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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2010
Page
8
In Cleburne Texas three people died and several others were injured when a natural gas line exploded during digging south of Dallas. About six people were airlifted or transported to hospitals as a massive fire lit the sky with orange flames and black smoke.
Bluff City Tennessee police site expired and was bought by Brian McCrary who posts gripes about speed camera tickets on bluffcitypd.com since May 22. The site shows a cartoon badge with money and carries reader complaints while Police Chief David Nelson explains the manager was on medical leave.
A federal judge denied Alaska’s request for a preliminary injunction to conduct predator control on Unimak Island in the Aleutians. The move aims to protect the Aleutian caribou herd whose numbers have fallen from about 1200 in 2002 to around 400, with wolves blamed for calf losses. The decision preserves legal requirements while acknowledging the state’s subsistence concerns.
Twelve foreign soldiers, including seven Americans, were killed in separate attacks marking the deadliest day for Western forces in Afghanistan this year. A U.S. civilian contractor training Afghan police died in a brazen assault. Insurgent bombings rise ahead of a NATO push into Kandahar.
As of Friday June 4 at least 1 003 U S military personnel had died in Afghanistan Pakistan and Uzbekistan from the invasion. Five Americans perished in a single eastern blast. Two more died in the south and NATO announced three others in the east and south. Afghan officials described a complex attack at a checkpoint with two attackers killed and three police wounded. The day marked the deadliest NATO tally since October 26. U S commanders warn of more casualties ahead of operations to secure Kandahar.
Helen Thomas, longtime White House correspondent and trailblazer for women in journalism, retires after a viral video in which she urged Israelis to get out of Palestine. She apologized, while White House aides condemned the remarks as offensive and indefensible. Her career spanned from joining UPI in 1943 to becoming the first female White House bureau chief.
An Egyptian security official says the Gaza blockade has failed and the Rafah crossing will stay open indefinitely to ease the three year blockade. The move follows Israel’s three year blockade and a deadly Israeli raid on an activists flotilla.
In Hialeah Florida a gunman killed his wife outside a restaurant then fired inside killing four women and wounding three others before dying by suicide. He bypassed at least two men during the attack. The suspect is related to former baseball star Orlando Hernandez.
The Tate Britain exhibition Rude Britannia opens to explore three centuries of British humor from Hogarth to Spitting Image. Curator Martin Myrone notes satire as a safety valve that often preserves the monarchy while skewering politicians and public figures.
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