National News (9/21/09-9/27/09)

Online High-Schooling 09/24/09, Wall Street Journal

Going to high school online? Have you ever heard of such a thing? Well apparently there is and going to high school online has both benefits and challenges- like learning to socialize off the computer.

New CW Show about Flight Attendants, 09/23/09, Variety.com

CW and Virgin Airlines team up to bring you “Fly Girls,” a new reality show about the lives of a group of flight attendants and their high-flying adventures. Interesting.

Sweet Valley High: the Movie, 09/23/09, New York Daily News via The AP

Diablo Cody (who’s film Jennifer’s Body was recently released in theaters) has been tapped to write the screenplay for  a Sweet Valley High movie and produce it for the big screen (!)

Teens Commits Suicide over Facebook Harassment, 09/21/09, NYDN

Holly Grogan, a 15-year-old British girl, jumped off a bridge last week after being being taunted, harassed and bullied at school and on Facebook. Very sad story.

Pregnant Teen Shot and Killed in Boston, 09/21/09, Boston Herald

Paula Castillo, 18, was celebrating her birthday party when she was shot, apparently by one of the boys she told to “keep on walking,” to prevent them from crashing her part.

First woman (ever) Appointed Top Drill Sergeant in the Army, 09/21/09, The New York Times

Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa L. King, 48 is that woman. She will be in charge of the army’s drill instructor school in Fort Jackson, S.C.- meaning that she (along with her staff) is in charge of training all the drill sergeants in the Army, who then train all of the new recruits.