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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 2008
Page
10
Weeks of rain flood southern China forcing 1.27 million from homes with rivers overflowing in 12 provinces. The disaster leaves 112 dead across the region, billions in losses, and crops across 2.12 million acres damaged as floodwaters surge toward Foshan in Guangdong.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for FBI reports from interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the CIA leak investigation. The move aims to clarify Cheney's role in leaking Valerie Plame's CIA identity as Scott McClellan is set to testify.
Dozens of gay couples wed Monday after a historic ruling made California the second state to allow same sex nuptials. County clerks extended hours to issue licenses and couples gathered in San Francisco Alameda Sonoma and Yolo counties. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon wed in a ceremony led by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Scientists from a Swiss-French team using La Silla Observatory report three planets near Earth’s size orbiting a star once thought barren. The smallest is about four Earth masses, orbiting a star 42 light years distant. The find suggests many stars host planets, expanding views of a crowded universe.
Former vice president Al Gore urged Detroit voters to back Barack Obama in the 2008 race saying elections matter and faulting eight years of perceived incompetence. Obama welcomed Gore and John Edwards to validate his campaign in Michigan after the primary controversy.
Sen. John McCain calls for lifting the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling and granting states more control to explore near their coasts. He urges incentives like higher royalty shares to win state approval, citing rising fuel costs and U.S. oil dependence.
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