Emily's Newspaper

Racing Recall

 In Washington D.C., the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), have recalled the KNex toys, "Mud Bogger" and "Street Shredder". They did so because the saw that the air pumps can burst in the process when children pump then up. When it burst, it can cause the motor of the toy car or any other part to fly off, and those parts have very sharp edges, witch cause serious eye damage or minor cuts.

If the KNex Industry took their toys of the line, shouldnt others do the same? I mean, when a product is found somewhat dangerous, other lines of toys should be checked too, as a safety precaution. As I have seen, there are many different toys where there is a pump involved making the car start, and from the pictures, the pumps look similar to the defective pump.

Also, shouldnt these things be found out in the making of the product? Little defects could cause more than minor cuts or eye damage.

Do you think the toy industry should be more careful in the making of these ore other products? 

                                  Why or why not?

How Far Will They Go?

  Another ice age could have occurred, but these 8 kids would not have even noticed it. They were sucked into playing a video game. Yes, there recently was a Quidditch video game tournament in California and 8 lucky people got to participate. In the video game, Quidditch is the game played by Harry Potter and his classmates at Hogwarts. A group of children astride broomsticks through a basketball-sized ball to teammates until one player gets close enough to through it through a hoop suspended in air: This is a goal, and it's value total equals 10 points in the video game. Randomly at the end of a match, a golden, golf ball-sized ball called a snitch will appear in the playing field, and one important member of each team, called the seeker, will fly quickly and try to catch it. If the seeker grabs it, his or her team gets 150 points and the game ends. Also for the prize for the winner out of the 8 people was that they would be crowned The Top Quidditch Player in the Nation, and then be flown to London to compete against representatives from every nation!!! While playing, the famous star, Bow Wow, provided commentary. Isn't that interesting?

 Have you ever been SO interested in something? What was or is it, and why do you like it?

Come One Come All?

     On the thirteenth of January, President Bush gave mention of a new program that will allow immigrants to be able to work here for a max of 3 years without being an American citizen. But do you think that what happened in the 1800s might happen again because of this? In the 1800s there were thousands of immigrants coming in America weekly. There was not enough room for many people to work or live.

President Bush said, "If an American employer is offering a job that American citizens are not willing to take, we ought to welcome into our country who will take this job." (And no, all children can not hire someone who is an immigrant to take out the trash). Besides that, he also told about the 4 principles.

        America must control their borders to keep criminals out.

New immigration laws should serve the economic needs of our country.

We should not give unfair rewards to illegal immigrants in the citizenship process or disadvantage those who came here lawfully.

New laws should provide incentives for temporary, foreign workers to return permanently to their homelands after that period of time.

After their time is over, they could either choose to stay and become an American citizen, or leave to their own country.

Critics of this plan think that the plan will confuse the current immigration system instead of helping to organize it.

What do you think?