Child dies in Alaska of probably Swine Flu

A boy in Fairbanks, Alaska dies on Friday of possibly contracting the H1N1 virus.

Reports on Saturday night reveal the boy (7yrs old), was taken to hospital in Anchorage on thursday, with what appeared to be Flu Symptoms.

This is yet another addition to the Swine Flu death toll around the world.

New member for Celeb Rehab?

A new member is now classified as fit to go into celebrity rehab, the TV show.

Umm, however I think this guy is a little too big. Brad Pitt is the latest to be ordered to Rehab, after Angelina found him doing drugs and booze, behind her back.

Over the last month, the couple have been on and off, and cover story for every celeb magazine out there. Angelina reportedly found Brad getting high one night.

Plane crash kills all 5 on Board

A light piper aircraft has crashed into a park in Oklahomo, killing all 5 on board.

According to a control tower witness, the plane 'clipped a wire', and lost control, forcing it down into Chandler Park, Tulsa at 10 40am CDT.

The aircraft was en route to Dallas, Texas after departing from Richard Lloyd Jones Jr airport. Nobody in the park was injured.

Swine Flu outbreak in Turkey soccer team

Reports from Turkey, say that a soccer team has contracted the H1N1 virus.

Eleven members of the Ankara based Keciorenspor team were tested positive. Turkey has 414 reported cases of Swine Flu so far, Health Ministry figures say.

BREAKING NEWS: 911 caller arrested in Georgia

Tonight, officials in the State of Georgia, annouced they have arrested the man who made the 911 call on the night of a murder, where 8 people lost their lives.

Guy Heinz Jr has been arrested and charged with 8 counts of first degree murder. The 22 year old made the emergency 911 call last weekend, when he reportedly came home and found his family dead. This was heard in a 'non emotional' emergency call.

Police investigating the murders, found new evidence this week, that gave them a reason to link Heinz with the crime. The evidence that was found however, is being kept quiet for the time being.

Developing Story: Swine Flu death in Alberta

Sources tonight report that a man in Calgary, Alberta has died of Swine Flu, just a day after going to hospital.

The man was from New Zealand, and was taking part in a competition in the city. Others at the competition have raised worries that they may have caught the virus.

Origin is not yet known. Reports say the virus could have been caught on the plane. The Daughter of the victim has pulled out of the competition, however rest of the team continues.

Obama School speech causing fury

News came out just a few days ago, that President Obama will make a school speech on Tuesday for the kids on America.

However, an unexpected reaction from Americans has been received. The White House annouced this speech at the beginning of the week, and since then, bombardments of complaints and fury have been hitting the internet, and all major news networks.

Fellow political groups in the US have been giving their thoughts on the 'back to school' speech, and saying they are 'brainwashing' the kids with Obamas political ideas.

LA Fires declared Arson

So tonight, officials in Los Angeles, California declare that the huge fires, were caused by arson.

No details of when it was started, or how as of yet. The fire has reportedly burnt around 140,000acres in the Los Angeles area, and have caused thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. And that is expected to be enforced on many more over the weekend.

When more details come in, the story will be updated.

Manson being released is a big NO NO

Tonight, CNNs Larry King hosted a show, where guests Debra Tate and Linda Kasabian talked about their dealings with Mass murderer Charles Manson, and feel he should NEVER be released.

Linda Kasabian is a former Manson follower, and witnessed many murders around 40 years ago. She spoke out tonight, and shared what she experienced with Manson. She apparently goes under another name today, as she has received death threats in the past. In the studio, she was in dim light, wearing big sunglasses.

Larrys Second guest was Debra Tate, sister of murdered actress Sharon Tate. Expressing 'Her sisters killer should die in prison'. This came on claims that Mr Manson could be released on parole in the future.

DEVELOPING STORY: Vaccine for AIDS

According to sources tonight, two vaccines have been created, which will apparently immune people from catching the deadly disease, AIDs.

Will report more on this when details come in.

Jobless Rate increases, but why?

Is there a pattern in this? It seems that the higher to population, the higher to unemployment rate decides to go.

Today, studies reveal that the jobless rate in Canada has risen again, and has affected 'TeenZ' City, Windsor, which has the highest unemployment figures in the entire country. Although more jobs have been created over the last month, the economy not just in Canada, but worlwide, has had a downfall. The currency exchange rate between the Canadian and US Dollar is basically zero, which compared to around a year ago, it was at 1.2. So a huge difference there.

So when will the unemployment situation end? And will the economy ever find a way to pick itself back up?

(News Brief) Beatles videogame release

Eager fans are awaiting the release of The Beatles RockBand game this coming wednesday. The game has a launch date of 09/09/09, and is hoping to re-vitalise the RockBand franchise, after a recent poor intake of sales.

