Top Three National News

1/16/12

CBS News:

Cruise co. blames captain as 6th body found
The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the vessel's deadly grounding. The captain is under investigation for possible manslaughter. Rescue operations resumed on Monday after sea bad conditions; six bodies have been already found.

Jake: Math prodigy proud of his autism
Jake Barnett is one in 10 million. The Indianapolis 13-year-old has been acing college math and science courses since he was eight years old. Now Jake is a college sophomore taking honors classes in math and physics, while also doing scientific research and tutoring fellow students. He was diagnosed with autism when he was two and now he says that his autism is the key to his success.

Israel-US war games postponed amid Iran tensions
The Israeli and U.S. militaries have postponed large-scale war games, in part to avoid aggravating mounting tensions between the international community and Iran over its disputed nuclear program, Israeli defense officials said Monday.

Top Three National News

1/13/12

CBS News


U.S. warns Iran leader of another "red line"
The United States government has reportedly conveyed a direct message to the supreme leader of Iran, warning him that any move by the Islamic Republic's elite Revolutionary Guard to cut off shipping traffic through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz would evoke a swift response from the world's most powerful military.

S. Korea: North tests 3 short-range missiles
North Korea fired three short-range missiles this week in an apparent routine test of its technology, a South Korean official said Friday. The North fired the KN-02 missiles, which are usually deployed against ground targets and have a range of about 75 miles, into its eastern waters on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ministry policy.

4 Marines in video ID'd; Could face charges
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as "deplorable" on Thursday.

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports all four Marines in the video have now been identified, and charges could be brought within hours.

Top Three National News

1/12/12

CBS News:

Pentagon denies ship movements related to Iran
The Pentagon downplayed the arrival of another aircraft carrier strike group near the oil shipping lane that Iran has threatened to shut down amid increasing tensions between the nation and the United States. Navy Capt. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, declared that he does not want to give the impression of speeding two carriers to Iran, because the U.S. is concerned about the murder of an Iranian nuclear scientist.

U.S. Marines to probe alleged urination video
The U.S. Marine Corps has vowed a full investigation into video posted online which purportedly shows Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban militants in Afghanistan. If it turns out to be authentic, those involved could face court martial proceedings for violating U.S. military rules which specifically forbid "photographing or filming... human casualties" - regardless of whether the Americans were actually urinating.

Judge blocks controversial Miss. pardons
A Mississippi judge temporarily blocked the controversial release of 21 inmates pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour. On Tuesday, in one of his last acts in office, Barbour ordered the release of more than 200 prisoners in all, including some convicted killers.

Gender Stereotypes in the Media

Negative stereotypes:

A negative gender stereotype that appears in the media is the objectification of women in some respects. The women are seen as objects that are used by men. There is a lot of sexual connotation along with this. This stereotype appears mostly in advertisements of clothes, perfumes, and also other products like alcoholic drinks.









Positive

Although the whole fact that there is stereotyping on media is negative, we can find some ideas in the stereotypes with a positive value. For example, the women taking care of the children has a positive value since the nurturing of the kids is important, but the generalization that only women are supposed to do that is a negative fact.

Top Three National News

1/10/12

CBS News:

Alaska town gets help digging out of snowy prison
The town of Cordova, Alaska is quite simply buried. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports a record 18 feet of snow has already fallen this winter - six feet in just the past few days. It's reached crisis level, and on Sunday, Cordova's mayor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard.

Can Mitt Romney be stopped?
 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney looks as if he's about to trounce his GOP rivals in the New Hampshire primary today, but you wouldn't know it by listening to him on the campaign trail.
Romney has for weeks held a double-digit lead over all of his competitors in New Hampshire. If he wins, Romney will have set a milestone: No other non-incumbent Republican has ever won both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

N.C. sterilization panel: Victims deserve $50K
People sterilized against their will under a discredited North Carolina state program should each be paid $50,000, a task force voted Tuesday, marking the first time a state has moved to compensate victims of a once-common public health practice called eugenics.

Top Three National News

1/9/12

FOX News:

Enjoying Big Lead, Romney Withstands Collective GOP Assault in New Hampshire
 Seeing their last chance to take out the front-runner before the critical Republican presidential primary vote in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Mitt Romney's rivals are pulling out all the stops, targeting Romney's record as a venture capitalist to say he's out of touch with Americans.

Report: Iran Sentences U.S. Man to Death in CIA Spy Case
An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.

Police Say Ex-Husband is Person of Interest in Bombing that Injured Couple
 A bomb that seriously injured a Colorado couple was left beside their car in a paper bag with their names written on it, and the woman's ex-husband is a person of interest in the case, police said Sunday

Top Three National News

1/6/12

CBS News:

Deadly Syria blast kills dozens in Damascus
 An explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian capital Friday, hitting a bus carrying police and killing up to 25 people in what Syrian authorities said was the second suicide attack in as many weeks.  An explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian capital Friday, hitting a bus carrying police and killing up to 25 people in what Syrian authorities said was the second suicide attack in as many weeks.

Gingrich slams media for distorting his comments on food stamps
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed the "elite" national media for distorting what he said about blacks and food stamps.
CBS News and other outlets reported Thursday that Gingrich said that if he were invited to speak to the NAACP, he would tell the civil rights group "why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps."

Navy SEAL shoots self with gun believed unloaded
Police said a Navy SEAL is on life support after accidentally shooting himself in the head with what he thought was an unloaded gun.  The unnamed 22-year-old was gravely wounded early Thursday at his Pacific Beach home while trying to convince a female companion that the pistol he was showing off was safe to handle.

Top Three National News

1/5/12

CBS News

Wave of Iraq attacks as sectarian crisis deepens
 A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December. The coordinated attacks targeting Shiites bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents linked to al Qaeda, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Answers sought over cops' shooting of 8th grader
The parents of an eighth grader who was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas school are demanding to know why officers took lethal action, but police said the boy was brandishing — and refused to drop — what appeared to be a handgun and that the officers acted correctly.
The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing

Okla. mom Sarah McKinley won't face charges for shooting intruder
 Authorities say they won't file charges against an Oklahoma widow who fatally shot a New Year's Eve intruder at her house while she was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher.
Sarah McKinley, 18, asked a Grady County dispatcher for permission to shoot the intruder at her Blanchard mobile home.

Top Three National News

1/4/2012

CBS News:

Iowa caucus results: Mitt Romney beats Rick Santorum by 8 votes
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out a narrow victory over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, winning the first contest for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum pulled off a stunning come-from-behind performance in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, garnering just eight fewer votes than a much better funded and better organized Romney.

Iran warns U.S. to back off from Persian Gulf
Iran issued a warning to the U.S. Navy operating in the Persian Gulf. The White House responded by saying that Iran is lashing out because its economy is suffering under sanctions aimed at its nuclear program. Over the last 10 days, Iran showed off anti-ship missiles, submarines and hydrofoils to back up the claim of closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Michele Bachmann to end presidential campaign
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann will announce that she's ending her presidential campaign after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses, according to an adviser to the congresswoman.