Bad News...

This past weekend Fast & Furious 4 came out. I knew that it would lead to more street racing this weekend. I admit that I did enjoy the first one. And, I did have plans to go see this movie. But, I am not a fan of racing in streets where there is a possibility of someone getting hurt.

Saturday night, a woman and her 2 daughters, aged 2 and 13, were hit by a street racer and all three of them were killed. The 20 year old who hit them is being charged with second degree murder. You can read a little more about that here.

It's really depressing. Someone was being stupid and reckless and 3 people lost their lives. Two of them were children. That kid is going to have to live with that for the rest of his life. And, he'll be going to prison. So, not only did he ruin the lives of the people he killed and their families, he also ruined his own. Because of a street race. It's so dumb that it's really depressing.

Also in the news this morning, North Korea launched a rocket. Woo hoo. As if President Obama didn't have enough on his plate, now he will have to focus energies on North Korea.

And, depressing news from Italy. An earthquake shook Italy. A 6.3 on the Richter Scale. So far, the death toll is at 92. So far, over 1500 people have been found to be injured. Thousands of people are homeless. And on top of the loss of life, there is a loss of history. Many of the destroyed buildings are hundreds of years old. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared a state of emergency. A tent city is being created for the homeless people to live in.

Indonesia also had a quake early this morning, but there were no casualties.

And, finally, we are destroying our planet faster than we originally thought. Scientists say that Antarctica's glaciers are disappearing much faster than they thought.

Yay! Happy Monday, folks. :)