Saturday, February 9, 2008

2 News Articles

Abandoned anchor cut Gulf Internet cable

By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 8, 2:24 PM ET

CAIRO, Egypt - An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable's owner said Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_hi_te/mideast_internet_outage

Who: an owner
What: an abandoned anchor severed internet cable
When: last week
Where: Under the sea (effected the Middle East and parts of Asia)
Why: it was abandoned
How: it severed the internet cables


Should we change the playoff structure?

Wednesday, Feb 6, 2008 5:08 pm EST

Roger Goodell wants to make it so that in the first round of the playoffs, division winners wouldn't automatically have a home game. If they played a wildcard team that had a better record, the wild card team would get the game in their own crib.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/nfl_experts/post/Should-we-change-the-playoff-structure-?urn=nfl,65500

Who: Roger Goodell
What: wants to change the field advantage of playoff division winners,
When: Wednesday(doesn't say in article, but does in the byline)
Where: doesn't say
Why: so that the wildcard team that goes up against division winner has a fair shot,
How: doesn't say


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