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• Record companies suing 20 University of Iowa Internet users accused of file sharing

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  From U.S. District Court - Southern District of Iowa: … The true names and capacities of Defendants are unknown to Plaintiffs at this time. Each Defendant is known to Plaintiffs only by the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address assigned to that Defendant by his or her ISP on the date and time [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 5:53pm EDT
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• What do you think of egg Iowa sent to White House?

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  From White House site: 2008 State Easter Eggs Local artists created the decorated eggs, which represent each state and the District of Columbia. The 2008 Easter Egg Collection continues the tradition that began in 1994 where each state sends a decorated egg to the White House for display. The collection is coordinated [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 3:38pm EDT
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• Cedar Rapids firefighter a finalist for Billings fire chief

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  From Billings Gazette (Montana): The city of Billings this morning released the names of four finalists for the city’s open fire chief job. The candidates are Mike Bucy of Portage, Ind.; Paul Dextras of Palm Coast, Fla.; Mark English of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and interim Fire Chief John Staley of Billings. [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 1:00pm EDT
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• Broncos sign free agent Casey Wiegmann, center originally from University of Iowa

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  From USA Today: ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos signed unrestricted free agent center Casey Wiegmann to a two-year deal even though it appears he will enter camp as a backup to Tom Nalen. … Wiegmann is a 13th-year pro who started in Kansas City for the last seven seasons. He’s [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 2:00am EDT
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• Country Home magazine: Iowa City ranked among greenest U.S. cities

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  From Country Home magazine: Across the nation, people are looking for ways to shrink their proverbial footprint. And along with that push to live a little closer to the Three-R mantra (reduce, reuse and recycle), Americans are asking their communities to think green, too. That prompted our second annual Best Green [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 5:17pm EDT
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• Iowa State University Research Foundation sues Japanese business over alleged lead-free solder patent infringement

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  From U.S. District Court - Southern District of Iowa: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Defendant. ) Civil Action No. 4:08-cv-119 JURY TRIAL DEMANDED … Defendant Senju is a Japanese business entity, having its principal place of business at Sunju Hashido-Cho 23, Adach-Ku Tokyo, Japan 1208555. .. ISURF has been assigned the patents, including [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 12:26pm EDT
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• Half of West Branch prairie to burn

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  From release, Prescribed Fire Planned at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Spring 2008: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will burn 40 acres of the 81-acre tallgrass prairie located on the site. The staff plans to conduct the prescribed fire sometime between early April and mid May of 2008. According to Neil [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 12:04pm EDT
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• Cedar Rapids teen reported missing

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Ashley Lewis [16] was reported missing to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, in Cedar Rapids on Mar 23, 2008. … UPDATE late a.m., 3/25: Record has been removed from Iowa DPS Web site. [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 2:00am EDT
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• NYT on C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa State’s Bill Fennelly

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  From New York Times: Wherever he goes, from Algona to Zwingle, Fennelly is following the path blazed by C. Vivian Stringer. She built the University of Iowa women’s program into a national title contender and an attendance leader in the 1980s before leaving to coach the Rutgers women in 1995. On Monday [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 7:00pm EDT
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• Gordon Fischer apologizes for reference to ‘Monica’s blue dress’

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  From USA Today blog: Former Iowa Dem. Party chief apologizes for blog post mention of ‘Monica’s blue dress’ Things that Bill Clinton has said recently about the presidential race have left a “stain on his legacy, much worse, much deeper, than the one on Monica’s blue dress,” Gordon Fischer, a former director [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 4:20pm EDT
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• E. Iowa native Ashton Kutcher stars in new Nikon ads

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  Advertisements to begin appearing Tuesday, March 25. Here’s a link to the Ashton Kutcher video ad. Guess you’ll have to sit through a shorter ad before the featured ad. USA Today description: Ad Track: Nikon Coolpix S550 Mar. 24- Ashton Kutcher stars in new Nikon ads that start Tuesday. The actor’s digital [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 11:32am EDT
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• Sports Illustrated opens 54-year Vault; 2,853 articles, 117 photos, 23 galleries, 5 covers with ‘Iowa’

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  The free Sports Illustrated Vault was made available online Thursday evening. Here is a direct link to the ‘iowa’ search that resulted in those hits. You can narrow a search by decade. Here are results for the 1950s only, including the September 27, 1954 cover [IMAGE] featuring football guard Calvin Jones of the [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 2:00am EDT
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• 2 teens reported missing to Iowa City Police Department

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Paige Segura [15] was reported missing to the Iowa City Police Department, in Iowa City on Mar 22, 2008. … From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Finola Williams [17] was reported missing to the Iowa City Police Department, in Iowa [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2008, 2:06pm EDT
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• 2007 award-winning home by Jim Sattler Custom Homes, Hall & Hall Engineers

