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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2004
Page
1
A year after a local murder, relatives of the deceased remember the victim at a community gathering. They thank supporters, urge remembrance, and call for continued justice and safety in the neighborhood. Community members share memories and reflect on the impact of the loss.
In central Baghdad Babylon Farms stacks ornaments and a four foot Santa as Christians flee the country. Store sales are down 75 percent while bishops call off Christmas festivities across Iraq after church bombings and threats. Attendance at Father Haddad’s Virgin Mary Church has plummeted from 700 to 27 a week ago.
The Today’s Journal reports a recently solved murder to be featured in the Tuesday Cold Case segment. Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high of 25 and a low of 22 is forecast.
In two incidents near Karbala and Najaf, car devices exploded during Sunday crowds, fatally injuring at least 60 and injuring more than 120. A nearby funeral procession and shrine areas were disrupted as police and rescue teams responded amid chaotic scenes.
Len Kahny and Fisher Avenue residents continue a decades old December tradition placing 25 candle bags along the front lawn. The display memorializes neighbors who have died, begun by Ben Thompson in 1981 and carried on by the community amid cold winds and shared memories.
A Sunday pileup involving about 80 vehicles occurred on Interstate 80 near Mercer Pennsylvania amid heavy snow. No deaths or critical injuries were reported but the westbound lanes were blocked for more than eight hours, according to state police.
A group at the University of Missouri shed pounds on the Atkins plan but soon grew tired of the monotony and reverted to previous eating habits. A 2004 NPD Group study shows low-carb diet adoption peaked at 9.1 percent in February and fell to 4.9 percent by November, with few significantly cutting carbs. This trend pressures diet companies to pivot or close.
Scripps Howard News Service analiz shows nearly 97 000 ballots or 1.7 percent statewide lacked a presidential choice or counted for multiple candidates. Secretary Ken Blackwell urges switch from punch cards to electronic voting, with all Ohio counties to have equipment by May 2006.
Americans on a low carb diet peaked at nearly 10 percent in February and fell below five percent by November as adherence waned and few followed the diet’s guidelines.
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