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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 2004
Page
2
A privately developed manned rocket by Burt Rutan and funding by Paul Allen will seek suborbital space from the Mojave Desert on June 21, aiming for 62 miles altitude. A May 13 test reached about 40 miles. Suborbital flights go up and down, not into orbit.
Two men from Reno and Van Nuys were convicted of theft of government property after removing 1,000-year-old Indian rock carvings from a national forest and using some stones as lawn ornaments. They were acquitted of violating archaeological protection law and claimed they did not know the site was restricted.
President Bush framed the global fight against terrorism as a war like World War II and the Cold War, calling terrorism a murderous ideology and saying Iraq tests his strategy. He urged graduates to join a historic clash for liberty as sovereignty in Iraq nears transfer to an interim government on June 30.
Mark Geragos told jurors that Scott Peterson is not guilty and offered an alternate theory of the murder. He questioned the prosecution motive that Peterson killed to be with his mistress and criticized the Modesto Police investigation. The defense aims to create reasonable doubt with new explanations for the crime and for the baby’s death.
A Yale led study of 439 children and adolescents shows that metabolic syndrome affects 50 percent of severely obese and 39 percent of moderately obese youths, with eight of 34 cases progressing to type 2 diabetes within two years. Researchers warn obesity signals serious health risks and urge public health focus.
The 77th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington whittled 265 competitors to 46 for the final round as Brady Yoon from Anaheim, age 14, was eliminated after misspelling a word. Fellow finalist Aaron Ho of Fort Lauderdale, also 14, correctly spelled skedaddle. The contest offers a top prize of 17,000 dollars plus an engraved cup.
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