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  From Nation’s Building News / 2007 Best in American Living Awards: Turn-of-the-Century Details BEST IN CENTRAL REGION & GOLD AWARD FOR BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME Gracefully sited on a 1 1/3-acre lot and surrounded by mature hardwood trees, this home expresses the themes of New England shingle-style architecture with its abundant use of shake [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2008, 12:00pm EDT
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• St. Luke’s lawsuit over alleged moisture damage in surgical center parking area

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  Recently moved to federal court system. From U.S. Courts - Northern District of Iowa: After completion of construction of the Surgery Center [Ambulatory Surgical Center], the ceiling of the Parking Area was damaged by moisture and began to crumble and fall to the Parking Area.   Investigation revealed that moisture had accumulated [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2008, 4:30pm EDT
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• Former Linn-Mar star Jason Bohannon featured in recent article

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  From The Capital Times: Somebody is always trying to show up Jason Bohannon. … His name is dirt in Iowa even though Bohannon was a prep superstar at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa, and his dad, Gordy, was a star quarterback for Hayden Fry and the Hawkeyes. The hatred Iowans have for [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2008, 2:13pm EDT
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• Former University of Iowa provost, Texas Tech president a finalist for Portland State presidency

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  From The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech’s departing president Jon Whitmore is one of three finalists for the Portland State University presidency, Oregon University System officials announced on Thursday. Whitmore, who did not return phone calls Friday, resigned as the president of Tech on Feb. 1. He agreed to lead the university until [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2008, 1:59pm EDT
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• Cedar Rapids teen, Johnson County teen reported missing

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Jeffrey Donohue [17] was reported missing to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, in Iowa City on Mar 21, 2008. … From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Amanda Hill [15] was reported missing to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2008, 12:47pm EDT
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• Centenarian ex-piano instructor graduated from University of Iowa, Yale

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  From Palm Beach Post: Throughout Rita Hutcherson’s 100 years of life, the piano has always been there.Her passion for playing developed while she was a child, growing up on a farm in Adair County, Mo. … Hutcherson [PHOTO] was one of only three women in the Yale University School of Music, where [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 12:00pm EDT
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• Iowa City teen reported missing

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety - Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Calvin Freeman [17] was reported missing to the Iowa City Police Department, in Iowa City on Mar 19, 2008. … [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 2:00am EDT
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• Bush nominating Iowan to be member of National Council on Disability

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  From White House release: The President intends to nominate the following individuals to be Members of the National Council on Disability: John R. Vaughn, of Florida, and upon appointment re-designate Chairperson, for the remainder of a three-year term expiring 09/17/10; Victoria Ray Carlson, of Iowa, for the remainder of a three-year term [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 3:02pm EDT
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• Former University of Iowa law professor has license suspended

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  From Iowa Judicial Branch suspension order: This attorney disciplinary proceeding stems from allegations of academic impropriety by an Iowa lawyer. The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board (Board) charged former University of Iowa law professor Kenneth W. Kress [PHOTO] with two violations of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers… The [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 12:27pm EDT
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• Lawsuit by religious groups over State of Iowa ‘One Gift’ payroll deductions

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  From Complaint: ASSOCIATION OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, a Virginia Limited Liability Company, on behalf of its members v. MOLLIE ANDERSON, in her Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Administrative Services,  and the ADMINISTRATOR of the Iowa One Gift Campaign… PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Each year Iowa state employees may voluntarily donate via payroll deduction to [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 2:00am EDT
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• Drake vs. UCLA, 1969

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  From USA Today columnist Mike Lopresti: This is the legend of an upstart men’s basketball team from Drake. But not the present one. This is about one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history … that almost happened. … March 1969. UCLA rules the land with a wizard named John Wooden and [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 2:50pm EDT
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• Report: Iowa has critical psychiatric bed shortage

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  From PR Newswire: “A new report released today by the Treatment Advocacy Center reveals that for every 20 public psychiatric beds available in the US in 1955, only 1 such bed existed in 2005.” Since the 1960s there has been a mass exodus of patients from public psychiatric hospitals. Data are [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 12:22pm EDT
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• Former Cedar Rapids turf manager named head groundskeeper for San Francisco Giants

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  From Athletic Turf News: EASTLAKE, OH — The Lake County Captains, the Class A affiliate of the Major League Cleveland Indians,, recently announced that Greg Elliott, 4-time winner of the South Atlantic League (SAL) Groundskeeper of the Year Award, has been named the new head groundskeeper for the San Francisco Giants. [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 11:00am EDT
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• FEMA flood insurance suspension of eligibility for noncompliant town along Wapsipinicon River

