Progress on teen pregnancy rates praised and pushed
The Gazette urges maintaining focus on teen pregnancy prevention in Iowa and nationwide. It highlights declines in teen births and pregnancies from 1990 to 2002, credits sex education and data-driven programs, and urges ongoing efforts including abstinence education and medically accurate information while noting the Healthy Iowans 2010 plan midcourse review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Iowa
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Readers Seek Insight on Sex Offender Laws and Public Safety
Letters demand a thorough study of sex offender rights and rehabilitation. They challenge the justice system, argue for mandatory treatment or lifelong monitoring, and propose a reform path including dedicated facilities and stricter supervision.
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Jetseta Gage
Gazette
Martha Stewart
Curveball lies and flawed prewar Iraq intel revealed
A critical look at Curveball the Iraqi defector and the U S intelligence failures cited by a presidential commission. It highlights doubts about Saddam nuclear and germ warfare claims, poor technical analysis, and officials who ignored warning signs before the Iraq war.
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Curveball
United States
Iraq
Presidential Commission
America
Wmd.gov
Saddam Hussein
Bush
CIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
Saddam
Colin Powell
United Nations
U.S
Ahmed Chalabi
Pentagon
Chalabi
Iraqi National Congress
Defense Department
Powell
Intel
George Tenet
Tenet
Germ Labs
Senate Intelligence Committee
Powers That Be
Commission
Tran
North Korea
Questions about C R street project unresolved concerns grow
Letter urges public input on widening First Avenue East between 19th and 40th streets citing safety, parkway loss, and impact on 43 homes and a church school. Authors question seven lane design and compare costs of helicopter policing and regional hospital aviation programs.
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Linn County Regional Planning Commission
City Hall
Commission
Cedar-Rapids.org
Rpc
Diane Luther
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Iowa State University
St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospitals
Iowa City
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