Targets Data Breach

If you've been doing any of your holiday season shopping at Target  in the past 2 weeks and used your credit/ debit card, your account may be affected. Target has announced that about 40 million debit and credit cards have accounts may have been affected by a data breach Target had. If you have made purchases in U.S. store between November 27th and December 15th you may be exposed to this breach. The data contained customer names, debit and credit card numbers, card expiration dates, and the three-digit security codes. The breach didn't effect online purchases from target.com. Target is unsure about how this breach came to happen  but they are working diligently towards preventing future incidents. If you have shopped at Target in the past few weeks with a credit or debit card Target encourages you to check your statements very often and if you have noticed unauthorized activity report it to your card company and call Target. If your identity has been stolen contact law enforcement or the F.T.C. (Federal Trade Commission).

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/19/target-says-40m-accounts-may-be-affected-by-data-breach/

Xbox 1 Console Over 2 Million Sales

Since the launching of the X-Box One last month Microsoft says that they have sold over t million consoles. Microsoft is saying that they are averaging over 111,000 consoles sold each day, which is helping them keep up with Sony their rival. This announcement came after Sony stated that the global sales of the PS4 have passed 2.1 million sales without even being launched in Japan yet. The PS4 will be launched in Japan in February. Analysts say the both consoles will have over 3 million sales each by the end of the year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/12/11/xbox-one-sales-2-million/3985853/

U.S Teacher Killed In Libya

In Benghazi an American teacher was jogging and was shot to death. It unknown who shot the teacher. People do believe that it is the doings of a group of Islamic militants that is active in the city of Benghazi. A security personnel found the body and said that he was jogging near the U.S Consulate where three Americans and one U.S ambassador were killed by a group of Islamic militants the year before. Today four people were killed in Benghazi by supposedly the Islamic militants. Three were military personnel and the other an American. In Libya the government is almost relying upon some of these militant groups for security because they don't have a functioning police force.

Iranian Embassy Explosian

Int Beirut two explosions went off and hit the Iranian Embassy on Tuesday. The explosion killed 23 people and injured another 147 people. The Iranian and Lebanese officials have declared that the attacks is a direst assault on the embassy. The bombings have broken a three month long period of relative calm in southern Beirut. Southern Beirut is the home of the Shiite group of Hezbollah. This group was the target of a series of rocket and car bombings over the summer. A group of al Qaeda affiliated terrorists called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades have claimed responsibility for the attack.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303985504579207231789127174

Hawaii State Senate Passes Same Sex Marriage Bill

In Honolulu the Hawaii state Senate passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage. The vote in the Hawaii state Senate was 19 to 4 with two lawmakers excused. Over half of the Hawaii state Senates lawmakers spoke out to support this bill. The University of Hawaii says that they have estimated that this will boost tourism by $217 million over the course of three years. They say that Hawaii would have a large increase in weddings and honeymoons. They estimate that the couples would spend over $166 million on ceremonies and honeymoons. I believe that this is a great step towards equality and that other states should and potentially will.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/12/hawaii-gay-marriage/3510441/

Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Potentially 1,000

The Red Cross fears that there are 1,000 deaths from the typhoon that struck the Philippines on Friday. The typhoon went through several of the Philippines central islands completely destroying the seaside city of Tacloban which has led to unconfirmed 1,200 people dead. So far the government has on confirmed 140 people dead so far. The Red Cross group on the ground in the Philippines has reported that they have seen a very large amount of bodies, but they still have to do an official body count. Some meteorologists reported that typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda which they are calling it in the Philippines, sustained winds up to 190 miles an hour.

Six Dead in South Carolina Domestic Dispute

Tuesday six people were found dead in a house in Greenwood County, South Carolina after a man called 911 saying he was thinking about hurting himself. Authorities received a call from a neighbor saying that the neighbor had heard shots fired from the house. SWAT team arrived and after attempting to make contact with the people inside for an hour the SWAT team entered and found six bodies. Four adults and two children. The ages of the deceased ranged from 9 to early 50s. Authorities couldn't immediately tell how they were killed and they refused to call it a murder-suicide.