Nanny Suspected in Stabbings

In Central Park on Thursday, Marina Krim returned home to find two of her young children, Leo and Lucia, dead of stab wounds in the bathtub; their nanny was nearby with self-inflicted stab wounds in her neck. Krim had left the children with the nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, to pick up her other child, Nessie, from swim class. When she returned to the apartment on the Upper West Side, she entered the darkened rooms and came upon the bloody scene. Neighbors who heard her scream called 911. Police suspect Ortega in the stabbings; she remained hospitalized until Friday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-children-slain-20121026,0,3134331.story

1679 Shipwreck Found?

Thirty years ago, the search for the oldest shipwreck began and, finally, it is making some headway. The Great Lakes Exploration team has just closed a legal dispute with the State of Michigan concerning the oldest shipwreck in Lake Michigan. The Griffon, French explorer Robert de La Salle's ship that sank in 1679, is thought to be near the islands off of the Garden Peninsula. Historian Francis Parkman says that La Salle's crew betrayed him, sunk the ship, and made off with the furs. In 2001, the Great Lakes Exploration team, headed by Steve Libert, discovered a beam of wood in the area that could be the bowsprit of the Griffon. Since then, the team has been involved in a legal battle with the State of Michigan in an attempt to attain a permit to investigate the site. From October 1st to October 3rd, the team scanned the area using low frequency sound waves from aboard the Atlas, captained by Dave Harris. The information gathered on this trip will hopefully provide proof of the Griffon's location.
http://ipr.interlochen.org/print/23071

School Girl vs. Taliban

Tuesday, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, 14, was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban as she left her all-girls' school. Yousafzai was targeted for trying to spread Western culture through campaigning for girls' education. She has received numerous death threats because of the work she has done, but now the Taliban has stated that if she survives, they will try to kill her again. Yousafzai is in critical condition, but sources say her arms and legs have begun moving slightly. On Wednesday, surgeons in Peshawar removed a bullet from Yousafzai's head. This young girl stands as a symbol of courage and hope.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/11/malala-yousufzai-specialist-hospital

New York City Needs Evidence

New York City is demanding that documentary filmmaker Ken Burns hand over footage. The footage captures the story of five men who were wrongfully imprisoned and then exonerated for the rape of a woman in Central Park in 1989. The city is trying to defend itself against the lawsuits that have been filed by "The Central Park Five," the nickname for the exonerated men. The footage contains interviews from the plaintiffs that get to the heart of the case and cannot be obtained elsewhere. Ken Burns is saying though that he will fight; he states that he is a journalist and there are shield laws that protect him from having to compromise his sources. The irony in this case though is that New York City tried to stop Burns from originally getting the interviews but now the city needs them to defend itself in the lawsuit.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/justice/new-york-central-park-5/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Apple "Cut Up" after Yelp Maps Issues

Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for the new Maps application. With the iOS 6 update on September 19th, the new Maps application from Yelp went out to millions of iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. This map application is powered by significantly less data than its predecessor, Google maps. iPhone users have found the info in Yelp's maps to be incomplete and off target. Cook has said that patience is needed; more than 100 million Apple device users are using the new maps with nearly 500 million locations searched so far. Cook's official statement is that Apple will continue to work until the "high standard" Apple users have grown accustomed to is achieved.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/28/technology/apple-maps-apology/index.html?hpt=hp_t1