East Coast storm disrupts travel and trips
A major storm dumped sleet snow and freezing rain from Maryland to New Jersey causing travel chaos and flight cancellations at major hubs including Newark Philadelphia and Boston. At least eight deaths were attributed to traffic accidents across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware while school closures and early worker furloughs affected the Northeast.
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Miami
Opdyke
Black Hawk crash likely not enemy action says report
A Fort Rucker sourced Army Combat Readiness Center report on the January 7 2006 northern Iraq Black Hawk crash says the craft that killed 12 aboard appears not to have been brought down by enemy fire. The debris stretched across two football fields and the cause remains uncertain.
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Missouri killer Lorenzo Gilyard found guilty of six murders
In Kansas City, former trash company supervisor Lorenzo Gilyard, 56, was convicted Friday of murdering six women whose strangled bodies were found across the area decades ago. He faced life in prison under a deal, and was acquitted of a seventh murder amid ongoing DNA-linked investigations.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lorenzo Gilyard
Two men unite under Mexico City gay civil union law
In Mexico City, economist Jorge Cerpa and journalist Antonio Medina became the first couple to register under the new gay civil union law. Police closed streets around a wedding tent as the ceremony unfolded with an orchestra playing Besame Mucho. The law, effective Friday, grants inheritance rights and social benefits equal to those of heterosexual couples, signaling growing acceptance in a traditionally macho society.
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Mexico City
Antonio Medina
Jorge Cerpa
Iztapalapa
Girl Scout Kendra to receive Medal of Honor at council ceremony
Phyllis praised for calm in crisis after her daughter aided by neb ulizer and inhaler. Cedar Rapids responders ferried Phyllis to hospital, she returned home hours later. Kendra, Girl Scout since second grade, is set to receive the Medal of Honor at 4 p.m. at 680 Second St SE. Rep Loebsack will present the honor and enter Kendra's name into the Congressional Record.
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Jerome
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Faith and doubt test soldiers faith in war zones
The piece gathers veterans accounts from Iowa and surrounding areas on how combat experience in Afghanistan and Iraq shaped their faith. Chaplains and soldiers discuss how life and death pressure strengthens or shakes belief, with personal journeys from strong faith to doubt and seeking meaning amid loss. Notes include Joshua 1 9 and daily acts of worship under fire.
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Whiteside
67Th
Iowa City
Afghanistan
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Jesus Christ
Pete Martin
Cedar Rapids
Iraq
425Th Transportation Company
Sioux City
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Troq
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Moeller
Pyase
Iowa
Atkins
Tim Dea
Dea
Marion
Garden of Eden
God
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Mount Pleasant
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