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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 2006
Page
3
Relatives of the 230 who died in the 1996 TWA Flight 800 disaster gathered in Shirley New York to dedicate the memorials final piece. An abstract black granite sculpture titled The Light was unveiled at Smith Point County Park as the centerpiece of the tribute, with mementos placed in a vault beneath it.
Nicholas Minucci 20 was sentenced to 15 years in prison for second degree assault as a hate crime in the 2005 beating of Glenn Moore 23 in Howard Beach. Moore sustained a fractured skull and a witness compared the bat sound to a Barry Bonds home run.
Taliban militants seized two towns in southern Afghanistan forcing police and government officials to flee. The offensives involve U S led troops in four provinces as violence surges since the hard line group was ousted in 2001.
Wendell Woodroffe 28 was charged in Darien Connecticut with 22 counts of assault and 22 counts of assault on a victim 60 or older after spiking grape juice at a CVS store and causing illness at a Calvary Baptist Church service on February 5. He was jailed on 50 000 bail as more than 40 parishioners fell ill and five were hospitalized.
Prosecutors ruled that police officers who shot and killed Brazilian Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes on a London subway will not be charged. The killing, two weeks after a series of suicide bombings, drew criticism from Brazil and Menezes’s family.
Governor Mitt Romney announced tests show more than 1,100 epoxy bolts and over 300 other areas in a Big Dig connector tunnel are unreliable after a ceiling collapse. He said all affected sections must be reinforced, outlining a costly safety upgrade.
Gunmen killed at least 50 people in a Shiite town market south of Baghdad amid a funeral attack on a Mahdi Army member. Witnesses say Iraqi forces did not intervene as the assailants fled, while U S troops reported three KIA in separate strikes.
Democrats press wage issue to boost turnout in November elections. They cite Montana Nevada Ohio Arizona Missouri and Colorado as states with ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage above federal level. Support from party leaders and figures like John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton marks the effort's public backing.
World leaders considered an international peacekeeping force as UN Secretary General Annan and UK Prime Minister Blair urged action to stop Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon. Bush urged Syria to curb Hezbollah, while Israel demanded the soldiers be freed before any ceasefire.
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