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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 2009
Page
9
In Washington floods mudslides and avalanches disrupt travel near Seattle. Inter states 5 and 90 shut, Amtrak and freight trains halted, tens of thousands evacuated as warm rain melts Cascade snow.
Joseph S. Forte, 53, of Broomall, Pennsylvania, is charged by federal authorities with running a Ponzi scheme that swindled about $50 million from up to 80 investors between 1995 and 2008 through his investment firm. Regulators say funds were lost in the market or not invested at all.
In Oakland the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant by transit officer Johannes Mehserle triggered violent protests with more than 100 arrests and property damage including cars set ablaze and windows smashed. Police used tear gas as crowds grew hostile. Authorities debate whether the officer mistook a stun gun for a firearm.
Cornell researchers report Aedes aegypti mosquitoes modify wing vibrations in mating signals. The study suggests observing flight tones could help test sterile male effectiveness for population control and prevent unwanted mating.
In Budapest the principal and a teacher were killed in a school in Csepel. A 52 year old security guard and a 36 year old former administrator were arrested after the guard allegedly shot the victims following embezzlement accusations of about 4 million forints. The guard then shot his hand, claiming an unknown masked gunman was involved.
The U N and Red Cross curb aid shipments in Gaza after accusing Israeli forces of firing on drivers, killing one. Lebanon militants fire two rockets into northern Israel as a three hour pause allows aid in. many bodies retrieved in Gaza City with rescued children near their dead mothers.
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