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  From the Federal Register: SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If the [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 6:00am EDT
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• Government seeks $200,000 forfeiture from former Cedar Rapids insurance agent

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  From Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier via InsuranceNewsNet: Mar. 18–CEDAR RAPIDS — Federal authorities have moved to seize about $200,000 from an insurance agent and investment broker who allegedly bilked clients out of more than $1 million. … On Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids entered a forfeiture action against three cashiers [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 6:06pm EDT
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• Annual data: Cedar Rapids #1 in Iowa for industrial employment

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  Cedar Rapids remains Iowa’s manufacturing leader, gaining slightly in 2007, during a time that Iowa lost 2,900 manufacturing jobs. The data is from Iowa Manufacturers Register, a reference directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL: According to MNI’s city data, Cedar Rapids is home to the most industrial employment in [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 2:15pm EDT
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• $400,000 Powerball ticket purchased at Maquoketa

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  From Iowa Lottery: Six Large Prizes Ranging from $10,000 to $400,000 Remain Unclaimed DES MOINES, Iowa - No ticket sold in Iowa won Saturday’s $276.3 million Powerball® drawing, but several tickets sold in the state were one number away from winning it all, including a ticket sold in Maquoketa that won a [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 11:20am EDT
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• ‘Midamar brings halal meat to Detroit’

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  From The Arab American News: Members of one of the oldest and most obscure Arab American communities in the country are connecting with the Detroit-area as they work to put halal meat from Iowa on local dinner tables. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is home to one of the first mosques established in the [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
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• Former Cyclone basketball standout Jamaal Tinsley avoids trial today on fight charges

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  From Indianapolis Star: Two Indiana Pacers placers accepted diversion agreements this morning, avoiding a trial on charges stemming from a bar fight last year. Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels [PHOTO] will each serve 32 hours of community service and undergo behavior modification training, prosecutors said. If they go two years without getting [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 12:53pm EDT
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• University of Iowa’s Gary Sasso named Dean of Lehigh’s College of Education

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  From Lehigh University: Gary M. Sasso, Ph.D., chairperson of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa, has been named as the next dean of Lehigh’s College of Education. … Sasso has led a distinguished career at the University of Iowa’s College of Education, where he’s built a national [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2008, 6:00am EDT
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• Little Weeding on the Prairie

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  Volunteers needed at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will kick off National Park Week with a spring restoration project in the 81-acre tallgrass prairie. Volunteers are needed on April 19 to help remove weeds from a recent planting of native prairie grasses [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2008, 7:00pm EDT
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• New CEO coming to Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa

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  From WSAZ.com: The Chief Executive Officer at Huntington Internal Medicine (HIMG) is leaving to leaving to take a similar position with an out-of-state health organization.. A press release says Michael Sundall is going to Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, P.C. and its sister corporation Medical Group Solutions. Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa is a fifty [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2008, 12:00am EDT
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• Dairy company in Cedar Rapids wins cheese category at world contest

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  From Associated Press via San Francisco Examiner: The 2008 World Cheese Championship Cheese Contest concluded Thursday with the crowning of the world champion in Madison, Wis. Here’s a list of the world champion and both runners-up, along with the winning cheese producer in each of the 77 categories judged. The list [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2008, 5:26pm EDT
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• Chicago Tribune: Basketball player charged in Iowa woman’s attack

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  From Chicago Tribune: Iowa authorities have charged a Wilbur Wright College basketball player who was one of several team members under investigation for an alleged sexual attack on a junior college student at an Ottumwa hotel during a basketball tournament in December. Charles L. Peden, 19, of Maywood was arrested in the [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 10:28pm EDT
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• Actor from E. Iowa to create online educational series for youth interested in show biz

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  From Academy of Cinema and Television (A.C.T.) release: The Academy of Cinema and Television (A.C.T.) announced today a collaboration with Riley Smith to create an online specialized educational series for kids and teens interested in the Entertainment Industry.  … [Riley] Smith was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was exposed to horses at [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 10:01pm EDT
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• Huckabee’s Iowa campaign manager has fire sale on T-shirts

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  From TIME magazine blog after posted by New York Times: It comes as no surprise to most of you who know me [Eric Woolson, the former Iowa campaign manager for Mike Huckabee]: My office is a mess. The problem is, it’s my company office, not a campaign headquarters, and that big [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 12:00pm EDT
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• Application filed for ‘Coralville Lake Hydropower Project’

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  From Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: NOTICE OF APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, AND PROTESTS (March 6, 2008) Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection: a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit b. Project No.: P-13100-000 c. Date Filed: January 23, [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 6:08pm EDT
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• At Huffington Post: Criticism of UI’s ‘open access’ publishing rights policy

