top news of 1-11-12

1. teenage sailor nears end of trip round the world-teenage sailor laura dekker is nearing the finish of her solo sailing trip around the world.  reports say she is in the same spirits as when she began the trip, good. truancy officers tried hard to not let her go but she took her studies with her.
2. america boy, 10, takes fathers car for a joy ride in hong kong- a 10 year old boy from america was in china with his dad when he took his dads maserati for a joy ride. he was dettained wednesday after police found out about it. 
3. after being married for 6 decades couple dies hours apart- Richard Trimmer, 81, had been hospitalized after a fall when his children told him Sunday that his wife of 61 years, Nancy, had died in her sleep. Richard Trimmer was dead a few hours later, succumbing to lung cancer.