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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 2010
Page
7
The Pentagon's annual assessment says China is transforming into a major military power in a secretive drive. It notes upgrades to land based missiles and nuclear forces, expansion of attack submarines, and a suspension of military talks with the United States.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a magazine interview he intends to leave the Pentagon next year. Washington insiders weigh possible successors including Hillary Clinton, Chuck Hagel, Michele Flournoy, and John Hamre as aides seek to tamp down early speculation.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco froze California same sex weddings pending the Ninth Circuit review of the state gay marriage ban. The panel stayed county clerks from issuing licenses, reversing a lower court order that would have allowed immediate licenses. In Carmichael, California, two zebras escaped and roamed streets for hours before deputies corralled them, one injured by a car and one found at a apartment pool.
Spacewalking astronauts fitted a new coolant pump to the International Space Station on Monday. The repair ends a two week period of impaired cooling after the pump failure on July 31, which forced the six person crew to suspend science work.
The Obama administration announced it will require environmental reviews for all new deepwater drilling, ending categorical exclusions that allowed BP’s Gulf operation to proceed with little scrutiny. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said decisions must consider environmental consequences as a Gulf moratorium remains in place and shallow-water drilling faces tighter review.
Health regulators lead unprecedented tests on Gulf catches including fish shrimp and oysters to ensure safety after the spill. Testing starts when no visible oil remains and uses smell tests and chemical analyses to meet FDA PAH thresholds before reopening waters.
A relic believed to contain a piece of the True Cross was returned to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston by a transient who later vanished. Vermont State Police pursued Earl Frost, 34, who turned it in after a domestic dispute, saying he wanted to return the artifact to the church.
A study of 83,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study II found 1,069 psoriasis cases over 14 years. Women averaging 2.3 drinks weekly faced a 72 percent higher risk, especially those who drank five or more regular beers weekly, possibly due to barley gluten.
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