Drunk Driver Kills Kids

A drunken driver, using his cell phone, lost control of his vehicle and plunged it into a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died. Charges of intoxication manslaughter were being prepared against Chanton Jenkins, age 32 in Houston Texas. There was 9 1/2 feet of water in the ditch and the fast-moving water carried some of the bodies away. They are still looking for some of them. Their ages were 1, 3, 4, 7 and 11. The driver, another adult passenger and a 10 year old girl escaped after it entered the drainage ditch. The adult passenger said the driver, Jenkins, was the father of the children. How very sad.

Death in the Family

We just got word that our daughter-in-law's father died about an hour ago at the age of 81. He had a lot of illness these past 2 years and then was hit by a car in his wheel chair a few weeks back. It was all downhill from there when he was just having a good recovery from a stay in the local hospital. Last week my Aunt died at age 90, living a good life nearly up to the end and she was ready to go. Then the week before that our son-in-law's mother died at age 90 of alzheimers. That is a terrible disease and she is at rest now. Yesterday we found out a good friend was given a week to live with cancer. Such a sad thing for her family of many children and her husband. I would guess her to be about 70. Death seems to come in three's or at least we imagine that everything seems to come in three's. Does it seem that way to you?

Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dead at Age 70

Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife on television's longest running "The Bob Newhart Show" has died at age 70 in Los Angeles. She underwent chemotheraphy for lung cancer in 2006.She was a beautiful woman and I always loved that show and she played the part so well. Many people thought she and Bob were actually married in real life. I am sorry to hear of her passing.

US Forces Battle Baghdad Militia

At least 10 people have been killed in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in clashes between US forces and militants in a mainly Shia district. The Shula area in northwest Baghdad is a stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. Baghdad doctors said women were among those killed in the fighting. And in Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, at least five people died when suspected al-Qaida fighters attacked several police stations.

South Asia n Millions Face Flood Hunger

Millions of people across South Asia are still facing hunger after some of the worst floods in decades. Anger is rising over aid efforts. The floods have killed 360 and affected 20,000 in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. In Bihar, at least six people have died when a boat capsized, but dozens more are feared to have drowned. Water levels have lowered in Bangladesh and Nepal but there are rising concerns of waterborne disease.

Trial Begins In Fatal Hotel Fire

Jury selection begins today for the man who is charged with one federal count of arson resulting in death. Brenda Brazell still remembers waking to the screams of "Help! My Baby" and then desperately searching a smoke-filled hotel hallway for her son and granddaughter, who were staying a few rooms away. Brazell's family survived, but the crying woman and her baby boy were among the six guests who died in the early morning hotel blaze in Greenville, South Carolina in 2004.