Ross and Rowe a No show!

Controversy is erupting after the evening funeral of Michael Jackson last night, both Debbie Rowe, and Diana Ross were invited to the service, however both were a no show.

Reasons for this are yet unknown. Also, Dr Conrad Murray, the doctor hired by the late popstar, was not mentioned in any of the evenings reports or broadcasts.

Swine Flu easing in Southern Hemisphere

Officials report that the H1N1 virus of Swine Flu, is actually easing off in the Southern Hemispher.

The virus has killed atleast 36 US children since the pandemic broke out. Medial officials say they have gotten a good response for volunteers testing out the immunization drug. Which is said to help prevent catching swine flu.

Expectations of it having a big affect on Canada, and Nothern Hemispher countries is high. This is down to the cooler temperatures, and the beginning of the annual Flu Season.

(Local) Final Weekend of Summer looks great

For Windsorites looking to make the most of the final weekend in Summer 09, whatever you do, the weather looks great.

According to The Weather Network temperatures will stick at a comfortable 26-25C over the next 3or4 days.

Harrow Fair is just one of the events happening in the Windsor-Essex area this weekend. And is expecting a great turnout. Its opening day was yesterday.

Enjoy the final weekend whilst its here

Respect for the lives in Afghanistan

Each week, another troop is killed in the Afghanistan territories, and has been that way, since 2002.

At one point, attention was driven well away from the Afghan war, and was more focussed on the happenings in Iraq.

Another British soldier was killed yesterday in action, plus a huge explosion in the country lost other lives. I'm taking this moment to pay tribute, and show respect to all the troops, PLUS media, such as Anderson Cooper off CNN, who heads out today.

BREAKING NEWS: Jackson buried

The funeral service of the late Michael Jackson has come to an end. Originally planned for 7pm PT start, the family were late, and didn't get the service underway untill 1hr 30mins later.

Among the family and friends gathered at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, was Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Chris Tucker and an emotional Lisa Marie Presley. Along with family members Joe and Katherine Jackson, Jermaine and brothers and more.

Gladys Knight sang a performance at the service to honor the Legend. Controversy is set to spread, after Diana Ross and Debbie Rowe were both invited, however both were a no show. Also, no mention of Dr Conrad Murray throughout the evenings reports.

This service end speculations that Jacksons body will lay to rest at Neverland Ranch.

(Local Brief) Chaos on Elrose

Locals living on Elrose on thursday morning, witnessed what has been described as 'Chaos', after a drugs bust took place.

A source reports tonight that many guns were found at the location, along with drugs, and all members are in police custody.

BREAKING NEWS: Jackson burial now

As this is posted, in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson is being laid to rest.

The service is taking place at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, in Glendale, and is said to be a star studded turnout.

The burial is said to be taking place at 7pm PT, however, that may altar to a little later time, as everyone has not finnished arriving at the venue just yet.

The service can be seen LIVE on CNN throughout the next few hours. Starting on Larry King, and moving on to AC360

Developing Story: Air fire in Bahamas

With the few details i have so far, news was out around 20 minutes ago, that a Jet Blue aircraft was forced to a landing at Nassau Airport in the Bahamas, after a fire of some sort broke out onboard.

Ill bring more on the story when i get some more developments. Stay tuned

A Pointless cry for money?

Yesterday SouthWest Airlines, announced a new plan to increase money in the company, by charging passengers $10 for early boarding.

This service will allow passengers to board the flight before general check-in begins, and includes those travelling in Business Class.

Is this pointless? Why would somebody pay $10 to sit on the airplane an hour early, with cleaners around you. Surely must be better waiting in the terminal where there is more to do whilst waiting?

(Local Brief) September Transit meeting cancelled

The City of Windsor announced around 5 minutes ago, that the September Transit meeting, has been cancelled. Reasons for the cancellation are still unknown as of now.

Google geeting bashed still...

If you haven't already heard about the Google failure a few days ago, I'm shocked.

The repercussions of that are still on going, as the Google company are being bashed with complaints. When the incident happened, Twitter was the main focus of conversations. Google users were complaining and typing frustration, for the whole world to see. And even now, its not any better.

You just have to search 'Google failure' in the google search bar, and away you go.

(Local) A local 'YouTube' idea to launch

A creation with very little public details, have created a piece of internet software under the name 'WTube'.

Due to the quietness of this, and early stages, it is not yet known what this will be, although the advertisement has the slogan 'Online community videos'. So could this be 'W' standing for Windsor. If it is, what a great idea.

