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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Volume 133, Issue 13 ,\\\,>~ . Be sure to log on to our ' lDfe'tt'Y Friday online edition. The trial has beg-un Accused murderer of Lindsey Bonistall pleads not guilty by reason of insanity see page"3 . 2 February 13, 2007 2 News 6 Who's who in Newark 14 Editorial 15 Opinion 19 Mosaic 23 Delaware UNdressed 28 Classifieds 32 Sports TIlE REVIEWIMike De\bll 35 Sports Commentary Businesses on Main Street, such as Bloom (above), prepare for Valentine's Day with elaborate window displays. 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Similar troop buildup while Republicans determined to send a statement to Senior News Reporter impressions were discovered on a are girding for broad defections on the White House to condemn a WILMINGTON, Del. - The CD case found in the living room, A Closer Look their side. troop buildup. trial of James E. Cooke, the 36- Maiura said. Both parties wil1 jockey for Democrats wil1 file a nonbind year-old Newark resident accused Other evidence presented prime time before the C-SPAN ing resolution against the Bush of the 2005 rape and murder of un i included the guitar found on her BACKGROUND OF cameras, with leaders claiming the plan while Republicans wil1 try to versity student Lindsey Bonistall, body, an electrical cord found best time slots and rank-and-file broaden the dispute and seed doubt THE CASE AGAINST continued yesterday with prosecu underneath her and a knife found in JAMES E. COOKE members trying to make the most in the Democratic approach. tors presenting evidence, which the kitchen. of the five minutes each will be Senate Republicans were able to included the sheets from her bed A vent and a gas meter located allotted. If al1 435 House members block debate on a resolution con • April 27, 2005 and the clothes found on her body. outside Bonistall's apartment could Cheryl Harmon's Newark use their five minutes, debate wil1 demning Bush's war policies last Cooke is additionally charged with have al10wed the murderer entry, he last 36 hours. It is likely to begin week, but it wil1 be much easier for apartment is robbed of jewelry arson and burglary. said. The vent had been pulled away and DVDs by late morning and run until mid-' Democrats in the House to bring a In yesterday's proceedings, from the wall. night Tuesday, Wednesday and measure to the floor. prosecutor Diane Walsh called Det. "It looked like someone had • April 30, 2005 Thomas Maiura to the stand. put some weight on it," Maiura Amalia Chaudra, a 27-year-old LAWMAKERS CRACK DOWN ON SUV EMISSIONS Bonistall, 20, was found in the said: student, is in her West Park For decades, Sen. Ted Stevens, Stevens is sponsoring a biB to bathtub of her burnt Towne Court Det. Andrew Rubin from the Place home when an intruder R-Ala., has battled environmental raise the standards for cars to 40 apartment, Maiura said. There was a Newark Police Department pointed demands her clothes and ists, but he now finds himself in an miles per gallon within a decade. shirt around her neck and a shirt out how close Bonistall's apartment money. He leaves with her Visa unusual spot: pushing tougher fuel Legislation to require an stuffed in her mouth. The shirt was in relation to Cooke's residence card and cash. economy standards for cars. increase faces strong opposition from found in her mouth was imprinted and to Dickey Park, where a with what appeared to be teeth woman, who testified earlier in the • May 1,2005 Amid heightened concerns over the U.S. auto industry and its con Lindsey Bonistall's Towne global warming and U.S. dependence gressional allies, who contend it marks. Both the sweatpants she was trial, believes she saw Cooke on the wearing and the sheets on her bed night of the crime. Court apartment is broken into on foreign oil, Stevens is one of a would lead to lighter, less safe vehi early in the morning. She is number of lawmakers shifting gears cles, threaten auto industry jobs and were discolored, possibly from the Rubin, who was involved in bleach found in the bedroom, he the Bonistall investigation, had raped and strangled before being in the debate over whether Congress limit consumer choice. burned in her bathtub. should mandate stricter miles-per Bush, although calling for an said. ' authorized the warrant to search gallon rules. increase in fuel-efficiency standards There were no fingerprints Cooke's residence. • June 7, 2005 Cars and light trucks - includ in his State of the Union address, found at the scene, but there were Matthew Todd, a former uni James E. Cooke is arrested in ing SUVs, pickups and vans - opposes any effort by Congress to impressions consistent with glove versity student and friend of Wilmington .. account for about one-fifth of U.S. mandate stricter rules. House marks found on a railing outside Bonistall, also testified in yester • June 13, 2005 carbon dioxide production. The bet Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, has day's proceedings. At the time of her death, they were both employed Newark Police charge Cooke ter the fuel economy, the lower the made passage of energy and global with murder, rape, arson and emissions of carbon dioxide, which warming legislation a priority and by the Home Grown Cafe on Main Street. burglary in connection to the is blamed for contributing to global has moved to establish a special com Bonistall case. warming. mittee to recommend legislation. He worked with her the night she died, Todd said. They both got • Aug. 10, 2006 off work at approximately 10 p.m. Cooke's . defense attorneys PRES. CAMPAIGNS EXPECT RECORD HIGH BUDGETS and went to his house. She told him Financial reports are beginning This year, candidates will need request a change of venue but she was going to her apartment to are denied. to document the underpinnings of a to hire more employees to wage bat relax and play the guitar alone. drive for dollars that is expected to tles in the growing number of early When she did not show up for work • Jan. 23, 2007 make 2008 the nation's first billion primaries. They will make unprece the next morning, he called her cell Jury selection begins. dollar presidential campaign. dented investments in computer tech phone, but it cut straight to voice Candidates are hard at work courting nology to unlock clues to voter mail, he said. He never saw • Feb. 2, 2007 wealthy political enthusiasts who can behavior. The trial begins in the Superior Bonistal1 again. Court in Wilmington. The deliver scores of thousand-dollar The 2006 expense reports Cooke was uncharacteristically defense enters a plea of not donors. released last week provide a glimpse silent in yesterday'S session, except guilty by insanity.