Blog Asssignment #44/ The BBC

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1) The "Honeymoon Killer"
           A man named Gabe Watson who is thirty-three years old serves jail for manslaughtering his wife while they were scuba diving on their honeymoon. They got married like normal couples in Australia and went on a honeymoon where they did some underwater exploring. He turned off her air supply and held her underwater which drowned her and killed her. Their honeymoon was in 2003 (which was seven years ago) and just got taken into custody last year.


2) Black Eyed Peas to Perform at Super Bowl
          The Black Eyed Peas are going to perform at the Super Bowl next year. Previous acts at the Super Bowl were Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Prince, and U2. The Black Eyed Peas have sold more than twenty-eight million albums worldwide. Last year's Super Bowl had about 106.5 million viewers. It was also voted the most-watched US T.V. programme.


3) Black Friday Sales See Slight Rise
          Since the start of Christmas shopping the stores have seen a rise in customers but not in sales. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving which in many shops open overnight and offer discounts. Many retailers also pushed customers to their websites with online-only sales. Most of customers from last years are spending more wisely than they did before. Even the online sales have increased 27% from the last couple of years.


4) Obama Receives 12 Stitches to Lip
                Obama received twelve stitches to his lip and treated at the White House doctor's office. He was at a basketball game and got elbowed in the lip by an opposing player in the lip. He was photographed in a grey T-shirt and jogging bottoms leaving the basketball facility, holding his bottom lip. A few hours later, reporters who had gathered on the White House driveway for the arrival of the Christmas Tree saw the president in an upstairs window, pressing what appeared to be a cold compress against his mouth. The president has been a long time player of the sport, and has even been seen to take to the court with Cabinet members.


5) Leslie Nielsen, Comic Actor and Airplane! Star, Dies
                        A man named Leslie Nielsen a Veteran comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 84. He died in hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was being treated for pneumonia. He appeared in more than 100 films and had a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. "With his friends and his wife by his side, he just fell asleep and passed away," his nephew Doug Nielsen told the AFP news agency.