A Nation Turns to Comfort Food
— -- The Sept. 11 terror attacks had a profound impact on the United States, and the effects are still rippling across American society in large and small ways. Here is a periodic wrap-up of some of them.
Sikh Killing Suspect Could Face Death Penalty
M E S A, Ariz., Nov. 7 — A prosecutor plans to seek the death penaltyfor a man accused of killing an Indian immigrant after the Sept. 11terrorist attacks.
Frank Roque, 42, is accused of shooting Balbir Singh Sodhi as hestood outside his Mesa convenience store Sept. 15. Sodhi wore aturban and a beard as part of his Sikh faith.
Roque is quoted in police reports as saying "all Arabs had tobe shot" and he wanted to "slit some Iranians' throats."
Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley said he decided to seekthe death penalty after conferring with Sodhi's family and thegovernment of India, the East Valley Tribune reported Tuesday.
Authorities also allege that Roque shot at a convenience storeowned by a man from Lebanon and at his former home, now occupied bya family from Afghanistan.
Arizona's hate-crime law cannot be used as a reason for seekingthe death penalty. Instead, the state must prove at least one of 10aggravating circumstances; Romley wouldn't say which one he willcite.
— The Associated Press
A Nation Turns to Comfort Food
I R V I N E, Calif., Nov. 7 — Robert Zumberge can't seem to get enough cowboy coffee — a steaming concoction of hot java and dark chocolate miniatures. For Kim Almquist, it's candy.
There's something comforting about certain foods, something that feels good after so much bad news that started with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"What's one more chocolate?" asked Almquist, 24. "It seems a little strange to be obsessing about something like that when there's so much more going on."
Zumberge, 49, typically would think twice about indulging his sweet coffee craving. "But now? Not so much," he says.
People across the country have turned to food — from chocolate to instant mashed potatoes to peanut butter and jelly — to deal with the anxiety of the terrorist attacks and anthrax scares, according to dietitians and psychologists.
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