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  Written by 2001 Writers’ Workshop graduate Megan Pillow: At first blush, the policy seems harmless. After all, what’s wrong with uploading this kind of academic work to the Internet and sharing it with anyone who cares to see it? The free flow of information can be a wonderful thing. Share and [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 6:05pm EDT
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• Tom Harkin: Boxing fan, stair climber

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  I know what you’re thinking… From The Hill: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) slips in workouts wherever he can, including taking the stairs to his seventh-floor Hart Senate Office Building digs … Harkin, a professed boxing fan, offered guidance to boxing champ Andre Berto, who was also there: “Andre has another match coming up [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 1:53pm EDT
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• Recent Coe student has died after car accident

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  From Oral Roberts University: TULSA - Gloria Burzynski, a sophomore on the Oral Roberts’ women’s track and field team, passed away on Friday evening after being involved in a two-car accident. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Gloria,” ORU Athletics Director Mike Carter said. “ORU Athletics sends its deepest [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 4:07pm EDT
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• Tom Davis listed among top 5 retired coaches who never made the Final Four

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  From USA Today blog. What do you think? John Chaney, Temple…Pete Carril, Princeton…Lefty Driesell, Maryland…Norm Stewart, Missouri… Tom Davis, Iowa: Won 598 games coaching at Boston College, Stanford, Iowa and Drake. Got to the Final Eight twice. Turned the Drake program over to his son Keno who this year went 28-4, won [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 3:01pm EDT
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• Sale of Hiawatha radio station for $160,000

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  From document at FCC [PDF]: THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of February 29, 2008, by and between Friendship Communications, Inc., an Iowa not-for-profit corporation (“Seller”), and Extreme Grace Media, Inc., an Iowa not-for-profit corporation (“Buyer”). Recitals A. Seller owns noncommercial educational FM radio station KWOF-FM, 89.1 MHz, Hiawatha, Iowa, [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 2:04pm EDT
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• Two Cedar Rapids men win $30,000 each for ‘Crossword’ scratch game

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  From Iowa Lottery release today: Glenn Wallace of Cedar Rapids won $30,000 playing the “Crossword” (purple newsprint) instant-scratch game. He purchased the winning ticket at Casey’s, 20 Miller Ave. S.W. in Cedar Rapids. … Also from Iowa Lottery today: Jon Adair of Cedar Rapids won $30,000 playing the “Crossword” (purple newsprint) instant-scratch game. [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 11:32am EDT
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• Cedar Rapids teens reported missing Tuesday

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Lawrence Fritz [17] was reported missing to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, in Cedar Rapids on Mar 11, 2008. … Celani Jaramillo [17] was reported missing to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, in Cedar Rapids on Mar 11, 2008. … [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 11:21am EDT
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• Iowa City student-finalist for ‘junior Nobel Prize’ wins $20,000

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  Only 10 of the 40 finalists won scholarships.  From Associated Press: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high schooler beat out 1,600 others nationwide to win a $100,000 scholarship Tuesday for developing a model she used to identify stage II colon cancer patients at a high risk for recurrence. … The other nine [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
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• Cedar Rapids lawyer argues child porn suspect’s right to speedy trial violated; Suspect also accused of fish sex

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  From Quad-City Times: Cedar Rapids attorney Anne Laverty has filed a motion to dismiss all child pornography-related charges against Mr. [Kerwin Lamont] Summage because, while the case has been delayed through a barrage of appeals, including one to the U.S. Supreme Court, his right to a speedy trial has been violated. The [...]
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  Posted: March 10, 2008, 4:20pm EDT
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• Iowa hospitals best for quick emergency turnaround; St. Luke’s even faster

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  From Nurse.com: Iowa hospitals were the quickest in the country to provide emergency medical attention. The average emergency visit was 2 hours, 18 minutes compared to the national average of 3:42. Nebraska rated second fastest in the nation at 2:26, followed by South Dakota (2:28), Vermont (2:32), and Wisconsin (2:34). The longest [...]
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  Posted: March 10, 2008, 4:15pm EDT
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• Twinkies maker gifts 2-year-old ‘Twinkie’ before 12-hour surgery at UI Children’s Hospital

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  Hostess company newsletter encouraged all Hostess employees to stop work on March 6 and ‘eat a Twinkie for Twinkie.’ [PHOTO of Charlise ‘Twinkie’ Carlson] From Leelanau Enterprise: Friends and family of 2-year-old Charlise “Twinkie” Carlson of Suttons Bay [Michigan] will be eating the snack cakes as she undergoes surgery to remove a benign [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2008, 11:45am EDT
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• Kid Rock coming to Cedar Rapids in May

