Cnn Student News 2010年10月19日

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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: You may know that Election Day is November 2nd. But do you know why it's on November 2nd? You're going to in just a minute. I'm Carl Azuz; this is CNN Student News!

First Up: Typhoon Megi

AZUZ: First up, Typhoon Megi. This is the massive storm we told you yesterday was headed toward the Philippines. It hit. Megi slammed into the Philippines on Monday, ripping off roofs, cutting off electricity, and dumping anywhere from 12 to 20 inches of rain in some spots. It's being blamed for at least two deaths in the Philippines.

That country, located in Asia. You can see it on this map when it rotates over there. The Philippines is made up of about 7,000 islands, and you'll find it southeast of Vietnam and China. That is where experts think Megi is headed next, toward the Chinese coast. The typhoon, which is the same thing as a hurricane, lost some power as it moved over the Philippines, but forecasters think it'll pick back up again as it moves toward China.

Shoutout

MICHELLE WRIGHT, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Coach Gilmore's social studies classes at Admiral Moorer Middle School in Eufaula, Alabama! Who or what decides when Election Day is held in the U.S.? Is it the: A) Constitution, B) Congress, C) President or D) Federal Election Commission? You've got three seconds -- GO! In 1845, Congress established Election Day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

Midterm Elections

AZUZ: So, the earliest Election Day can ever be is November 2nd, and that is when it is this year. But some Americans are casting their ballots right now! Early voting! Experts say it's gotten a lot more popular in recent elections. In 23 states and the District of Columbia, citizens can vote two weeks ahead of the election. Meantime, some powerful players from both political parties are out on the campaign trail trying to rally their supporters before the big Election Day.

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA: We're here to restore that dream for all of our people. That is the change we're fighting for. That is what's at stake. That has been the change Barack has fought for for so many years.

SARAH PALIN, (R) FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR: We the people, we have got a lot of work to do. We've got to walk those precincts and knock on doors. We've got to make the phone calls and stuff the envelopes, get out the vote. Knowing that on November 3, then, we can wake up knowing that we as individual citizens, we've done all that we can to take our country back and put it on the right track.

Facebook Security

AZUZ: If you are on Facebook, and we know thousands of you are, you've probably heard of FarmVille. It's a popular app on the site. But there's a new report out that says that some apps -- like FarmVille -- have been used to share Facebook users' personal information with other companies. Facebook says it's warned the companies that make these apps about the security concerns and threatened to suspend any apps that violate the site's privacy policies. Facebook also claims that media reports about this issue have exaggerated how much information can be and has been shared with those outside companies.

CPR now C-A-B

AZUZ: Our next story today is about CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Maybe you worked as lifeguard or took a first aid class, but if you learned CPR, you probably learned your ABCs: airway-breathing-circulation. You check the airway, give breaths, then circulate the blood. Well, the American Heart Association is changing that up. It's turning ABC into CAB, at least for adult victims. The new rules say the first thing you should do if you're giving CPR, and maybe the only thing, is to push on the person's chest. The organization says giving rescue breaths can actually be harmful. CNN's Drew Griffin and Elizabeth Cohen set up an example of the new guidelines with some help from a first responder.

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hands-only CPR. And the trick is, you have to do it really hard. Don't worry about breaking a rib, just really hard and at a certain beat. And we're going to hear some music right now that's going to give him the right beat. So, Officer Cranston, you go ahead.

BEE GEES [MUSIC]: Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah. Staying alive, staying alive. Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah. Staying alive.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN ANCHOR: Whew! Look at you.

COHEN: There you go. There you go.

GRIFFIN: Really? That's it? And you just keep doing that?

COHEN: You just keep doing that. And the reason why they're trying to get further away from this, doing these breaths, is because you're trying to keep the blood circulating. And if you're not really well-trained, taking the time to stop and do the breaths, you're not keeping it circulating.

