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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 2009
Page
3
A 6 year old in Wicomico Church drove a family 2005 Ford Taurus nearly six miles toward school after missing the bus. His parents were charged with child endangerment. He suffered only minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for evaluation before being driven to school.
A fire in Dearborn damaged the Sarah Jordan Boarding House, one of the first electrically lit buildings connected to Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park heritage. No injuries reported. damage amount unknown. The 1870 house, moved to Dearborn via Greenfield Village, was wired for electricity in 1879.
France and Egypt proposed an immediate Gaza cease fire to allow humanitarian aid and talks with Hamas. Israel blamed mortar fire from near a U N school for the deadly shelling that killed at least 30 Palestinians, many children, as 350 sought safety there. International pressure grows with U S backing but demands Hamas stop rocket attacks and arms smuggling.
Paris reports rising fears that Gaza tensions spark European violence with attacks on Jews and synagogues in France Sweden and Britain. Incidents include a burning car at a Toulouse synagogue and a window-broken attack in Helsingborg. Police cite possible links to the Gaza crisis and authorities raise alerts across Belgium Denmark and France.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said he will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 to replace retiring Mel Martinez. He told the Associated Press that now is not the right time to seek elected office and that he will shape the Republican message from other roles.
The Social Security Administration unveiled a web based service to let people apply for retirement or disability benefits without visiting a field office. The agency expects 10 000 baby boomers daily to sign up within 15 minutes, aided by spokeswoman Patty Duke who praised the system as user friendly.
Electronic unemployment filing sites collapsed in New York North Carolina and Ohio as billions in benefits moved online. About 4.5 million Americans collected benefits a 26 year high provoking long waits and busy signals as agencies hired more workers to handle calls.
Kerry Koonce of Iowa Workforce Development in Des Moines says the online registration system was upgraded about 18 months ago and has not gone down. She notes it remains the preferred method for registering for benefits and weekly check-ins.
Cosgrove said the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development increased its telephone operators by 25 percent last month to handle overload on the phone system. The national unemployment rate hit 6.7 percent in November, a 15 year high, with economists forecasting 7 percent in December and about 500000 jobs cut in the month. The government will release its monthly employment report on Friday.
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