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  From Atlantic Records release via marketwire: Kid Rock’s “Rock And Roll Revival Tour” Rolls on “All Summer Long!” New Dates Include Madison Square Garden With Lynyrd Skynyrd and First European Tour Since 2001 … KID ROCK’S “ROCK AND ROLL REVIVAL TOUR”                                SPRING 2008 Date           City/State             Venue Wed.  5/21/08  Cedar Rapids, IA       US Cellular Center* * [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2008, 2:00pm EST
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• Anamosa man arrested in Arizona after 66 pounds of cocaine found in trailer

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  From Arizona Daily Sun: [T]he officers uncovered 30 kilograms of cocaine, or about 66 pounds, bundled in black electrical tape and concealed under a false floor near the tongue. The access point was by way of the light housing, which concealed bolts that kept a flip-down panel in place in front [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2008, 1:31pm EST
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• Iowa Rep. Steve King: Terrorists ‘would be dancing in the streets’ if Obama wins presidency

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  From Spencer Daily Reporter:  ”I will tell you that, if [Barack Obama] is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror.” King thinks [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2008, 12:18pm EST
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• Coralville-based Panchero’s opening its 50th location this month

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  From St. Louis Post-Dispatch today: Panchero’s Mexican Grill, a fast-casual chain based in Coralville, Iowa, will open its first Missouri location at 9570 Watson Road in Crestwood later this month. It will be the chain’s 50th location and Missouri will be its 15th state.  … [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2008, 6:00pm EST
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• Vedic City woman alleges she and unborn child lead poisoned by Maharishi Ayurveda herbal preparation

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  Plaintiff Frances Gaskell is being represented by Cedar Rapids legal firm Brady & O’Shea, P.C. From United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa - Complaint and Jury Demand: After Frances Gaskell began to take the Garbhapal Ras she began to feel lethargic and her hands and feet began going numb. She [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2008, 5:27pm EST
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• New guy on Cedar Rapids Most Wanted page

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  From City of Cedar Rapids Police Department: Tyree Donte Cooper DOB: 2/14/1979 Height: 5′10″ Weight: 185 Offenses: Harassment 1st, ACBI Domestic Abuse      Possession With Intent to Deliver Control Substance      Revocation of Probation   [LARGER PHOTOS] [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2008, 3:35pm EST
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• Cedar Rapids native Zach Johnson’s ‘ingenious and oddly blasphemous’ strategy for Masters

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  From The State (Columbia, South Carolina) today: On Masters Sunday, the unassuming player from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, overtook third-round leader Stuart Appleby, outdueled Woods and, with birdies on three of his final six holes, shot a 3-under-par 69 to finish two shots clear of the field and capture the green jacket. Johnson [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2008, 1:27pm EST
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• Teen reported missing to Linn County Sheriff’s Office

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  From Iowa Department of Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse: Rochelle Wellner, 16, was reported missing to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, in Cedar Rapids on Mar 04 … [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2008, 10:51am EST
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• Cedar Rapids woman wins $30,000 in scratch game

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  From Iowa Lottery release: DES MOINES, Iowa - A Linn County woman recently claimed a substantial lottery prize. Kelsey Haughey of Cedar Rapids won $30,000 playing the “Crossword” (purple newsprint) instant-scratch game. She purchased the winning ticket at Casey’s, 3625 Edgewood Road S.W. in Cedar Rapids. … [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 6:29pm EST
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• New psychologist internship program at Iowa City VA to help meet increased needs for veterans

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  From U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs release: WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — To meet increased needs for mental health services for veterans, especially those returning from the Global War on Terror, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its training programs for psychologists. … VA, which has more than 11,000 mental [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 5:22pm EST
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• ‘Senator Tom Harkin: Marijuana Makes People Sell Their Children’ (Wonkette blog)

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  From Wonkette post yesterday: [S]ome person wrote to Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin “asking him to justify why medicinal cannabis is still illegal” after the American College of Physicians recommended it shouldn’t be. It merited a hilarious reply from Harkin, which noted many of pot’s notorious doom scenarios: “the small child whose [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 3:41pm EST
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• 12 Russian MiGs upgraded with Rockwell Collins systems transferred to Slovak Air Force

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  From RIA Novosti: MOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s MiG aircraft manufacturer transferred on Friday 12 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, modernized in line with NATO standards, to the Slovak Air Force.  … The upgraded version features Rockwell Collins navigation and communications systems and BAE Systems IFF (Interrogation Friend or Foe) system. The [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 12:45pm EST
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• New Bush Admin drug control report cites Cedar Rapids as part of ‘Operation Tien Can’ success

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  From 2008 National Drug Control Strategy report released Saturday: In September 2007, ICE agents arrested 25 members of the Nguyen Vo money laundering and drug smuggling organization in the United States and Canada. Agents also executed federal search warrants in Los Angeles; Orange County, California; Houston; Dallas; Minneapolis; Davenport, Iowa; and Cedar [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 12:12pm EST
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• FBI searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ man originally from North English, Victor

