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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2006
Page
9
Two 911 dispatchers Sharon Nichols and Terri Sutton face neglect of duty charges after a 46 year old mother died before officers arrived following a boy’s call claiming his mother collapsed. Prosecutor Kym Worthy stressed the seriousness of prank calls to 911.
President Bush reiterated that new arrivals must embrace American values and English, urging support for his immigration overhaul in a midterm year. He faces GOP resistance over a citizenship path and extra work permits for undocumented immigrants. Separately, a Tennessee study links first trimester ACE inhibitors to higher rates of birth defects and heart and brain problems.
Senate votes 49 48 against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, falling 18 votes short of the two thirds needed for passage. Key Republicans Judd Gregg and Arlen Specter switched to no, while Chuck Hagel was absent. Leaders and opponents argue the issue raised awareness for campaigns despite the defeat.
Fossils from northern Germany show Europasaurus holgeri a 20 foot long about one ton herbivore as a dwarf relative of Camarasaurus. Researchers say island dwarfism developed due to limited resources 154 million years ago near Goslar now. The find by P Martin Sander Bonn University is published in Nature.
A 16-year-old Wu Wenwen died after being barred from a high school exam for hair not tied, highlighting extreme stress from China top entrance tests. Experts note growing youth emotional distress, counselor shortages, and parental pressure amid fierce university competition.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launches a large prisoner release in Baghdad intended to aid reconciliation. Officials say hundreds kiss the ground as released detainees arrive at bus stations. some worry arrests will continue and detentions remain widespread. Militants in Nigeria attack a Shell plant, killing soldiers and abducting five workers as violence spreads in Africa’s oil region.
A Tunis court sentenced Belgacem Nawar to 20 years for aiding the 2002 Djerba synagogue bombing linked to al Qaeda. Nawar, uncle of the truck ramming attacker Nizar Nawar, faced charges of murder complicity and explosive device making after helping mount a gas tank on the vehicle.
The U N deputy secretary general accused the United States of leaving Americans in the dark about the world body's work. U S Ambassador John Bolton dismissed the speech as a grave mistake potentially undermining Kofi Annan's reform push at the United Nations.
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