#10

Florida Man Charged With Felony for Allegedly Stealing $1 Cup of Soda from McDonald's

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/florida-man-charged-felony-allegedly-stealing-1-cup-002830215--abc-news-topstories.html

By Suzan Clarke | ABC News Blogs 

Who?

Man live in Florida who is petty thief.

What happen?

A man didn’t pay for the soda in McDonald.

He was drunk

What’s the consequence?

He was arrested.

He held on $6,500 penalty.

He could face 5 years in prison

I read the article that is about a man who is petty thief. He went to the McDonald, and order soda, but he didn’t pay for it, and he just left. Police officers caught him, and now, he is in jail. The punishment for him is quite heavy. He only did not pay for soda, which is about $1, but now, he is facing 5 years in prison, or $6,500 penalty. Compare to Korea, I think the weight of punishment is much heavier in here, America. For me, I think it is a good idea to punish criminals or thieves strongly, so that people cannot commit illegal stuff easily.

#9

http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/community/pre_subscription.asp

Louis Vuitton, Gucci stingy on corporate giving

04-17-2012

Lee Hyo Sik

Issue.

Luxury good brands in Korea do not donate as much as they earn.

What is the problem?

Luxury brands make so much money these days because people tend to have them.

Even they make so much profits, they do not donate money to society.

These days, people’s desire to get luxury brand bag is getting higher, especially in Korea. So, many luxury brands make so many profits these days. Even so, they do not donate money to the society.

I understand that donating money is not that they have to do but usually, when the company makes lots of profits from people, they tend to donate money to people who live in poor environment, and I think that is right to do. But in this article was about that companies do not donate money. I hope many corporations who make lots of money, give some money back to society so that they can help poor people. 

#8

Man’s $5 Garage Sale Find Could Be Worth $2 Million

By Melissa Knowles

April 01, 2012

What happened?

-Man from England bought maybe Andy Warhol’s painting for 5 dollars.

Where?

-From garage sale.

What painting is it?

-It is the picture of 1930’s actor Rudy Valee.

-There is sign on the bottom says, “Andy Warhol”

-Maybe Andy Warhol did not intend to sell it.

How much it worth?

-About 2 million dollars

            I read the article from Yahoo, and it was about a man who bought painting at garage sale for five dollars. This painting might be Andy Warhol’s. This man is so lucky. It is really rare to buy something really valuable for cheap price. I am so surprised that he bought that from garage sale, but I was more surprised that the owner of painting sold it at garage sale, Andy Warhol’s painting. I think if that painting turns to real piece, the pre-owner might sue for getting the painting back. It was really interesting article for me.