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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2012
Page
4
A federal state inspection program shows tobacco sales to underage buyers dropped from 40 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in the last fiscal year. The rate reflects random unannounced store checks and follows a March call by the surgeon general for stronger measures and higher tobacco taxes.
A 34 year old man on a farm tractor crushed five marked sheriff cruisers one unmarked car and a transport van in Orleans County Vermont police say. Chief Deputy Philip Brooks noted officers had nothing to pursue him with before Newport city police detained Roger Pion.
Treasury auditors warn identity theft may have resulted in over 5 billion in fraudulent 2011 refunds with another 21 billion expected over five years. The IRS detected 940,000 fraud cases totaling 6.5 billion, while undetected cases could reach 1.5 million. Investigators cite single addresses and shared bank accounts as red flags. Authorities urge tighter third party data access to curb fraud.
A Megabus slammed into a bridge pillar near Litchfield Illinois killing a female passenger and injuring more than three dozen. The bus with 81 aboard was en route from Chicago to Kansas City with stops in St. Louis and Columbia. Rescue crews freed trapped riders as hospitals treated six at Springfield and others at St. Francis and Memorial Medical Centers.
Australian researchers found 15 percent of coral trout near the Great Barrier Reef showed skin cancer lesions on their scales. The team compared fish tissue to melanoma samples, linking the tumors to ultraviolet exposure and noting Australia’s high human skin cancer rates amid ozone depletion.
Three protesters including 82 year old nun Megan Rice breached perimeter fences at Oak Ridge Y 12 storage site and reached the uranium building before security stopped them. They were charged with vandalism and criminal trespass and held for court. The facility was shut down briefly as a precaution.
Former U N secretary general Kofi Annan quits as Syria peace envoy blaming finger pointing at the United Nations as the conflict intensifies in Aleppo and Damascus. Ban Ki moon praised Annan while talks begin for a successor amid Security Council stalemate and continued arming by all sides.
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