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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2012
Page
7
Twelve Oregon National Guardsmen claim negligence and fraud by KBR Inc alleging exposure to toxic chemicals in Iraq in 2003 while securing an oil plant site. They report illnesses and cancer risks from sodium dichromate-related exposure during the U S invasion period.
Dozens of students gathered near the University of South Alabama campus to protest the fatal shooting of 18 year old Gil Collar by officer Trevis Austin. Investigators say Collar took LSD at a Mobile music festival before approaching the police station and pounding on the glass door.
In Moscow a three member Pussy Riot case ends with Yekaterina Samutsevich freed after guards expelled her before the performance. The other two members face harsher punishment and possible penal colonies for the August hooliganism conviction. Gazette wire services
Robert J. Lefkowitz of Duke University and Brian K. Kobilka of Stanford University share the Nobel Prize for chemistry for revealing how G protein coupled receptors transmit signals inside cells. The pair, who are physician researchers, will divide about 1.2 million dollars and their work explains how drugs affect heart rate, pain, sight, and smell.
Senior State Department officials told Congress they refused extra U S personnel to guard Libyan diplomatic sites before the September 11 attack that killed the ambassador and three others. Charlene Lamb said Benghazi security was appropriate, while Eric Nordstrom condemned the lack of planning and assets. Lt Col Andrew Wood said Washington failed to grasp security deterioration in Benghazi.
Since 1976 eight VP debates have occurred and the ninth pits Biden against Ryan in Danville Kentucky. Analysts note talk of the ticket over individual aims, with both sides aiming to attack the rival’s plans while avoiding personal or policy focus. Ryan trains with Ted Olson and spends days in debate camp to sharpen contrasts with Biden.
Pakistanis protest across the country after Taliban gunmen shot 14 year old Malala Yousafzai for advocating girls education. Schools closed and vigils held in Islamabad and other cities as doctors fight to save her life in Peshawar hospital.
The Supreme Court questioned the university’s use of race in admissions in the Abigail Fisher case. UT Austin argues race helps create a critical mass of minority students, while opponents urge an end to racial preferences.
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