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  UPDATE FROM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: Investigators were able to track some of Sparlin’s movements in the Windy City.  Cops say he was caught on surveillance at a Chicago bank. [PHOTO HERE] Later, detectives tracked down Sparlin’s vehicle at a local Greyhound station.  They say that Sparlin took a bus to O’Hare, where he boarded [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 3:41pm EST
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• Minister believes Iowa bears responsibility for 2nd Pierre Pierce assault; Probation hearing in April

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  From today’s Chicago Sun-Times: [Youth minister Albert L.] White, who also coaches a team [Pierre] Pierce plays on, believes Iowa bears responsibility for the second sexual assault. ”We’ve said prayers for the victim, as well,” White said. ”If the first [assault] had been taken care of properly, the second wouldn’t have happened. [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 1:26pm EST
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• MSNBC on Boswell vs. Fallon

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  From MSNBC: [Leonard Boswell] added, “This challenger (Fallon) is very much far left.” “That characterization is purely polemic,” responded Fallon. “I’m the one in this campaign that’s calling for earmark reform, I’m the one calling for an end to the abuse of eminent domain, I’m the one calling for getting money out [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 1:20pm EST
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• Harkin: It’s time for U.S. to apologize for slavery

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  From USA Today: This year, Congress, which meets in a Capitol built partly by slaves, will consider issuing its own apology. “We’ve seen states step forward on this,” says Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, citing the resolutions of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey. “I’m really shocked, just shocked” that the [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2008, 1:40pm EST
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• Botulism bean salad? Iowa included in this product recall

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  From Associated Press via Guardian (UK): - Walker’s Food Products Co. is recalling 16-ounce, 5-pound and 10-pound containers of four-bean salad with expiration dates of Dec. 23, 2007, through April 5, 2008, because they could be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. This can produce a toxin that causes botulism. Symptoms may include [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2008, 1:07pm EST
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• 3 of 17 Iowa Supreme Court applicants from Eastern Iowa

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  From Iowa Judicial Branch release: Connie Alt, Cedar Rapids, Age 47 Attorney—Shuttleworth & Ingersoll P.C. J.D., 1985, University of Iowa David Baker, Cedar Rapids, Age 55 Court of Appeals Judge (appointed 2006) J.D., 1979, University of Iowa Michael R. Mullins, Washington, Age 55 District Judge (appointed 2002)—Eighth Judicial District J.D., 1982, Drake University [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2008, 6:23pm EST
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• Meteorologist, formerly at KCRG, has died after a stroke

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  From MyFox Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay’s 10 reports that chief meteorologist Dick Fletcher died Tuesday morning at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.  He had been hospitalized since he suffered a massive stroke last week, and had not been responding to treatment, the station’s website reports. … In 2003, Fletcher had suffered [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2008, 11:54am EST
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• Iowa Lottery announces 3 Linn County winners in 2 days

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  From Iowa Lottery releases: Janis Skow, 61, of Cedar Rapids won $15,000 playing the “Fire & Dice” instant-scratch game. She purchased the winning ticket at Hy-Vee, 1843 Johnson Ave. N.W. in Cedar Rapids … Lyndsey Essary, 21, of Cedar Rapids won $11,000 playing the “One-Eyed Jacks” instant-scratch game. She purchased the winning [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2008, 6:25pm EST
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• Former Xavier basketball standout dismissed from CU for undisclosed reasons

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  From Feb. 24 Boulder Daily Camera: Walk-on junior RyAnne Ridge of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was dismissed from the team this week for undisclosed reasons. … The dismissal was not announced by CU officials. “I’m not commenting,” [CU coach Kathy] McConnell-Miller said. [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2008, 12:00pm EST
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• Hepatitis A-infected bartender served drinks at Ashton Kutcher’s celeb-attended birthday party

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  Ashton Kutcher is an Eastern Iowa native. This is from the New York Daily News: The City Health Department Friday urged a shot of vaccine for anyone who stopped by a trendy West Village watering hole two weeks ago when a hepatitis A-infected bartender was serving drinks. As many as 800 patrons of [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2008, 11:00am EST
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• Harding Middle School of Cedar Rapids wins IEEE-USA National Engineering Award

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  From news release of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Harding Middle School of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won the IEEE-USA Best Communications System Award during the National Engineers Week Future City Competition National Finals on Wednesday. The award was presented to Harding at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill for [...]
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  Posted: February 24, 2008, 4:24pm EST
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• Exhibit for Iowa City artist opens in Aspen

