"Granholm slashes $212M more from public schools"

Title: "Granholm slashes $212M more from public schools"

Source: Detroit Free Press

URL: http://www.freep.com/article/20091022/NEWS15/91022065/1318/Granholm-slashes--212M-more-from-public-schools

Date: October 22, 2009

This story was about how Gov. Granholm had to cut another $212 million dollars from the state's public schools due to poor tax revenues. The new 2009-10 budget for k-12 schools will now cut $192 dollars per student. I believe this story is important because it's a true realization of how bad the Michigan economy truly is. We hear about the economic struggles everyday but when it is presented in numbers and is affecting education for kids, it really hits close to home. I think it is sad that schools are being affected so hard by this. The children do not really understand the economic troubles and their education is suffering from the downturn.

2009-10 budget for K-12 schools

Missing Colorado boy found safe at home

Title: "Missing Colorado boy found safe at home"

Source: Detroit Free Press

URL:http://www.freep.com/article/20091015/NEWS07/91015034

Date: September 30, 2009

I caught this story earlier on the news today and thought it was really interesting. I thought it was police related because police were involved trying to get the boy down safely.A six year old boy from colorado was thought to have floated off in a helium balloon, however this story released says that he was found safe at home hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. The news was a frantic mess earlier today when the boys brother told his parents and the police that he saw the six year old get in the balloon before it took off. But at the time they heard news he was in the balloon, the flight was already fifty miles away and 70 feet in the air. I watched as they still thought he was in the balloon and had no way of getting him down safely. I am glad he was at home. This story was something that happened all day and many people were involved across the country.

"Man Arraigned in Westland Wife's Death"

Title: "Man Arraigned in Westland Wife's Death"

Source: Click on Detroit

URL: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/21161196/detail.html#

Date: September 30, 2009

I chose to write about this story because it is very close to home. The woman murdered is a close friend of my family and her husband, who allegedly killed her has been arrested. Sarah Williams was murdered outside of Chatters bar in Westland, Michigan. She was leaving work when her husband supposedly ran her over with her own car and then proceeded to beat her with a crowbar until she was dead. He then threw her body in the dumpster and fled the scene. Hours later when someone found her in the dumpster, they rushed her to the hospital where she died hours later due to her injuries. She has a seven year old daughter. She was married to this man for a year. The same day she was murdered she had packed up her stuff from their house earlier that day with plans of leaving him. After the murder, George Williams, her husband, left comments on his facebook saying things along the line of "What have I done? I feel sick and want to die." This story is a tragedy and the article that he was arrested and is in jail is settling information after such a heartbreaking story.