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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 2007
Page
7
The Census Bureau releases 2006 data showing blacks and Hispanics far more likely to live in prison than college housing. Whites mostly live in college housing. males dominate prison populations. Civil rights leaders call it a social and educational tragedy.
Senate Republican Grassley and House Speaker Pelosi push for a bipartisan State Children's Health Insurance Program bill amid White House veto threats. They seek expanded coverage for Iowa and national children, with Grassley proposing $35 billion funding and cigarette tax increases to pay for it.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Congress to approve an additional 42.3 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, lifting 2008 war funding toward 190 billion. Army Chief Gen. George Casey warned forces are stretched thin and unable to easily respond to other contingencies. Senate Democrats criticized rising funding requests amid talks of a troop drawdown.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony visited P.S. 36 Unionport in the Bronx, near Lopezs childhood home, to greet hundreds of students. The couple said they were overwhelmed by the warm reception as they prepare a tour to back a childrens health campaign.
Comedian Sarah Silverman says her Britney Spears joke at the VMAs was innocuous and she did not intend to offend. She refuses to feud with younger stars and insists she aims to be funny not dramatic. She had cited Spears and her two sons Sean Preston and Jayden James as “adorable mistakes.”
Elton John says he owns Nan Goldin’s photo Klara and Edda Belly-Dancing seized by police from the Baltic Center in Gateshead amid concerns it could be child pornography. He confirms it is part of Goldin’s Thanksgivings installation with 149 images. Police say the image was removed to assess if an offense occurred. Goldin and the gallery declined comment.
Venezuela fins state studio bankrolls cinema as biopics highlight national heroes and foes. A film about Luis Posada Carriles, once linked to a jetliner bombing and plots against Fidel Castro, is crafted in Caracas scenes this month. The project, seen by Chavez as a Latin American bin Laden parallel, aims for international release next year amid growing state film financing.
A list of birthday milestones for celebrities across film television music and sports. Arthur Penn turns 85 Lada Thompson 78 Kathleen Nolan 74 Wilford Brimley 73 Don Cornelius 71 A Martinez 59 Meat Loaf 56 Greg Ham 54 Shaun Cassidy 49 Stephan Jenkins 43 Patrick Muldoon 39 Gwyneth Paltrow 35 Lil Wayne 25 Avril Lavigne 23
Rod Gander 76 of Brattleboro Vermont former Newsweek chief of correspondents later president of Marlboro College and state senator died Monday of heart failure. Kurt Julius Goldstein 93 of Berlin survived Auschwitz and fought racism and anti Semitism died Monday after a brief illness.
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