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  From The Aspen Times: [Tomás] Lasansky is the youngest of six children — the oldest is some 20 years Tomás’ senior — and from that vantage point, art was not only a constant, it was fun and a way to bond with his family members. Lasansky says there was never any [...]
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  Posted: February 24, 2008, 2:00pm EST
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• Iowa business bankruptcies more than doubled from 2000 to 2005

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  New information from the Iowa Data Center (PDF). Excerpt here of Iowa and surrounding states: Business Bankruptcies by State: 2000-2005 Area 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Illinois 1,270 1,547 1,240 991 912 1,042 Iowa 214 289 354 323 360 455 Minnesota 1,492 1,887 1,729 1,379 1,374 1,721 Missouri 369 505 394 378 354 438 Nebraska 115 144 [...]
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  Posted: February 23, 2008, 1:43pm EST
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• NRG Media of Cedar Rapids selling 6 stations

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  From Associated Press via KXNet.com: MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) Radio stations in three South Dakota cities are changing hands but will stay focused on local programming. NRG Media of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Sorenson Broadcasting are selling the properties to Riverfront Broadcasting of Yankton, which owned by Carolyn and Doyle Becker. Included in the [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2008, 12:00pm EST
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• For treating Iowa’s ice- and snow-covered roads, can you ‘beet’ it?

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  From Associated Press via USA Today: CINCINNATI — A concoction of beet juice and salt that is kinder to concrete and metal is getting mostly favorable reviews from a growing number of states and cities looking for more effective ways to treat ice- and snow-covered roads. … Dennis Burkheimer, the winter operations [...]
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  Posted: February 21, 2008, 3:11pm EST
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• Malodorous flatus after gastric bypass? Flat-D of Cedar Rapids says they can help

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  From Flat-D Innovations release: Gastric bypass patients are not being advised of a side-effect of their surgery that will affect them for the rest of their lives. This unpublicized side effect is excessive smelly flatulence. Flat-D Innovations has developed a proven effective solution that removes odor from intestinal gas called the [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2008, 3:37pm EST
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• New photos of Cedar Rapids native Elijah Wood at film premiere

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  Associated Press photos via Yahoo! News: Actor Elijah Wood arrives at the premiere of ‘Be Kind Rewind’ at Tribeca Cinemas, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) [PHOTO] Actor Elijah Wood and Pamela Racine arrive at the premiere of ‘Be Kind Rewind’ at Tribeca Cinemas, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2008, 11:16am EST
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• Cedar Rapids Exel Inn rebranded, now a Howard Johnson

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  From Marketwire via CNN/Money: FFC Capital Corporation of Pittsburgh has rebranded the 22 Exel Inn hotels it acquired this month in a joint venture with Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Wyndham Hotel Group’s Days Inn®, Super 8®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Howard Johnson® and Travelodge® brands. Exel Inns of America, a Madison, [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2008, 4:12pm EST
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• NIU student who witnessed shootings now staying in Iowa City

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  From Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois University - Carbondale): Thursday was a normal day for Dan Monaghan and his geology classmates at Northern Illinois University until a few minutes after 3 p.m. … Shortly after 3 p.m., Monaghan said he thought the person stepping onto the stage during lecture was someone to fix [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2008, 2:50pm EST
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• Texas couple married 62 years after summer romance in Cedar Rapids

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  From Fort Worth Star-Telegram: If it’s true that love waits, Dale and Marie Brawner, who are both 82, can teach a master class on patience. One evening back in the summer of 1945, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Marie Vermeersch was one of seven young women dressed in summer formals at a party [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2008, 12:00pm EST
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• Iowa City superdelegate Sarah Swisher switches from Edwards to Clinton to Obama

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  From Associated Press via Google: Sarah Swisher, a superdelegate and member of the SEIU from Iowa City, had committed to Edwards. After he quit the race, she switched to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but she changed her mind again after her union endorsed Obama. “That will be kind of cool,” Swisher [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2008, 12:00pm EST
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• Former Cedar Rapids man to prison after Chicago-to-Iowa marijuana transfer intercepted

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  From The Times, in Ottawa, Illinois: A state trooper interrupted a Chicago-to-Iowa marijuana transfer when he did a traffic stop on Anthony E. Amerson in July. On Thursday in La Salle County Circuit Court, Amerson started a trip the other way — to Joliet Correctional Center. The 22-year-old Amerson, of Chicago, pleaded guilty [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2008, 3:19pm EST
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• Iowa City manager candidate Delo: ‘frankly, if I don’t end up getting this, I won’t be disappointed’

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  Reported from the Green Bay Press-Gazette: DE PERE — City administrator Larry Delo is a finalist for Iowa City’s city manager position. … His decision to apply wasn’t based on a desire to leave De Pere, he said. “There is nothing negative here, and, frankly, if I don’t end up getting this, I [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2008, 12:10pm EST
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• ‘Romance has never faded’ for Missouri couple who met in Cedar Rapids over 60 years ago

