Weekend Radar

Let's see what news made the radar over the weekend:


College Sports: It was the weekend of upsets in college football. Being a little biased, I am pleased to announce the best conference, the SEC of course, is running the BCS Rankings with the top 3 spots held by LSU, Alabama and Arkansas. LSU remains undefeated in their season, including handing Bama their first season loss, while Alabama possibly secured a rematch with the Tigers for the SEC Championship after Oklahoma state went down to Iowa State. IRON BOWL week is finally here as the game of the season between rivals Alabama and Auburn kicks off at 2:30 Saturday. are your game predictions??

 

SWAC: It was an even better weekend for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs as they punched their ticket to Birmingham to play in the SWAC Championship game after their 17-15 win over Prairie View. The Bulldogs could go up against Grambling or Arkansas-Pine Bluff on December 10! Go Bulldogs!

Local:Sunday marked the 5th year anniversary of the tragic Lee High School Bus Crash that claimed the lives of 4 students and injured over 30 more. Friday the school held a moment of silence in recognition of the anniversary.

WORLD:  There was a recent shooting at the White House. Idaho resident, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez  is being charged with the attempted assassination of President Barack Obama on November 11. He allegedly fired nine shots at the White house with one bullet hitting the 2nd floor living quarters. The president was not there and no one was hurt. We will continue to follow the progress of this story.

Entertainment: Twitter was blazing last night as we all watched the American Music Awards (AMA) on ABC. Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry all won big including Taylor Swift's win for Artist of the Year over Adele, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne and Katy Perry. I'm still not sure I buy her 'surprised' faces.The show also brought 17 performances from all the biggest stars Justin Beiber, Jennifer Lopez, The Band Perry and the pants-dropping finale by LMFAO. Nicki Minaj also gave her mother a plug announcing the gospel album momma Minaj is planning to record. Yes, you read that right! A little Communion Sunday to go with Pink Friday.

Katy Perry also made AMA history taking home a Special Achievement Award for being the first female pop artist to have 5 No. 1 Singles off one album. She is in that category with Micheal Jackson from her current album, Teenage Dream.

There's your weekend brief. It's a short week for most of us as the holiday approaches. Work hard and the weekend will be here before you know!

~TerashaNicole

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Penn State Child Sex Abuse Scandal

In recent events surrounding the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, a lot of questions still remain unanswered. Longtime coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were both fired on Wednesday as the details of the scandal continued to unfold. Paterno had plans to retire at the end of the season. There is only one victim in this case, well several young boys in this case, so why is everyone acting as if Paterno is innocent in this whole matter? Students are rioting in the aftermath of the trustees decision to fire Paterno and that just seems ludicrous. Where are the riots for the young boys that suffered at the malicious hands of Jerry Sandusky and the riots that feel someone should have done more in 2002 when the allegations were brought to Paterno's attention? Not one adult involved felt it was appropriate to contact the police? There seems to be a lot more to consider besides a tarnished legacy.

What are you thoughts? Do you think Paterno should have been able to retire at the end of the season as planned?

~TerashaNicole

Follow the full story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/09/justice/pennsylvania-coach-abuse-charges/index.html?iref=obinsite

A detailed look at the timeline of this scandal being reported by the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/penn-state-scandal-timeline-jerry-sandusky_n_1084204.html?ref=sports