Death of CorePower Yoga Founder Tice Investigated

Student Reporter Allen Balay, excerpt from CNN

Forty-eight-year-old Tice was found dead inside a multimillion-dollar home in the Sunset Cliffs neighborhood near downtown San Diego on Monday.

"Due to the suspicious circumstances related to the death ... San Diego Police Homicide Detectives were called to the scene and are currently investigating the incident," police said in a statement.

Tice's body was found by officers responding to a request that police check on the welfare of a resident at the property, the statement said.

Tice founded CorePower Yoga in 2002, starting with a single studio in Denver. The business rapidly grew into a network of more than 160 yoga studios across the United States.

Tice received a degree in Business from the University of Colorado and, prior to founding CorePower, he owned an information technology company.

Top 10 Tallest Roller Coasters in USA

Staff Reporter Dalton Smith

1.  Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure (456ft.)

2. Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point (420 ft.)

3. Superman, Six Flags Magic Mountain (415 ft.)

4. Fury 325, Carowinds (325 ft.)

5. Millennium Force, Cedar Point (310 ft.)

6. Intimidator 305, Kings Dominion (305 ft.)

7. Titan, Six Flags Over Texas (245 ft.)

8. Goliath, Six Flags Magic Mountain (235 ft.)

9. Intimidator, Carowinds (232 ft.)

10. Diamondback, Kings Island (230 ft.)

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Warmer US-Russia Relations

Staff Reporter Brayden Thomas

George W. Bush tried it. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried it. Now Donald Trump is trying to reset relations with Russia.

But could the unintended costs outweigh the benefits?

The President-elect's Russian gambit seems like a solid foreign policy goal, given that the estrangement between the rivals -- owners of the world's biggest nuclear arsenals -- is deeper than at any time since the Cold War.

Methane Levels in the Atmosphere Spike

                Staff Reporter Alex Batchelor

Carbon emissions have always been high and people are working to reduce them because of climate change. Although there is another dangerous gas with increasing levels: methane. Levels of methane have increased faster than at any point in the past two decades. Methane traps 28 times more heat than carbon dioxide. The surge was first noticed in 2007, and since then levels have gotten much worse. Rice production and livestock both emit dangerous amounts of methane into the atmosphere. 

Top 10 Songs of November 2016

Staff Reporter Cassidy Lawrence

1. Starboy- The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk
2. Closer- The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
3. Don’t Wanna Know- Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar
4. 24K Magic- Bruno Mars
5. Black Beetles- Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane
6. Rockabye- Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Anne- Marie
7. Say You Won’t Let Go- James Arthur
8. Let Me Love You- DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber
9. Better Man- Little Big Town
10. Side to Side- Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj

Top 10 Facts About Cats

Staff Reporter Linsey McCloud

1. 40% of cats are left or right pawed
2. Cats like their food room temperature
3. Cats can see in color
4. A group of kittens is called a kindle
5. Cats only meow at people
6. Cats can pick up on your mood
7. Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door
8. All cats fall the same
9. Cats can produce 420,000 kittens in seven years when not spayed or neutered
10. No two cats noses are the same just like no two fingerprints on a human are the same               

Top 10 Plays/Musicals of 2016

Staff Reporter Joe Seals

10. Notes from the Field

9. Skeleton Crew

8. Maestro

7. She Loves Me

6. Falsettos

5. Red Speedo

4.  Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

3. Dear Evan Hansen

2. Love, Love, Love

1. Shuffle Along

Top Ten Comedies of 2016

Staff Reporter Ariana Delong

1. La La Land
2. Deadpool
3. Central Intelligence
4. Finding Dory
5. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising6. Hail, Caesar!
7. Bad Moms
8. Zootopia
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Ghostbusters

Top Ten Christmas Food Commercials

Staff Reporter Bre Tharp

1. Hershey Kisses Bells

2.Coca-Cola Polar Bears

3. M&Ms Meet Santa Claus

4.Campbell’s Soup Snowman

5. Peter Comes Home for Christmas

6. Ronald McDonald Ice Skating

7. Oreos for Santa

8. I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

9. Tootsie Rolls for Christmas

10. Mom Gets a New Refrigerator

Top 10 Best Classic Books

Staff Reporter Taylor Moore

1. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
2. The Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. The Lord of the Rings  - J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
8. Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell
10. The Color Purple - Alice Walker

Top 10 Fastest Production Cars in the World

Staff Reporter Luke Smith

1. Venom GT
2. Bugatti Veyron “SS” SuperSport
3. SSC Ultimate Aero
4. Koenigsegg Agera R
5. Saleen S7 Twin Turbo
6. Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse WRC
7. McLaren F1
8. Zenvo ST1
9. Pagani Huayra
10. Koenigsegg CCX

Top Ten Hottest Women in the World

Staff Reporter Luke Smith

1. Megan Fox
2. Jessica Alba
3. Scarlett Johansson
4. Mila Kunis
5. Angelina Jolie
6. Selena Gomez
7. Kate Upton
8. Shakira
9. Katy Perry
10. Angel Locsin

Top Ten Languages Spoken

Staff Reporter Leighann York

1. Mandarin
2. English
3. Hindustani
4. Spanish
5. Russian
6. Arabic
7. Bengali
8. Portuguese
9. Malay-Indonesian
10. French

Rudolph Cookies

Staff Reporter Becca Matias

Ingredients

1 cup softened butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon salt

3 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 bag mini pretzels

1 bag chocolate chips

Red M&Ms

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Beat butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, peanut butter and salt together in a bowl
3. Stir in flour and baking soda to peanut butter mixture
4. Roll dough into 24 balls, and flatten into upside down triangles
5. Press two pretzels onto the top corners of the triangle
6. Then add chocolate chip eyes and a red M&M nose before baking for 10-15 minutes

Gingerbread Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes

Staff Reporter Amber Schalk

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground dried ginger

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 1/2 cups water

Directions

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, and cinnamon in a bowl; set aside. Beat the egg in a separate mixing bowl with the vanilla and molasses until smooth. Whisk in the water until completely incorporated. Stir the flour mixture into the molasses mixture until just combined -- a few lumps are okay.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium-high heat. Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle, and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry. Flip, and cook until browned on the other side. Repeat with remaining batter.

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US Returns to Japan Land It's Controlled Since World War II

Staff Reporter Brayden Thomas

The US military this month will return to Japan's government more than 9,800 acres of land it has held since World War II, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Tuesday.

The 9,852 acres of land on the island of Okinawa, part of a territory officially referred to as the Northern Training Area, is in a large US military base complex on the Pacific island more than 960 miles (1,550 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo.

Week 5 NCAA Men's College Basketball Power Rankings

Staff Reporter Zach Cottrell

1. Villanova
2. UCLA
3. Kansas
4. Baylor
5. Duke
6. Kentucky
7. North Carolina
8. Gonzaga
9. Indiana
10. Creighton

Top 10 Gatorade Flavors

Staff Reporter Joe Seals

1. Glacier Freeze
2. Cool Blue
3. Lemon Lime
4. Orange
5. Fruit Punch
6. Fierce Grape
7. Riptide Rush
8. Ice Punch
9. Lemonade
10. Lime Cucumber