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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2011
Page
8
A presidential investigative panel says government and oil firms still fall short of preventing another offshore disaster. The panel's final report to President Obama calls for higher agency budgets and training, higher offshore liability, funneling 80 percent of BP spill fines to Gulf restoration, and stronger weight to scientific advice in leasing decisions.
Dick Winters, WWII Easy Company commander portrayed in Band of Brothers, died at 92 after a long illness. Friends escorted him at public events. his leadership in Europe is documented by a 1992 book and an HBO miniseries.
Jared Loughner appeared in court with shaved head and handcuffs as prosecutors warned of life or death punishment for killing federal Judge John Roll. President Obama planned a Arizona memorial trip as the country observed a moment of silence and public prayers for the victims.
An international team from the Organization of American States urges removing Jude Celestin from the presidential runoff in Haiti due to fraud evidence in the November vote. The plan would push Michel Martelly into the second round, with Mirlande Manigat remaining first. Riots followed the initial results, and officials weigh the recommendation ahead of a postponed runoff.
Former U S House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Houston area Republican, was sentenced to three years in prison for money laundering and conspiracy related to directing corporate donations to Texas House candidates in 2002. Prosecutors say he will likely be free during appeal after bonds were set at ten thousand dollars.
Scientists at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo plan the first artificial insemination of a male walrus to overcome years of infertility. Sivuqag, a 2900 pound male, must be persuaded to donate sperm as researchers build a custom artificial vagina and a life sized female mount to trigger mating behavior.
Guttmacher Institute reports 1.21 million abortions in 2008 and a rate of 19.6 per 1000 women aged 15 to 44, up from 2005. States vary widely with high rates in Delaware New York New Jersey and low rates in Wyoming Mississippi Kentucky South Dakota Idaho. Early medical abortions rise, with pills accounting for about 17 percent of all abortions and a quarter of first nine week procedures.
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