Man finds 'disgusting' item in Pepsi

After doing research on stories, I stumbled across one in particular. A man in Florida, opened a can on Diet Pepsi, and found what he described as 'Pink linguini' coming out of the can.

After a few minutes of gagging, the married couple tried to figure out what it was, however had no luck. After sending it to the Food Agency, results came back that it was remains of a gutted frog or toad.

I can assure you that this is not a regular case with the Pepsi company. It will be interesting to see what the company has to say to this.

Its always nice to have an added surprise in your pop

SPECIAL REPORT: Teen Pregnancy in Canada

The worlds population is climbing closely to 7 billion people today, and the numbers rise every year. The population in Windsor is now upto 210,000, and atleast 49.3 percent of those are teenagers.

According to Health Research, around 80 teens under the age of 16 get pregnant every week in Canada. Although that number may be alarming, its nowhere near Britains 160 under 16s each week.

Teen pregnancy causes a lot of awareness, main issue being Sexually transmitted diseases. Which are passed through un-protected sex. Although teen sex rates are on the rise in Windsor-Essex, protected sex or not, the pregnancy rate has dropped. However disease reports have increased. It will be interesting to see the change next year.

For information on teen health, contact the The Windsor Teen Health Centre

Google outage caused hair pulling moment

Many users of the worldwide popular Gmail today suffered no access to their email for around 30-40mins, due to a failure at the company.

TeenZ being a user on Gmail, like many others in the world, were trapped in a Hair pulling moment waiting for the service to run again.

Details of the failure are not known, however it caused widespread complaints and conversation on Twitter.

Disney to buy Marvel comics

The Disney company have announced a $4bn bid to buy comic book big money makers, Marvel.

The company well known for creating superheroes such as Spiderman and Iron Man, are to be introduced to the Disney world of Mickey and Minnie.

The deal could possibly bring new rides at the Disney Theme parks around the World, plus some great action packed movies for the future.

Ebay buys Skype

Online auction site eBay, has bought internet phone service Skype, in a total $4bn deal. Skype has over 53 million registered users around the world, and around 2 million using the service at any given moment, according to company figures.

The popular auction site has also bought out company PayPal. Used as an online banking system for many business and other peoples general use.

(Local) Danny on BizX

TeenZ Express Editor in Cheif, Danny Cairns, is now on BizX Magazines' newest blog addition. Updated everyday discussing culture, school, politics, and anything revolving around the local community of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

You can visit the blog and follow all the posts at www.dannycairnsbizx.blogspot.com

Michael Jackson Alive video a hoax

A video on YouTube, reportedly showing the Late Michael Jackson, stepping out of the coroners van, is said to be a hoax.

A german man created and posted the video, which received over 880,000 hits. The video falls under the name 'Michaeljacksonhoax'.

The video caused quite a stir, after it received around 3,600 comments, saying it could be true.

(News Brief) Tim Hortons raise prices

Today Tim Hortons raised its prices on their products. One coffee will now cost you $1.52, and increase of 7c, from the original $1.45.

(Local) WFCU holding big events

The newest arena in town, has announced that some big events are taking place this september. The home of the memorial cup winners, Windsor Spitfires, not even open a year, and are already hosting another Playhouse Disney Live! Due to popular demand. Plus on September 28, Canadian Comedian Russell Peters will be doing a live stand-up show for Locals.

(Local) Cheech and Chong coming to Windsor

Famous Mexican American duo Cheech and Chong, are coming to light up the entertainment by making a visit at Caesars Windsor. The event will be taking place on October 2, so get your tickets early, because its set to be a sell-out.

(Local) Peace out Summer

The final full week of the Summer break for many students in Windsor-Essex turns today. The Summer of 2009 kickec off with the familiar Fireworks on the Detroit River, followed by many more events that took place across the City. Some of the most favourable are Red Bull, Art in the Park, FireFest, Emancipation Day, Windsor AirShow and Tecumseh Cornfest.

Of course the highs and lows of the 101 CUPE strike, which will not be forgotten for a long time. The next stop is Christmas, are you ready?

If you have any personal best moments of Summer 2009, please send them to teenzexpress@gmail.com.
Pictures welcomed too

Express to Expand

TeenZ has some exciting news for the business. Over the next week or so, a few changes will be made to the name, and other magazines are launching under the same company.

The name will be changed to Express News. And other people (Family and Friends) have been brought in to expand. The new magazines will be Express Health, Express Tech, Express Entertainment, Express Business, Express Sports, Express Local, Express Politics, Express Music and Express Food.

With this move, there will be a more variety of news, topics and discussions, and the Express company feels it can cover every aspect in full. The magazines are going to be made throughout Canada and United Kingdom. More on this will come through the week.