(END VIDEO)

Science Fair

AZUZ: A solar-powered, five-gear car. A physical therapy chair for disabled kids. A smart steering wheel that sounds an alarm whenever you take your hands off the wheel. They were all part of the first ever White House Science Fair, President Obama hosting the winners from science and engineering competitions around the country. He says these student inventors should get the same recognition as sports heroes.

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We don't give these victories the attention that they deserve. And when you win first place at a science fair, nobody's rushing the field or dumping Gatorade over your head. But in many ways, our future depends on what happens in those contests.

This Day in History

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October 19, 1781 -- British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolution

October 19, 1987 -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops more than 500 points, the stock market's biggest one-day drop at the time

October 19, 2005 -- The trial of Saddam Hussein, the former leader of Iraq, begins in Baghdad

One Miner's Story

AZUZ: Interesting soccer match coming up in Chile. On one side, the miners who were just rescued. On the other side, the people who rescued them. Chile's president set up the match. And at least one of those miners is no stranger to the soccer field. In fact, the sport made him a celebrity long before he started working in mines. Patrick Oppmann shares his story.

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PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST: On a field claimed from the harsh Chilean desert, where football players fight for the ball and glory, a legend of the game is congratulated just for being there. Once a professional football player, hard times put Frankie Lobos in the mines.

FRANKIE LOBOS, RESCUED MINER [TRANSLATED]: "Being on the football field is what I have spent my life doing," he says. "Being in the fresh air. I never wanted to be a miner. Then I was in a mine for 69 days with little chance of surviving."

OPPMANN: Frankie feared the mine would be his tomb.

LOBOS [TRANSLATED]: "We didn't have days in the mine," he says. "It was just one long night. A night of complete darkness. Alone in the dark and starving. Imagine it, a spoon and a half of tuna every 24 hours, then every 48 hours. At the end, it was every 72 hours. There was no water left, only the water that was in the machines, and we couldn't drink it."

OPPMANN: They were running out of everything. The men blindly scrounged for cigarette butts from the mine floor. The only thing they had in abundance was fear. 17 days after the collapse, a drill bore through, bringing both excitement and hope.

LOBOS [TRANSLATED]: "It was chaos. All of us agreed to be calm," he says, "but it wasn't possible. That was when we returned from the dead."

OPPMANN: He had only one wish

LOBOS [TRANSLATED]: "All we hoped for was to see our familes again," he says. "I dreamed of them every day. I saw all their faces. That was what gave me the will to survive."

OPPMANN: And the family shared Frankie's will, toughing it out for weeks in this tent camp near the mine and raising his sprits over a video conference system. Finally, their hearts raced as they watched a rescuer come for their miner. Lobos feared he would never see this football field ever again, right up until the moment the first rescuer arrived in the mine. The men had met before, right here. Rescuer Miguel Gonzalez also played professional football in Chile. Against Lobos, the man he was about to save.

LOBOS [TRANSLATED]: "He told me 'I played against you,' and I chatted with him about it, about playing with him. And I said, 'make my rescue quick. I want to be with my family.'"

OPPMANN: His ascent was quick. So quick, at one point he panicked; he thought he was falling back into the mine. His rescue, though, is not the end to their intertwined destinies. The men will meet once more on the football field in a face-off between the miners and the rescuers. His glory days may be behind him, Lobos says, but never bet against a Chilean miner. Patrick Oppmann, CNN, Copiapo, Chile.

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Before We Go

AZUZ: All right, we're gonna admit it: The puns in our Before We Go segments might be a little tasteless sometimes. But today, they're gonna be downright crude! That's par for the course when you're covering the oil-lympics. Men and women from the oil industry are putting their slick skills to the test. The Olympics started in ancient Greece. These games are just regular grease. Well, we barreled through as many of those puns as we could.

Goodbye

AZUZ: But at least we warned you they were coming. And that's really oil we have to say about it. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz. We'll see you tomorrow!