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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 2003
Page
20
With 11 days to Christmas shoppers filled malls despite a major snowstorm in the Northeast and uncertain sales goals. Retail officials praised the Hussein capture as a potential lift for year end business while weather kept crowds smaller in some areas.
Four U.S. soldiers were slightly injured when their truck convoys came under fire on two Kuwaiti highways. The blasts shattered windows, injuring the men at about 5:15 and 5:45 p.m. local time. Investigators pursue leads while Saddam Hussein's capture looms as a possible link. Kuwait's KUNA termed the assaults terrorist acts.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf survived a bombing as his motorcade passed near Islamabad. A blast near a bridge in Rawalpindi injured no one. authorities and bomb experts investigated while witnesses described a remote controlled device as the likely cause.
Civil liberties advocates say Iowa’s sex offender living restrictions cover 30 percent of towns, forcing some offenders from homes or jobs. Randall Wilson of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union calls the law unconstitutional and plans a court challenge after a temporary restraining order blocked the measure.
U S forces led Operation Red Dawn raiding a mud hut near Adwar along the Tigris River. They uncovered a spider hole beneath a carpet leading to Saddam Hussein. Officers described him as tired and unrepentant, later airlifted to an undisclosed detention site.
At a Vatican Christmas benefit concert Lauryn Hill launched an unscheduled tirade against priest abuse of children. Italian papers translated her English remarks criticizing the church and its leaders saying there is no acceptable defense for betraying families. Dolly Parton milestone noted in Tennessee.
McDonald Pennsylvania residents seek a historic marker at the boyhood home of Jay Livingston born Jacob Harold Levinson in 1915. The songwriter of Silver Bells grew up in McDonald and nearly titled the song Tinkle Bells before his wife advised otherwise. Livingston and Ray Evans also wrote Mona Lisa for Captain Carey USA.
The six day hunt across northern and western New Jersey yielded 328 killed bears 209 females and 119 males about 10 percent of the estimated 3200 bear population. Sixteen were tagged nuisances. Officials said the hunt met expectations and will not discuss next year.
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