US submarines surface in tug of war over Arctic riches

APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY ICE STATION, Arctic Ocean — The United States is staging high-profile submarine exercises in the Arctic Ocean as evidence mounts that global warming will lead to more mining, oil production, shipping and fishing in the world's last frontier.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42269650/ns/us_news-environment/

NATO agrees to enforce no-fly zone over Libya

NATO countries agreed on Thursday to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya to protect civilians against Moammar Gaddafi's forces, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters.He said the U.S.-led military alliance's mandate did not go beyond the no-fly zone but NATO could also act in self-defense.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42247045/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

technology in a cigarette?

I always see this product around the mall and in commercials so once i saw this article I was intrested to see what it actually was. Its a fake cigarette that can be use with or without nicotine for people who are trying to quit smoking

http://www.weeklyhealthusa.org/latest/articles/breakthroughdiet/adb/us4/

Snipers, shells, tanks terrorize key Libyan city

TRIPOLI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi's snipers and tanks are terrorizing civilians in the coastal city of Misrata, a resident said, and the U.S. military warned Tuesday it was "considering all options" in response to dire conditions there that have left people cowering in darkened homes and scrounging for food and rainwater.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42216979/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?GT1=43001

The Key to Success in Libya Is Setting Low Expectations

This the opinion of Anne Applebaum concerning the issue in Libya.
she believes that Obama is staying quite now because he cannot make promises that in the end will not be acomplish. Low expectations is Obama's safe ground.

http://www.slate.com/id/2288872/?GT1=38001

Class Reflection on Education

Last wednesday we had a class discussion on Education and I was glad to hear that many of my peers feel the same way about school. I think the main conclusion we brought out was that we feel schools should raise their academic standards and force kids to reach their highest potential. I think that everyone in the discussion seemed to be on the same side concerning higher standards for high school requirements. I personally spoke about my struggle in math and how i somehow got away through the system with completing the minimum requirements but in the end feeling like I had not learned enough. I dont feel preprared for college math and I know this will be a struggle for me. The biggest Question is how to solve this issues we have with education in the United States and honestly I dont have an applicable solution. In my opinion the culture or lack of culture in the United States is what leaves many without an identity. Feeling as not belonging to a place gives people a lack of incentive to progress, move forward, and have the need to make a positive change in society. But I guess this is the price the United States pays for being number one and keeping power thanks to taking in the best of all countries. If somehow this place offered a stable groud for people to serve as a duty and not a decision i believe we would have less problems. Overall I believe the offorts for solution are not in vain and slowly with gradual change public education may reach back all the respect it has lost.

Fighting rages on despite Libya cease-fire declaration

Twenty-five people were killed after tanks rolled in and heavy artillery bombarded the city, witnesses said.
"Gadhafi's forces are bombing the city with artillery shells and tanks. We now have 25 people dead at the hospital, including several little girls," Dr. Khaled Abou Selha told Reuters by satellite phone.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42145571/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?gt1=43001