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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 2009
Page
5
Senate rejection and reversal unfold as Roland Burris seeks to join Barack Obama’s former seat. Feinstein urges a quick resolution while Burris turns to the Illinois Supreme Court for certification and meets with Senate leaders amid Democratic pressures.
Iowa's five House incumbents took oaths for new terms in a routine session. In the Senate veteran Tom Harkin expressed fresh enthusiasm saying he felt like a freshman again. Harkin noted the emotion of the moment as Vice President Cheney administered the oath on the Senate floor.
CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta is reportedly under consideration for surgeon general as Obama reshapes the health team. Gupta, a neurosurgeon and Emory faculty member, would bring high public profile to a role long seen as a health information bully pulpit.
President elect Obama’s choice Leon Panetta to lead the CIA is not expected to face strong Senate opposition. Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair designate of the intelligence panel, said she was reassured after talks with Obama and Biden though she had questioned Panetta’s intelligence experience.
Craig Ferguson announced his marriage during a return to CBS after a holiday break. He tied the knot with art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham, joking they could be called Cragan. This is his third marriage. he has a 7 year old son Milo from his second spouse.
A compiled page notes birthdays for Erin Gray David Lee Murphy Hallie Todd Kevin RANM Kenny Loggins Marshall Chapman David Sartsis Katie Couric Kathy Valentine John Ondrasik Doug E Doug John Rich Dustin Diamond Liam Aiken and other performers and public figures noting their milestone dates.
Patrick Swayze describes a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer as hell yet continues with his new A and E police drama The Beast. He rejects painkillers to stay sharp, misses only a day and a half of work, and tells Barbara Walters he is determined to defy grim odds.
Prosecutors challenge Polanski's bid to drop a 1970s rape charge, arguing for denial, asserting judicial misconduct claims require his U.S. return, and noting he faces arrest if he enters the United States as a fugitive who fled in 1977 after pleading guilty.
Ron Asheton, founding guitarist of the Stooges and key protopunk influence, has died at age 60. He was found at his Ann Arbor home by police after an associate reported not hearing from him for several days. There were no signs of foul play and the death was attributed to natural causes.
Griffin B. Bell 90 of Atlanta, a former U.S. attorney general and early associate of Jimmy Carter, died Monday from kidney failure. Inger Christensen 73 of Copenhagen, a Danish writer known for experimental verse and works built on mathematical structure, died Saturday.
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