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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 2009
Page
7
The Los Angeles City Council postponed a decision on a medical marijuana ordinance that could close hundreds of dispensaries. Officials will return with zoning maps showing impacts of 500 versus 1000 foot buffers near homes schools and public gathering sites. A vote could occur in January.
Washington witnesses told the House Budget Committee that the 1996 welfare law weakened the safety net as recession hit. LaDonna Pavetti noted a 19 percent rise in food stamp caseloads from March 2008 to March 2009 while cash aid for families with children stayed flat. Patricia DeLessio cited 269,000 Wisconsin households on food stamps in September and 8,600 families receiving TANF cash aid in October.
A federal psychologist testified that Brian David Mitchell, charged with the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart, is intellectually aware of the charges but not competent for trial. Dr. Richart DeMier evaluated him over 45 days in late 2008 and early 2009 and said Mitchell cannot rationally assist his defense and believes God will rescue him. The testimony occurred in U.S. District Court.
Vietnamese health officials report what appears to be the largest cluster of Tamiflu resistant H1N1 cases with seven travelers on a long train journey in July. Six were students in one group and the seventh from another car. all fell ill later and recovered.
A fierce January storm dumps heavy snow and 50 mph winds from the Upper Midwest to New England, closing hundreds of schools, causing power outages, and wounding traffic with near whiteout conditions. The system is blamed for at least 16 deaths and spawns drifts up to 8 to 15 feet as it moves toward the Maine coast.
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