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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2004
Page
3
In Fallujah Marines prioritize a street by street advance as AC-130 strikes and helicopter support pound insurgent pockets. Four American civilians were killed by guerrilla violence last week, while 34 Iraqis reportedly died in U.S. air and ground fire on Tuesday.
Experts warn home use gender selection kits sold online are unproven and potentially harmful artifactual products. University of Pennsylvania ethicist Caplan calls them snake oil while Rush University researchers caution about inflated effectiveness and ethical issues surrounding non medical gender choice. The GenSelect system markets at 199 dollars plus shipping with douches and gender specific pills claiming 96 percent effectiveness if used correctly.
In central Mississippi near Yazoo City the City of New Orleans derailed with 84 aboard. One dead, about 80 to 90 injured, including two Amtrak employees in critical condition. Nine cars left tracks, 72 passengers and 12 crew listed on manifest. Rescue teams worked amid trapped victims and hospital transfers.
China’s NPC issued an interpretation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law saying Beijing must authorize any change to the election system. The ruling rejects a fixed timetable for democracy, with NPC deputy secretary general Qiao Xiaoyang stressing all local powers come from central authorities. The report also notes U S politics with Senator Kennedy labeling Iraq as Bush’s Vietnam amid criticisms of the president.
Kennedy at Brookings Institute says Bush misled the public on war economy health care and education creating the largest credibility gap since Nixon and breaking the bond of trust with Americans Archabbot Lambert Reilly notes two elderly women Bernice Davey and Virginia Basso had contributed to the monastery near Evansville and called it home
Nevada Supreme Court ruled against a Jehovah's Witness couple who refused a life saving blood transfusion for their premature son. A Las Vegas hospital performed the transfusion in 2001 over the parents objection.
Two women left $13 million each to the Benedictine monks at St. Meinrad Archabbey after praising their hospitality. The gift totals $26 million, raising questions about vows of poverty for the Indiana monastery.
President Bush urged Congress to require states to test 12th grade students and to replace the 87 year old vocational program. The plan would divert more than 1 billion dollars yearly to new technical programs by cutting Pell Grants and abolishing Perkins.
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