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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2009
Page
16
A Friday release shows about one in ten Americans stopped hugging or kissing close friends or relatives because of swine flu concerns. About the same share stopped shaking hands as health officials urge other prevention measures like hand washing and sanitizers. roughly two-thirds practice such steps.
W R Grace and three former executives were acquitted on federal charges alleging they knowingly allowed Libby Montana residents to be exposed to asbestos from the vermiculite mine. Attorneys for residents link tremolite asbestos to thousands of illnesses and hundreds of deaths in the Libby area. In Boston a trolley collision injures about 50. the operator is among the most seriously hurt but stable.
In Bacabal Brazil displaced residents crowd cow pens turned into shelters as floodwaters rise. The northern region faces its worst flooding in decades with the homeless count nearing 300000 and the death toll climbing.
A four day wildfire near Santa Barbara roared over 3,500 acres aided by sundowner winds, forcing more than 30,000 to evacuate and prompting 23,000 more to be ready to flee. Residents described the blaze as an inferno as smoke filled the Santa Ynez Mountains and evacuation centers opened. Breezes from the Pacific slowed the spread and pushed the fire away from some homes.
CIA documents show Michael Sheehy, aide to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attended a 2003 briefing where waterboarding and other harsh techniques were discussed for an al Qaida suspect Abu Zubaida. Pelosi says she was not briefed by Bush officials, while Harman protested the methods in early 2003.
Drew Peterson in a red jail suit and shackles cracked wise outside the Will County Courthouse before a postponed arraignment on charges he killed his third wife Kathleen Savio. Judge Richard Schoenstedt set May 18 for the hearing as defense and state attorneys negotiate bail.
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