Top 3 Stories 1-17-2012

Top 3 T.V New Stories


1) There were 5 more bodies pulled from the water around the evacuation point on the ship Con Cordia. There has been 11 bodies recovered so far. The Captain has been placed under house arrest, after an audio tape has released by the Coast Guard. The ship tipped on its side on Friday off the Island of Gigilio. The bodies were found wearing their life vest. The audio tape released by the Coast Guard reveals the argument that took place between them and the Captain of the ship. They were instructing the Captain to reboard the ship and give them information about the passengers remaining on the ship. The Captain said he was coordinating the evacuation from his life boat. They told him several times that he is obligated to stay with the ship to assist passengers in the evacuation, but again he refused. He was placed under house arrest and many are upset about the decision not to immediately jail him.

2) The Ocean Liners being produced today are larger and larger. The Titanic had 3,320 passengers aboard it when it when down. The Con Cordia had over 4,000 passengers. The largest Ocean Liner has 8,702 passengers. The Emerald Princess is about to sail and holds around 4,000 passengers, about the same as the Con Cordia. A representative for the Cruise lines pointed out that over 16 million people cruise every year safely. As ships are being built bigger, to hold more passengers, it is becoming tougher and tougher to carry out an evacuation plan. The Con Cordia is a $450 million ship and will likely be repaired and sailed again in the future.

3) Candidate Mitt Romney was asked today about the amount of taxes he paid. He says he pays around 15%. That is about less then half of what the middle class American family with household income of 45,000 will pay this year. Romney said most of his income comes from investments and speaking engagements. Although he is quick to point out that he does this very little. Democrats point out that Romney claims he made very little, when his idea of a little is 374,000 proceeds last year from speaking. The 15% Romney pays is typical of the high power and rich tax base.