world. Most tornados strike in an area known as Tornado Alley.

Tornado Alley makes up an area from South Dakota down to Texas. The gulf of Mexico provides the warm most air and Canada provides the cold fronts. Tornado alley really has ideal conditions for some horrific Tornados.

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Hillary Clinton is proposing suspending the gas tax for the summer months. While Barack Obama is saying it’s just a election year ploy. All the economists seem too agree with Obama saying it’s bad economic policy. Personally I agree with Hillary lets suspend the gas tax on consumers and make the oil industry pay. Suspending the gas tax will lower the cost by a few pennies a gallon. I know that’s not much but it’s something.

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The Supreme Court has upheld Kentucky’s lethal injection method. The court in a majority decision rejected the argument that the 3 drug method induced excruciating pain and thus results in cruel and unusual punishment. The final vote was 7-2.

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The only unsolved plane hijacking the United States was by a man who used the alias D.B. Cooper. In November 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727. Cooper demanded 200,00 dollars in ransom money then parachuted out the back of the plane never too be seen again.

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Internet fraud is on the increase. As more people are turning too the internet for business, banking and investing. So are criminals using the internet too commit theft crimes.

In fact Americans lost 239 million in 2007 too internet fraud. Internet fraud can take the form as auction swindles, investment schemes, counterfeit checks and countless other ideas. Lately your hearing more about identity theft.

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University of Michigan engineers are working to overhaul ship design by eliminating the need for ballast tanks that help spread invasive species. The ballast free ships designs they are working on involve a constant flow of local sea water through a network of large pipes.

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My local news had a story about a 7 year old boy who died while riding a motorized dirt bike. This story has angered many people in my community. Many people myself included can not understand how anyone can allow their 7 year old too drive a motorcycle. I mean 7 years old! that is the normal age of a second grader….His parents need too be charged with endangerment of their son….

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The start of April marks the start of the Major League Baseball season in the United States. For the Chicago Cubs this season marks 100 years since they have won the World Series. While in contrast the New York Yankees have won 26 World Series during the last 100 years.

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An albino Killer Whale has finally been photographed in the Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For a while now people have been coming forward with reports of this albino Killer Whale in the region however no one has ever photographed it. After examining the photo Scientists are having doubts that the Killer Whale is actually a true Albino because you can see some skin pigments. Which actually is good news for the Killer Whale because albino animals usually have many health problems.

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