Today on CPreports:
– 20 foreign hostages, including Americans, escape from their captors in Algeria
– Linebacker Manti Te’o’s girlfriend who died of leukemia, doesn’t actually exist
– 20,000 ER Visits are Linked to Energy Drinks
At least 20 foreigners have escaped from the natural gas plant in the Sahara desert where Islamist militants are holding dozens of hostages. According to an Algerian security official who remains anonymous, those who escaped included Americans and Europeans. No further details are known. Militants attacked the Ain Amenas gas complex 800 miles south of Algiers on Wednesday, taking dozens of foreign workers hostage. Those being held included Japanese, Britons, French, Americans, Malaysians and Norwegians. The gas plant has been surrounded by the Algerian army in a standoff with the militants.
In a shocking announcement Wednesday night, Notre Dame said Te’o was duped into an online relationship with a woman whose “death” from leukemia was faked by participants of an elaborate hoax. It is not yet clear what the goal of the hoax was, but Notre Dame said it used an investigative firm to dig into the details. The hoax was disclosed hours after Deadspin.com posted a lengthy story, saying it could find no record that Te’o supposed girlfriend Kekua ever existed. The story suggests a friend of Te’o may have carried out the hoax and that the football player may have been in on it. And my favorite Tweet on the topic will have to be the one by Seth Meyers who tweeted: These Te’o jokes are all very funny but lets try to remember that a person that never existed is dead. Yes everyone, let’s try to remember that.
A new government study is calling popular energy drinks “a rising public health problem” that is sending more and more people to the emergency rooms. The study, from a survey of U.S. hospitals by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said that the number of emergency-room visits linked to energy drinks had doubled in four years – from 10,000 in 2007 to 20,000 in 2011. Out of those 20,000 ER visits in 2011, 42 percent had mixed the energy drink with another stimulant such as Adderal or Ritalin or alcohol. Fifty-eight percent had consumed just the drink. According to a medical professional the drinks cause Blood pressure and heart rate to go up, which then turns into heart racing, heart skipping and panic-attack symptoms. Some energy drinks also contain other substances that are not regulated and can add to the stimulant nature of the drink. The American Beverage Association denies all claims of course but lucky for us, the FDA is now investigating the claims of this study.
Today on CPreports:
– 20 foreign hostages, including Americans, escape from their captors in Algeria
– Linebacker Manti Te’o’s girlfriend who died of leukemia, doesn’t actually exist
– 20,000 ER Visits are Linked to Energy Drinks
At least 20 foreigners have escaped from the natural gas plant in the Sahara desert where Islamist militants are holding dozens of hostages. According to an Algerian security official who remains anonymous, those who escaped included Americans and Europeans. No further details are known. Militants attacked the Ain Amenas gas complex 800 miles south of Algiers on Wednesday, taking dozens of foreign workers hostage. Those being held included Japanese, Britons, French, Americans, Malaysians and Norwegians. The gas plant has been surrounded by the Algerian army in a standoff with the militants.
In a shocking announcement Wednesday night, Notre Dame said Te’o was duped into an online relationship with a woman whose “death” from leukemia was faked by participants of an elaborate hoax. It is not yet clear what the goal of the hoax was, but Notre Dame said it used an investigative firm to dig into the details. The hoax was disclosed hours after Deadspin.com posted a lengthy story, saying it could find no record that Te’o supposed girlfriend Kekua ever existed. The story suggests a friend of Te’o may have carried out the hoax and that the football player may have been in on it. And my favorite Tweet on the topic will have to be the one by Seth Meyers who tweeted: These Te’o jokes are all very funny but lets try to remember that a person that never existed is dead. Yes everyone, let’s try to remember that.
A new government study is calling popular energy drinks “a rising public health problem” that is sending more and more people to the emergency rooms. The study, from a survey of U.S. hospitals by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said that the number of emergency-room visits linked to energy drinks had doubled in four years – from 10,000 in 2007 to 20,000 in 2011. Out of those 20,000 ER visits in 2011, 42 percent had mixed the energy drink with another stimulant such as Adderal or Ritalin or alcohol. Fifty-eight percent had consumed just the drink. According to a medical professional the drinks cause Blood pressure and heart rate to go up, which then turns into heart racing, heart skipping and panic-attack symptoms. Some energy drinks also contain other substances that are not regulated and can add to the stimulant nature of the drink. The American Beverage Association denies all claims of course but lucky for us, the FDA is now investigating the claims of this study.