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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 2009
Page
13
Writer Marilyn French, author of The Women’s Room which sold over 20 million copies, died of heart failure at a Manhattan hospital. Friend Carol Jenkins of the Women’s Media Center confirms the death on a recent Saturday.
Officials report strong thunderstorms and a possible tornado damaged at least a dozen homes in Wilson County near Sims. Three people suffered minor injuries and one person was injured in Sims as the storm struck Tuesday evening.
Pittsburgh UPMC reports Jeff Kepner, 57, is recovering after surgery that lasted just under nine hours. He lost hands and feet to a bacterial infection a decade ago and was placed in critical but stable condition in the transplant ICU. Surgeons performed simultaneous hand transplants on both limbs.
Afghan officials said U S ordered bombing runs killed dozens of civilians sheltering from a Taliban attack. Villagers showed bodies to the provincial governor and reported figures from about 30 to over 100 dead. The U S promised a joint investigation and death toll estimates varied widely.
Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke told Congress he expects the recession to end this year with a return to growth later. He warned the recovery could be weak, with more job losses before improvement, while banking system stabilization remains crucial to avoid a relapse.
A 21-year-old man richard a mctear jr was charged with first degree murder after police say he snatched his ex girlfriend s 3 month old son during a fight and threw the infant from a Chevrolet Impala on interstate 275 north of downtown tampa the baby s body was found near the road as deputies detained mctear who was not the child s father the case drew comment from tampa photographer jason bird who found the infant s body and described the scene
Former basketball legend Dave Bing won the Detroit mayoral race with 52.3 percent of the vote as the incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr. trailed. Bing will serve the remainder of Kwame Kilpatrick’s term through 2009 and must run again for a full four years in November.
Mexico ends swine flu isolation as thousands discard masks on the capital streets. A Texas woman near the border becomes the second U S death from swine flu and a Mexico City toddler dies last week in Houston. The Mercedes ISD closes schools until May 11.
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