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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2010
Page
7
U S Army helicopters began relief missions in flood struck northwest Kalām lifting hundreds of stranded people to safety and delivering emergency aid. Evacuations in the south expanded as monsoon floods threaten more damage with about 4.2 million affected and 1,500 killed in the past week.
Wyclef Jean submitted the paperwork to run for president of Haiti in a bid that ends years of speculation. Several hundred supporters cheered as he arrived in Port-au-Prince in a dark suit and tie at an electoral office. Jean, born in Haiti and raised in Brooklyn, bowed to the crowd with his wife and daughter nearby.
BP finished pumping cement into its blown out Gulf of Mexico well as part of the static kill to permanently seal the ruptured pipe. Crews had earlier pushed heavy mud down the wellhead from ships overhead to push crude underground. Retired Adm. Thad Allen said the cement step virtually guarantees no oil will leak back into the environment.
The U S government charged 14 people as members of a deadly pipeline that moved money and fighters from the United States to al Shabab. Indictments were unsealed in Minneapolis San Diego and Mobile Alabama and Attorney General Eric Holder cited community leaders for denouncing terrorism and aiding law enforcement.
The Senate approved Elena Kagan 63 to 37 to join the Supreme Court as the 112th justice. Five Republicans joined most Democrats and independents to back Obama’s pick, with Grassley in opposition. Kagan will be sworn in Saturday. she is the first nominee since 1972 without prior judicial experience.
The Hiroshima ceremony drew 74 nations including the United States Britain and France for its largest memorial yet a forward looking event honoring the 1945 dead and pushing for a world without nuclear weapons Ban Ki moon and U S Ambassador John Roos urged disarmament while Obama potential visit looms via the memorial's symbolism
Trustees project the Medicare Hospital insurance trust will endure until 2029 about twelve years later than before. The report notes potential cuts in care and cites top actuary Richard Foster saying projections are not a reasonable expectation. Social Security funds face exhaustion by 2037 as benefits exceed tax income in coming years.
Two buses carrying high school band members collided with a semi and a pickup truck, crushing the vehicle and killing its driver and one student near Gray Summit Missouri. Dozens of students were treated for injuries while en route to Six Flags.
The Mexican Supreme Court ruled 8-2 that Mexico City’s same sex marriage law is constitutional, rejecting a federal prosecutors appeal. The decision supports hundreds of couples married since March 4 and leaves open whether other states recognize the law. The court will rule on adoption provisions and potential effects beyond Mexico City.
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