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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2004
Page
9
The House approved a broad indecency bill 391 to 22 to boost penalties for TV and radio broadcasters. Companies and personalities face up to 500000 for each indecent incident, compared with prior caps of 27500 and 11000.
About 1,400 people were evacuated from the Georgia Capitol and five other state buildings after a worker handling a package reportedly developed a rash. A dozen nearby workers were taken to a hospital decontamination unit. A small package remained unopened and a hazardous materials team cleared the scene with no explosives found.
In Port-au-Prince a protest over Jean-Bertrand Aristide turned violent as police and demonstrators clashed near Belair. Two young men were killed and seven injured by shotgun wounds while U S Marines patrolled the area and a dawn house raid occurred near the presidential palace.
California Supreme Court halts same sex weddings in San Francisco causing teary couples to be turned away at City Hall as Massachusetts lawmakers advance a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages. Justice actions come as Massachusetts debates stripping court granted rights while civil unions would remain.
Susan Lindauer, 41, a former reporter and press secretary to four congressmen, was charged in New York with conspiring to act as an unregistered Iraqi Intelligence Service agent and making prohibited payments. The indictment says she sought to influence U.S. policy by reaching a U.S. government official and meeting Iraqi agents in Baghdad and New York.
South Africa born Oscar winner Charlize Theron bows emotionally as Nelson Mandela praises her for putting South Africa on the map at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. He says she has put South Africa on the map and that the country must be known now.
Davie County health director says the incident did not pose a health threat and no citation was issued because no official observed a violation. The restaurant’s manager pledged sanitization and vows it will not happen again. In Medford Ore Drew Morgan and Kristi Grant, Army MPs, prepare to marry after meeting during the Iraq war where Morgan served in Baghdad.
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