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Lost Lake Tribune May 11th Edition

LOST LAKE TRIBUNE MAY 12th, 2009
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U.S. Soldier Opens Fire on Fellow Soldiers,
Killing at Least Five
A U.S. soldier opened fire on coalition forces attending a stress clinic at a military base outside of Baghdad International Airport Monday, and at least five were killed, the Pentagon and U.S. Command said. It was unclear how many U.S. soldiers were killed in the shooting at Camp Liberty, but a defense official said the shooter is alive and in custody. Three were wounded, but it was not immediately clear if the shooter was one of them.
Pentagon officials first indicated that an Army soldier shot the others and then turned the gun on himself. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue is sensitive and details unclear.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday the shooting at Camp Liberty was a "terrible tragedy" and Obama plans to meet with Defense Secretary Gates later in the day to discuss the matter. Gibbs says the president's heart goes out to the victims' families and wants to know what happened. There have been several incidents recently when gunmen dressed as Iraqi soldiers have opened fire on American troops, including an attack in the northern city of Mosul on May 2 when two soldiers and the gunman were killed. The toll from the Monday shooting was the highest for U.S. personnel in a single attack since April 10, when a suicide truck driver killed five American soldiers with a blast near a police headquarters in Mosul. The U.S. death toll in April was 19, the highest in seven months, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq.
Separately, the military announced Monday that a U.S. soldier was also killed a day earlier when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Basra province of southern Baghdad. Attacks on officers, known as fraggings, were not uncommon during the Vietnam war as morale in the ranks sank.
But the only other member of the U.S. military convicted of murdering a superior since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began is Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar of the 101st Airborne Division. Akbar was sentenced to death for a 2003 grenade-and-rifle attack at a base in Kuwait before his unit's move into in Iraq.
Also Monday, a senior Iraqi traffic officer was assassinated Monday morning on his way to work in Baghdad. It was the second attack on a high-ranking traffic police officer in the capital in as many days. A car cut off Brig. Gen. Abdul-Hussein al-Kadhoumi as he drove through a central square in the capital and a second vehicle pulled up alongside and riddled him with bullets, police said, citing witnesses. Al-Kadhoumi was director of operations for the traffic authority. The gunmen were armed with pistols equipped with silencers, the police added on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Incidents involving gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons, including silencers, have been on the rise since a string of high-profile robberies in April.
U.N. Condemns Sri Lanka 'Bloodbath' That
Killed 1,000 Civilians
Monday, May 11, 2009 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Volunteers dug mass graves in the marshes of Sri Lanka's northern war zone Monday as they buried hundreds of civilians killed in artillery attacks that the U.N. characterized as a "bloodbath." A doctor in the war zone said as many as 1,000 civilians may have been killed in two days of shelling that marked some of the worst violence in this Indian Ocean island nation since the civil war flared up again more than three years ago.
With the civilian death toll skyrocketing, the Tamil Tiger rebels and a coalition of international human rights groups separately called for the U.N. Security Council to urgently hold talks on the conflict. But with several nations protesting such talks, that seemed unlikely.
The government and the separatist rebels both denied responsibility for the artillery attacks that struck the tiny sliver of northeast coast still held by the rebels in two waves. The worst barrage pounded the area, which holds an estimated 50,000 trapped civilians, from Saturday night until Sunday morning, health officials said. Another attack hit the area overnight Sunday, landing in a newly demarcated "safe zone" where the government had urged civilians to gather, according to Dr. V. Shanmugarajah, who works at a makeshift hospital in the area. A total of 430 ethnic Tamil civilians, including 106 children, were either brought to the hospital for burial or died at the facility, he said. More than 1,300 wounded came to the hospital as well, he said. But, he said, the death toll was likely far higher because many of those killed would have been buried in the bunkers where they were slain, and many of the gravely wounded never made it to the hospital for treatment. "There were many who died without medical attention," Shanmugarajah said. "Seeing the number of wounded, and from what the people tell me, I estimate the death toll to be around 1,000." Volunteers dug mass graves in the marsh near the hospital, putting 50 to 60 bodies in each pit, he said. One of the hospital's nurses was killed along with his family as they sheltered from the onslaught in a trench that was then filled with soil and turned into their grave, he said.
"The U.N. has consistently warned against the bloodbath scenario as we've watched the steady increase in civilian deaths over the last few months," U.N. spokesman Gordon Weiss said. "The large-scale killing of civilians over the weekend, including the deaths of more than 100 children, shows that that bloodbath has become a reality."
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly expressed deep concern. "We think that there's an unacceptably high level of civilian casualties," he told reporters.
The hospital in the war zone was so overwhelmed that many of those wounded in Saturday's barrage had still not been treated Monday morning. Every time Shanmugarajah left the operating room, he was mobbed by those seeking treatment, he said. "The hospital death rate is increasing, but we are helpless," he said. U.N. figures compiled last month showed that nearly 6,500 civilians had been killed in three months this year as the government drove the separatist rebels from their northern strongholds and vowed to end the war. . . . The government has brushed off international calls for a humanitarian truce, saying any pause in the fighting would give the rebels time to regroup and prolong a war that has already lasted more than a quarter century.
