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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2005
Page
2
President Bush addressed a Georgia crowd in Freedom Square when a hand grenade was thrown but did not detonate. Georgian authorities informed the Secret Service of the incident and no injuries were reported. Details, 3A.
Sita Kisanga, 35, stands trial in London for conspiracy to murder and child cruelty after allegedly plotting to drown a 10-year-old girl accused of witchcraft. The girl alleges starvation and abuse by Kisanga and three others. Meanwhile, U.S. Marines advance on a Syrian frontier as insurgents abduct a provincial governor. The AP counts 1,606 U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war through Tuesday.
Newsweek lists Cedar Rapids public high schools among America's top 1 000. Expansion Management ranks Iowa City district fifth in the nation. Campus crackdown notes university rioting codes under revision for suspensions expulsion. Hy Vee labor rally in Cedar Rapids calls for more local contractors at North River Village site. Danica Patrick eyed for Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. RoughRiders to assemble 2005 06 roster after Clark Cup win.
The Gazette published daily in Cedar Rapids Iowa lists prices for subscriptions by carrier motor route and mail for various editions. It credits the Associated Press for local news and provides post office box and subscription service contact numbers.
General newsroom numbers for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with tip line and circulation contacts listed. Includes phone lines 398 8254 339 3155 398 8313 397 8212 and a toll free option 339 3150. Provides GazetteOnline.com directory access.
The Gazette champions sustainable farming and printing with soybean ink. It urges readers to recycle by using City Carton at 901 Ingleside Drive SW or other local recycling sites.
A 37 day Arctic trek to the North Pole ends with explorers greeted by Russian and Czech visitors and tourist helicopter tours. The piece reflects on technology’s reach while contrasting Peary Henson’s solitary pole moment with today’s constant connectivity. Leonard Pitts notes the irony of multitasking at the pole.
An eight none ruling by the U S Court of Appeals rejects Sierra Club and Judicial Watch arguments that industry executives and lobbyists were members of the energy task force and that its meetings should be public. The court says outsiders lack voting power and thus are not committee members.
Jerry Hobbs 34 was arrested on murder charges after leading police to the bodies of Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9, found beaten and stabbed near a wooded bike path in Zion Illinois. Prosecutors said more details would follow at bond court as additional charges were anticipated.
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