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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2014
Page
4
President Obama announced plans to speed up high speed Internet in public schools with a mix of federal funding and private support. The plan includes 2 billion from the FCC and aims to connect about 20 million students in schools and libraries over two years.
A 20 year old robber who kissed the shop owner during a Paris jewelry heist was arrested with DNA on her face. He claimed to be a lookout and said the kiss was to calm her trauma while police hunted an accomplice.
The District of Columbia council approved a measure to decriminalize marijuana in a first vote 11 to 1. A second vote and mayoral approval are needed. advocates say the move reduces enforcement costs and promotes fairness amid racial disparities in arrests. Alaska also clears a path to a recreational pot vote in August with signatures sufficient to place a measure before voters.
Republicans aim to attach deficit reduction provisions to a debt limit bill as the CBO projects this year's deficit at 514 billion dollars and forecasts smaller deficits in 2015, while Democrats demand a clean extension and no bargaining. Patty Murray warns that delays create uncertainty and harm to workers and businesses.
Amid mass unrest in Kiev, opposition presses for constitutional changes to limit President Yanukovich. He weighs a new prime minister while Vitaly Klitschko accuses the leader of provoking further protests. The hryvnia weakens as the central bank intervenes and Germany’s call for sanctions adds pressure.
A 32 year old brain dead Canadian woman in a Victoria hospital is kept on life support to sustain her unborn son Iver Cohen Benson. The fetus remains healthy and grows while doctors attempt to maintain viability for delivery. The case contrasts with a Texas decision where Marlise Munoz’s fetus suffered oxygen deprivation and deformities.
Russia announced Syria will soon move more chemical weapons abroad for destruction while activists report civilians fleeing Aleppo amid daily barrel bomb raids. Moscow said Assad’s government will attend a new peace talks round next week as UN officials warn of refugee children recruited by armed groups and detained by government forces.
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