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  From Lake Sun Leader: LAKE OF THE OZARKS - They met on a blind date in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, back in 1947. It was a fairy tale sort of romance, the ‘love at first sight’ is a story that has endured for 60 years. … ‘My family had moved to Cedar Rapids [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2008, 7:42pm EST
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• Iowa City man wins $100,000

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  From Iowa Lottery release today: DES MOINES, Iowa - A Johnson County man has won a large Iowa Lottery prize! Eugene Langenberg of Iowa City claimed the jackpot for Iowa’s Feb. 12 $100,000 Cash Game drawing. He purchased the winning ticket at On the Go Amoco, 2315 Muscatine Ave. in Iowa City. [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2008, 4:19pm EST
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• Former Iowa City High linebacker Dorian Davis dismissed from Tennessee

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  From Associated Press via ESPN: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer dismissed defensive back Antonio Wardlow and reserve linebacker Dorian Davis for violations of team rules. … Davis, a sophomore who played in 16 games at Tennessee, mostly on special teams, was cited for fighting in his Iowa hometown in October. [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2008, 9:16pm EST
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• Cedar Rapids nurse educator to receive American Cancer Society award

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   From American Cancer Society release: ATLANTA — February 13, 2008 —Eight outstanding cancer care providers from a variety of backgrounds and regions have been chosen to receive the 2008 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national prize for cancer caring. The Lane W. Adams Quality [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2008, 9:15pm EST
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• India paper: Rockwell Collins plans $20 million per year center in India with 500 engineering professionals

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  According to Business Standard (India): US-based Rockwell Collins Inc is planning to set up its first engineering centre outside the US in Hyderabad for the development of embedded solutions in display and flight management applications to start with in October, this year. … The company plans to create a 500-strong team of [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2008, 5:16pm EST
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• Testimony of Amana Superintendent Paula Vincent before U.S. House committee Wednesday

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  From U.S. House–Committee on Education and Labor, which includes Rep. Dave Loebsack, Rep. Steve King: Dr. Paula Vincent, the Superintendent of the Clear Creek Amana School District in Iowa, explained how federal school improvement grants helped her district leverage additional local funding: “We have experienced a significant benefit from a modest federal [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2008, 5:15pm EST
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• Testimony of Amana Superintendent Paula Vincent before House committee Wed.

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  From U.S. House–Committee on Education and Labor, which includes Rep. Dave Loebsack, Rep. Steve King: Dr. Paula Vincent, the Superintendent of the Clear Creek Amana School District in Iowa, explained how federal school improvement grants helped her district leverage additional local funding: “We have experienced a significant benefit from a modest federal [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2008, 3:26pm EST
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• Grassley: ‘Mormons live forever’

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  From Salt Lake Tribune: Grassley said: “It’s just like the same thing: . . . You can’t argue against putting, uh, putting, Hatch on the Supreme Court at age 75, because Mormons live forever, and he’ll be around when he’s 100 as a Supreme Court justice. So . . . maybe [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 6:40pm EST
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• Former UI provost, UConn President Michael Hogan has a blog

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  Read about it here, see his blog here. Wait a minute…those Shirtless Shovelers look familiar. “It was just an idea I had one day,” he said of starting the blog. “When someone was talking about all the blogging activity that was starting up with faculty and students on campus. It occurred to me [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 6:32pm EST
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• NASA awards $138,000 to University of Iowa

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  From PR Newswire via Yahoo!: WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded…approximately $138,000 to the Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, for work described in its NASA research announcement proposal entitled, “Operator State Sensor Investigation for Actual Airborne Applications.” … [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 5:51pm EST
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• Forbes: Iowa City among ’smartest cities’; Ames ranks even higher

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  The Forbes magazine profile page for Iowa City (No. 10) can be found here, while Ames’ page (No. 6) is here. [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 11:22am EST
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• Wisconsin woman pleads no contest in I.C. motorcyclist’s death

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  From Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Daily Citizen: JUNEAU (AP) — A Hartford woman involved in a summer crash that killed an Iowa motorcyclist has been found guilty in the man’s death. Darcy L. Schehr, 28, had originally pleaded not guilty in the death of Daniel D. Christ, 40, of Iowa. But last week [...]
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  Posted: February 11, 2008, 5:00pm EST
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• ALERT: Missing 15-year-old Ohio boy may be in C.R. (photo here)

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  The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says that NICHOLAS BRIAN DAHMS, missing from Fremont, Ohio, since Jan. 27, 2008, “may still be in the [Fremont] area or he may travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He may be in the company of an adult male and female. Nicholas may [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2008, 9:52pm EST
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