What is an interesting, major event in the news?

[Azndude51]

I need to do a 5 min. speech on some event that occurred within the past 18 months. The problem is that I need to be able to find 5 reliable news sources (preferrably websites or .gov or .edu sites work) for information about the event, so I can't just get something random off fark.com. Any ideas?

 

[Kevin1211]

katrina? earth quake in pakistan? the ongoing war in iraq?

 

[Schadenfreude]

the ludicrous Islam/cartoon debacle that's going on right now?

 

[Azndude51]

Originally posted by: Kevin1211
katrina? earth quake in pakistan? the ongoing war in iraq?

I forgot to mention that it can't be antyhing about the hurricane's becaue the teacher is tired of those topics from last semester. Also, it should be something that not everyone knows about, so the war on iraq won't work.

 

[Akhen]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
the ludicrous Islam/cartoon debacle that's going on right now?

I agree too
its a touchy subject but there is a lot to write about

 

[Black88GTA]

The Wendy's "finger in the chili" incident?

 

[RichardE]

US Administrations rape of the constitution?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
The Wendy's "finger in the chili" incident?

And consequently, the followup where the couple who pulled that scam was sentenced to jail.

 

[illusion88]

Jack Abramoff? The Wiretapping debates? Hilary Clinton's penis?

 

[cubby1223]

Do a report on "truthiness".

 

[laurenlex]

Britany Spears not using a child restraint? 😀

 

[dartworth]

I remember reading about a war going on over in Iraq I think...

 

[Hammerhead]

StormPay stealing 12DailyPro members' money

 

[Kadarin]

So you want a "major event in the news" that nobody knows about? 😕

 

[Azndude51]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
So you want a "major event in the news" that nobody knows about? 😕

I meant that I wanted an even that was major so that I can find 5 or more souces, but I didn't want it to be common knowledge to everyone. For example, most people know about about Iraq and the hurricanes even if they don't watch the news at all, so I can't really use those.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Do a speech on the dozens of Polish penis mutilations. Those were reported on over five websites, IIRC.

 

[M00T]

Originally posted by: Azndude51

Originally posted by: Kevin1211
katrina? earth quake in pakistan? the ongoing war in iraq?

I forgot to mention that it can't be antyhing about the hurricane's becaue the teacher is tired of those topics from last semester. Also, it should be something that not everyone knows about, so the war on iraq won't work.

Sadly enough, the majority don't know the truth about the war in Iraq.

 

[Azndude51]

Originally posted by: M00T

Originally posted by: Azndude51

Originally posted by: Kevin1211
katrina? earth quake in pakistan? the ongoing war in iraq?

I forgot to mention that it can't be antyhing about the hurricane's becaue the teacher is tired of those topics from last semester. Also, it should be something that not everyone knows about, so the war on iraq won't work.

Sadly enough, the majority don't know the truth about the war in Iraq.

Well, I doubt I'm going to get the truth from news websites like MSNBC or whatever.