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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 2006
Page
3
In Port-au-Prince thousands march for Electoral Council to release results from the five day old election. By 9 p.m. officials had not updated since the morning, fueling concerns Preval may lack an outright majority and face a runoff.
Peter Benchley author of Jaws dies at 65 from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Princeton New Jersey His widow Wendy Benchley said he passed Saturday night after a 41 year marriage Benchley championed shark conservation despite the fame from his best selling thriller and Spielberg film fame
In Queensland, Australia, more than 100 hammerhead, gray nurse, and whaler sharks fed close to shore, prompting the closure of several Gold Coast beaches for a second day. Lifeguard Sue Neil warned surfers risked collisions as sharks fed on bait fish.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, argues Al-Qaeda has learned to evade government eavesdropping after 50 days of scrutiny, rendering the program less effective. He questions whether the group has not changed its communication methods.
Six inmates including two charged with murder overpowered a lone guard at the understaffed Cook County Jail during the night. One inmate hurled hot water at the guard and used a homemade knife before swapping uniforms and fleeing. Two captives were recaptured Sunday as authorities investigated the break.
A 1996 Glasair II single engine plane performing aerobatics lost control and struck a two story Roseville residence, destroying the home and igniting a fire. One body was found in the wreckage and a teenage resident remained unaccounted for as authorities awaited FAA access.
A 600 page House inquiry says Katrina exposed unheeded warnings poor planning and apathy from White House to local parishes. It cites flailing and paralysis in federal response and says Bush had poor counsel and evac orders came too late.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, comatose since a massive stroke five weeks earlier, remained in critical but stable condition after emergency abdominal surgery. Doctors say the procedure was successful but hope for waking from the coma is fading. Sharon has a breathing tube and a feeding tube installed.
A draft U N report concludes U S treatment at Guantanamo Bay violates detainees rights to physical and mental health and in some cases amounts to torture. It urges closure of the prison and trials in U S territory, noting limited access for observers and no prisoner access for the envoys.
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