The Time Period

The World Around the Story

In this blog post, we are going to explore what was going on in the world during the time frame that the Abercrombie and Fitch Controversy took place.

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The News Stories

Local:

1. New Albany aimed to be the healthiest community in America (click here for details).

2. Doctor charged with the murder of a pregnant of a 23 year old mom (click here for details).

National:

3. Boston Marathon has a terrorist attack take place (click here for details).

4. Jodi Arias trial, Arias found guilty (click here for details).

Global:

5. Supertyphoon Haiyan destroys the Philippines (click here for details).

6. Edward Snowden releases NSA information (click here for details). 

Descriptions of the Articles

As a disclaimer, I could not find any relevant articles that had to do with the Abercrombie and Fitch controversy, as the world seemed pretty busy to notice it. 

1. New Albany is aiming to create a healthier community by boosting the health care provided in the community through new physical therapy clinics.

2. A local doctor, Ali Salim, actually raped and murdered a pregnant woman, Deanna Ballman. It was ruled a double-homicide.

3. The horrid Boston bombing that took place at the Boston Marathon on April 13, 2013. The two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were the confirmed bombers.

4. The Jodi Arias trial convicted the duranged Jodi Arias of first-degree murder after stabbing her ex-boyfriend a multitude of times.

5. The supertyphoon, Haiyan, struck the Philippines and killed more than 5,000 people. The high winds caused the evacuations of hundreds of thousands of citizens.

6. Edward Snowden's escape from America into Russia after revealing that the NSA does indeed tap phone lines left Americans in fear of their own government, with good reason.