Dancing up Front
Amid ever-changing grid, Castroneves takes 500 pole
By Curt Cavin Posted: May 10, 2009 Twenty-seven qualifying attempts, seven withdrawn cars, six others bumped, three crashes, two runs disallowed and emerging Saturday on pole day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was normalcy when Helio Castroneves was the fastest qualifier yet again. The Brazilian who beat federal tax evasion charges just 3 and a half weeks ago in a Miami courtroom officially marked his return to open-wheel racing prominence by winning the Indianapolis 500 pole for the third time in his career. Castroneves, who was acquitted April 17, did it in style Saturday, withdrawing Team Penske's No. 3 car late in the afternoon -- amid treacherous east-blowing winds, no less -- to knock teammate Ryan Briscoe off the pole. "That's what I know to do since I was 11 years old," Castroneves said of driving a race car. "It's what I love to do." The two-time Indy winner described the Speedway as "magic," but he again showed he's the magical one. There was nothing but support from the crowd estimated at more than 20,000, and those who know him best couldn't have been more pleased. "He about made me cry again," team president Tim Cindric said. Said team owner Roger Penske: "He did it with his foot and not his mouth." The Brazilian who celebrates his 34th birthday today did it with the sport's best giving it their best shot. Briscoe even withdrew the car sitting safely in the second spot to take a last-minute shot at Castroneves' four-lap average of 224.864 mph. Like the others, he fell just short, a run of 224.083 mph that returned him to the middle of the front row for the May 24 race.
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The Twins' Superstars Go Back to Back
Two Straight Nights
By Senior Editor Benjamin Fugate
Minnesota Twins' leaders Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau hit back to back solo homers on Friday May 8th and again on May 9th. The Catcher and First Baseman have been on a tear as of late. Mauer has batted above .400 since returning to the Twins lineup on May 1st. Mauer and Morneau hit back to back round trippers in the Twins 11-0 win over the AL West leading Seattle Mariners on Friday.
The two did it again on Saturday aiding the Twins to a 9-6 victory over Seattle. Michael Cuddyer also hit a three run shot in the Saturday game. Fransisco Liriano gave up 5 earned runs in five innings but was able to get the victory while Joe Nathan faced three batters in the ninth to get the win. Mauer got his first hit on Saturday by getting a 2 run double in the first inning, he also walked twice and scored twice. After the back to back shots by Mauer and Morneau, the Twins took a 4-0 lead in the third inning. The Mariners stormed back by bringing nine batters to the plate in the fourth and scoring three runs.
A Seattle defensive miscue padded the Twins' lead in the bottom of the fourth. With runners on first and third, Brendan Harris grounded to Adrian Beltre. Seattle's third baseman tried to tag Cuddyer, who slid safely back into third, and then attempted a cross-field throw against his momentum to beat Harris to first. The throw sailed over the head of first baseman Russell Branyan and allowed Cuddyer to score and Brian Buscher to move to third. Buscher scored on a Span sacrifice fly. The Twins had two sacrifice flies in the inning but only one scored a run. Adrian Beltre made up for his error with two run double in the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, Michael Cuddyer hit a three run shot, scoring Mauer and Morneau in the process. Adrian Beltre continued his eventful day with a harmless error in the sixth and an even more harmless solo homer in the eighth. Then Joe Nathan shut down the Mariners in the ninth by giving up just one hit and forcing Jose Lopez to hit into a double play to end the game.
This exclusive Lost Lake Tribune eyewitness report gained some information from http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090509&content_id=4643482&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=min
List of Central Seminary 2009 Graduates
Master of Arts Graduates
Luke Burgess
Bobbie Anne Elliot
Sara Killian
Matthew Tolosa
Masters of Divinity Graduates
Erik Jenson
Benjamin Straub
Master of Theology Graduates
Charles Baumgartner
I-Shin Shi
Doctor of Ministry Graduates
Brad Anderson
Todd Dailey
Greg Javaux
PHD Graduates
Dr. Jeff Brown
Dr. Andrew Hudson
Editorial.
So our President Obama wants Health Care companies to cut costs down http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/11/health-care-groups-table-analysts-urge-caution-industry-promises/. What is wrong with high health care costs? What is wrong with prescription companies, medical professionals, hospital buildings and others making profit and spending that money in the private sector? What is wrong with people actually choosing what kind of health care they want? This is very similar to what is wrong with high taxes and high government spending. High taxes and high government spending does not create supply. Instead more and more people receiving government money increases demand but not supply. The same goes for high health care costs. High costs in health care increases demand by those who make the profit but does not increase supply. Low taxes and low government spending allows companies to spend more on hiring people and making products. This increases supply and leaves demand about the same. Demand for great products will stay high if our government would cut spending. On the same hand, if health insurance use and fraud was decreased and people had more health savings accounts so they could bring health costs down, then people could have more of their own money and use it to increase supply elsewhere. Good capitalistic policies should increase supply and then increase demand not the other way around. Next time President Obama speaks, keep this in mind.
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