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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 2008
Page
3
Massachusetts health officials investigate a Cape Cod Hospital patient for possible human mad cow disease, noting only three US cases in years and calling the likelihood extremely small. BSE links to variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease are described as rare and fatal.
The piece notes Kathryn Robinson, age 106, learned email at 98 in West Chester, Pa., highlighting that many seniors, especially white college-educated men over 65, use the Internet. It contrasts McCain's own claim of limited Web use with officials noting he uses a Mac and browses sites several times weekly as he aims to improve.
In White County, Arkansas, authorities found a pair of conjoined barn swallows likely born from a double yolk egg. The birds, attached at the hip, died after the nest fall and euthanized. Smithsonian officials will examine the bodies. Ornithologist Karen Rowe called the find extraordinarily rare.
Barack Obama plans talks with Gen David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki during a Iraq visit. He backs withdrawing troops at a pace of one to two brigades per month and leaving a residual force to train Iraqi security forces. The White House has signaled a general time horizon for withdrawals, a shift from prior refusals to discuss deadlines. McCain also favors reinforcing Afghanistan as Obama argues the central front is there.
Washington AP Adm Mike Mullen warned a fixed timetable for withdrawing U S combat troops from Iraq could threaten political and economic progress. He said the Bush Maliki general time horizon reflects healthy negotiations for a budding democracy and that troop levels must be based on ground conditions and commander input.
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