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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 2006
Page
3
Unmanned NASA probe New Horizons blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a 3.9 billion mile mission to Pluto aboard an Atlas V rocket. The $700 million spacecraft travels 36,000 mph and will take nine and a half years to reach the distant Kuiper Belt target.
Two near simultaneous blasts hit a coffee shop and a restaurant on Saadoun Street in Baghdad, killing 13 or more and wounding many as security tightens before the election results. Officials disagree on whether a vest or remote devices caused the explosions.
Senator Tom Harkin D Iowa says he will vote against Samuel Alitos Supreme Court nomination citing concerns about Congress authority in civil rights and the ADA Harkin notes mixed signals on future rulings and predicts likely Senate approval unless new information emerges Grassley supports Alito Ben Nelson backs the nomination elsewhere in the Democratic fold
At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing lawmakers doubted family friendly channel bundles omit sports. Comcast cites ESPN exclusion due to “disturbing” non family programming. EchoStar plans a 40 channel family tier for 19.99 dollars with local channels optional for five dollars.
Washington AP reports a literacy study showing over half of four year students and more than 75 percent at two year colleges lack skills for complex tasks such as interpreting tables, comparing credit card offers, or summarizing surveys. The findings span prose analysis documents and math needed for daily tasks.
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