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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2009
Page
13
A 2 1/2 year old boy in New York City survived a 30 foot fall from a third floor Bronx apartment window. He arrived at a hospital with only cuts and bruises as police call the incident an accidental fall.
Bear a Chicago police dog known for fear of thunder returned home after going missing during a storm. A passerby saw the dog at a cemetery and alerted Officer Ann Jaros, who reported Bear recognized her squad car and jumped into the vehicle.
Islamist rebels push a major offensive against Somalia's government led by President Sharif Ahmed. The fighting, including ten days of heavy clashes, has intensified the conflict near Mogadishu and across other areas, with rebels seizing a key town about 50 miles north of the capital.
The Weber School District asked the middle school principal to apologize after he told 14 year old Gavin McFarland to change clothes, saying the kilt could be mistaken for cross dressing. District spokesman Nate Taggart said the kilt expressed Gavin's Scottish heritage and was used as an art prop.
A car bomb exploded near the governor’s residence in Mosul killing a police officer and wounding three civilians. Governor Abeel al-Nujeifi was not at home at the time, as reports from Gazette wire services confirm.
About 39 to 40 protesters were arrested at the University of Notre Dame as they attempted to enter the campus for President Barack Obama’s commencement speech. Among those detained was Norma McCorvey, known as Roe in Roe v. Wade, who now opposes abortion. The episode followed weeks of demonstrations against the invitation amid debates over abortion and stem cell research.
President Obama addressed Notre Dame graduates urging both camps to stop demonizing opponents. He supported reducing abortions by cutting unintended pregnancies and expanding adoption and post term care, while acknowledging irreconcilable views and calling for open hearts and fair-minded dialogue. Protests occurred outside and briefly inside the ceremony.
Guatemalans march in Guatemala City calling for President Alvaro Colom to quit amid accusations he ordered attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg murdered. Supporters rally for Colom, while protestors seek Congress to strip immunity. organizers collect over 25 000 signatures for a prosecution petition.
Mexican authorities arrested the warden and two guards after a 53-inmate escape at a Zacatecas state prison. Officials say the Tuesday night raid involved 17 vehicles and a helicopter, with many escapees tied to the Gulf Cartel. Army and federal forces hunted across four states.
Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at an intermediate school in Queens, died after weeks of illness linked to swine flu. He had been hospitalized and on a ventilator as the city reported initial fatalities from the H1N1 virus.
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