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    CNN is bored.

    Hey everyone, I'm in the Katrina area and just got back on the net. Is this politic thing new or did I just not notice it? Any way when the thing hit all you had was "The death toll is huge." Or " The city is flooded." No really. No offence. Well maybe a little. It seams that the media can't give a real story. Its like if you hav't heard about it for three days in a row, you should have it repeated for you the next month. Well sorry for the outburst but....... Maybe I'm stressed. It hapens. Well waht do yall think of todays Press?

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    I don't think much about it, truth to tell. Another white girl goes missing! CALL THE ARMY, CALL THE NAVY! CALL THE BOY SCOUTS! Well, maybe not them... Not to sound dis-respectful to Natalie Holloway or anyone, but hundreds of kids go missing per day here, and not all of them are "newsworthy" enough for the attention she's getting. Lately the news has been sounding like a broken record, which was why I decided not to major in journalism, however much I enjoyed it in highschool.
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    watch the daily show

    not only is all the news interesting, but they mock the repitition you're talking about.

    it's pretty liberal, though.

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    Another Missing White Girl

    Speaking of missing white girls... here's one of the reasons why teens still need to respect parents fears when they want to have "grown up" relationships too soon.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10028966/

    LITITZ, Pa. - Police were searching for an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend after they found the girl’s parents shot to death in their home.

    David G. Ludwig killed 14-year-old Kara Beth Borden’s parents after they and their daughter argued about her curfew, police said. The girl was last seen Sunday morning at the family’s home in Warwick Township, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.

    “We don’t know whether she has been abducted or is willingly a part of this,” said Police Chief William Seace. Until they can determine otherwise, police are operating on the assumption that she has been kidnapped.
    Borden’s parents, Michael and Cathryn, both 50, were found shot to death shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, after the couple’s 9-year-old son ran to the home of neighbors for help. An older daughter also escaped.

    Police issued an arrest warrant for Ludwig on two counts of criminal homicide, one count of recklessly endangering and one count of kidnapping.

    Seace said authorities do not know which direction Ludwig was heading and the search area for him and Kara was “anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania or along the eastern seaboard.”

    “We think they’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Seace. “The young girl was out during the night, came home, and her parents confronted her. From what we understand, he came to the house.”

    The murders were the second violent incident in a week in normally quiet Lititz, a Lancaster County village known for its quaint shops, local artists and such attractions as the Sturgis Pretzel House, which bills itself as America’s first pretzel bakery.

    On Tuesday, police shot and killed a man hours after authorities said the suspect shot one of three officers who had gone to his home with a traffic warrant.

    Parents didn't approve of match
    The Borden family had lived in their home for several years, said neighbor Tod Sherman, 47. Mike Borden worked for a printing company, and the children were home-schooled, he said.

    Sherman said the family knew the 18-year-old suspect through a home-schooling network. He said he had occasionally seen the teen at the Bordens’ home.

    Stephanie Mannon, 16, said Ludwig and Kara Borden had been seeing each other secretly.

    “Their parents didn’t approve of them being together” because of the age difference, she said. “It wasn’t because he was a shady character, because he wasn’t.”

    Neighbor John Hohman, 40, said his family got a phone call from Lancaster County emergency management officials Sunday morning warning them to stay inside. He said he looked out a window and saw police running through the neighborhood. About an hour and a half later, authorities told residents to go to their basements.

    “We were really upset. We didn’t know what was going on,” Hohman said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maeve_Mari
    Speaking of missing white girls... here's one of the reasons why teens still need to respect parents fears when they want to have "grown up" relationships too soon.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10028966/

    LITITZ, Pa. - Police were searching for an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend after they found the girl’s parents shot to death in their home.

    David G. Ludwig killed 14-year-old Kara Beth Borden’s parents after they and their daughter argued about her curfew, police said. The girl was last seen Sunday morning at the family’s home in Warwick Township, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.

    “We don’t know whether she has been abducted or is willingly a part of this,” said Police Chief William Seace. Until they can determine otherwise, police are operating on the assumption that she has been kidnapped.
    Borden’s parents, Michael and Cathryn, both 50, were found shot to death shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, after the couple’s 9-year-old son ran to the home of neighbors for help. An older daughter also escaped.

    Police issued an arrest warrant for Ludwig on two counts of criminal homicide, one count of recklessly endangering and one count of kidnapping.

    Seace said authorities do not know which direction Ludwig was heading and the search area for him and Kara was “anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania or along the eastern seaboard.”

    “We think they’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Seace. “The young girl was out during the night, came home, and her parents confronted her. From what we understand, he came to the house.”

    The murders were the second violent incident in a week in normally quiet Lititz, a Lancaster County village known for its quaint shops, local artists and such attractions as the Sturgis Pretzel House, which bills itself as America’s first pretzel bakery.

    On Tuesday, police shot and killed a man hours after authorities said the suspect shot one of three officers who had gone to his home with a traffic warrant.

    Parents didn't approve of match
    The Borden family had lived in their home for several years, said neighbor Tod Sherman, 47. Mike Borden worked for a printing company, and the children were home-schooled, he said.

    Sherman said the family knew the 18-year-old suspect through a home-schooling network. He said he had occasionally seen the teen at the Bordens’ home.

    Stephanie Mannon, 16, said Ludwig and Kara Borden had been seeing each other secretly.

    “Their parents didn’t approve of them being together” because of the age difference, she said. “It wasn’t because he was a shady character, because he wasn’t.”

    Neighbor John Hohman, 40, said his family got a phone call from Lancaster County emergency management officials Sunday morning warning them to stay inside. He said he looked out a window and saw police running through the neighborhood. About an hour and a half later, authorities told residents to go to their basements.

    “We were really upset. We didn’t know what was going on,” Hohman said.
    I'm interested in knowing why you felt it important to highlight that they were home schooled?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim
    I'm interested in knowing why you felt it important to highlight that they were home schooled?
    I can hazard a guess here. My assumption as to why that is significant is because it may display a significant failure on the parents part. They took personal responsability for the education of their children. The girl was going out with a guy four years her senior against her parents wishes, and without their knowledge. Mayhaps this was a consequence of her upbringing. It could just as easily be the fact that because she was homeschooled, she didn't have the opprotunity to meet other guys her age at a "controlled" enviroment like a school. Granted, she could just as easily meet guys and friends at the mall or some other such place, but honestly, how many 14 year olds really meet people outside of school?
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