Day: January 30, 2013

I love doing news Roundups. They’re so much fun! And this one has a Scary theme!

• 5K Crocodiles Escape During Floods in South Africa – JAN 24, 2013 12:02 PM ET // BY CHRISTINA REED
  Only about half of them have been recaptured. Can you imagine the havok this is causing in the local ecosystem? Nuts, eh?
• Food Label Lies! – JAN 25, 2013 08:00 AM // DISCOVERY NEWS
  It makes me totally not wan’t to eat at restaurants, given that they’re not actually required to tell me what I’m eating… Yuck.
• People in the US Still Die from Black Death – JAN 25, 2013 03:38 PM ET // BY IO9.COM
  This one hurts my brain a little bit. I just straight up didn’t know this! It turns out the Bubonic Plague isn’t a virus, but a bacterial Infection. Sure, it’s only 1,000 cases since 1900… But still…
• ‘Cleaning Fairy’ Arrested for Shoveling Snow – JAN 25, 2013 04:02 PM ET // BY TRACY STAEDTER
  Did you know shoveling someone else’s driveway can get you arrested? Particularly when you have broken into homes in the past and left bills for your cleaning service. The world is weird.