A safer spring break

A safer spring break
A University of Wisconsin study reported that 75 percent of college males and 45 percent of females were intoxicated daily during spring break. Date rape drugs such as Rohypnol or “GHB” are odorless, colorless and tasteless, and have been implicated in many spring break incidents (I’m getting my passport ready). The U.S. Department of State notes that all U.S. citizens must have passports to re …

Japan quake: Wired world sees horror as it happens
LOS ANGELES – After the quake, it took 45 minutes for the tsunami to reach the coast of Japan – 45 minutes of knowing, of waiting, of bracing. When it came, they were all glued to their televisions – a Jesuit priest in New York, an engineering professor in rural Oregon, a geophysicist in San Diego.

Tsunami sweeps over Japan, kills at least 137
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan including Tokyo on Friday, triggering dozens of fires and a massive tsunami that swept away houses, cars and ships and killed hundreds of people.