Climate warming and rain may boost corn and soy yields
Iowa scientists say growing seasons could lengthen as temperatures rise and precipitation increases. Higher carbon dioxide may boost yields, with rain easing drought but causing runoff and flooding risks. the Corn Belt could shift westward and northward 50 to 100 miles in 20 years.
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Jeff Schussler
Upper Midwest
Schussler
Gustafson
Taylor
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Monsanto
Chicago camera network grows beyond city limits and faces privacy debate
Chicago operates an extensive surveillance system spanning streets buses and tunnels linking city agencies and private cameras. Officials cite 10 000 plus cameras including 6 500 in schools as a crime deterrent with 4 000 arrests since 2006 while critics from the ACLU warn of privacy invasions despite public acceptance.
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U.S
Chicago
Michael Chertoff
Homeland Security
New York
Baltimore
London
Grant Park
Weis
Urban Institute
Nancy la Vigne
Institute
Justice Policy Center
Births decline as economy slows. CDC reports 2008 drop
A CDC report based on over 99 percent of birth certificates for 2008 shows a 2 percent fall in births from 2007, the first decline since the decade began. Teen births fell 2 percent while early 40s births remained low at about 10 per 1000.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Culver Signs Two Vet Benefit and Mental Health Bills
Gov. Chet Culver signed House File 2532 exempting Veterans Trust Fund benefits from Iowa income tax retroactively and Senate File 2175 appointing veterans knowledgeable about behavioral and mental health issues to two mental health policy panels. He formalized the measures in Marshalltown.
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Des Moines Bureau
Marshalltown
Chet Culver
House
Veterans Trust Fund
Senate
Culver
Oldest American dies in Iowa at 114
Neva Morris died at age 114 in a nursing home in Ames Iowa about 4 am Tuesday Her family described her as living a long charitable and wonderful life Only one of her four children a son in Sioux City remains alive Morris had become the oldest living American on March 8 after a New Hampshire woman died The Gerontology Research Group lists Eunice Sanborn of Jacksonville Texas as the current oldest American at 113 years 260 days and Japan's Kama Chinen as the oldest person in the world at 114 years 330 days
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Associated Press
Ames
United States
Iowa
Neva Morris
Sioux City
Morris
Ing
Linn County eyed riverfront amphitheater amid flood recovery talk
Cedar Rapids officials Corbett and Prosser discuss Linn County adopting a riverfront amphitheater site near the police station as part of flood recovery. The $4 million project could flood ready and would place county involvement alongside city plans.
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Corbett
Prosser
Linn County
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Langston
Local Court Reports Noted In Johnson County Logs
Public safety records from Eastern Iowa detail several alleged incidents in Iowa City and surrounding areas. Samantha Perrott, 22, of 5918 Dean Road SW, faced charges after an incident at 1300 block of H Avenue NE at 10 26 p.m. Monday. William Rollins, 34, of 1960 Broadway Apt A5, was cited at 6 34 p.m. Monday near First Avenue and Mall Drive. Rachelle Johnson, 25, of 1100 Arthur Street Apt H3, encountered authorities at 10 50 p.m. Monday on Broadway Street. Authorities note charges are accusations not proof.
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Iowa
H Avenue
Samantha J. Perrott
Dean Rd
Third Street
Ninth Avenue
Johnson County
Iowa City
William E. Rollins Il
Broadway
Apt
First Avenue
Mall Drive
Rachelle A. Johnson
Arthur St
Apt. H3
Broadway St
Two L WI Detentions for OUI in Linn County
Joshua C. Bissell twenty one of Aurora Illinois and Nicholas J. Myles thirty one of Inver Grove Heights Minnesota were arrested for operating while intoxicated in Cedar Rapids near Miller Avenue and Vermont Street SW around 12:16 a.m. Tuesday.
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Joshua C. Bissell
Aurora, Ill
Miller Avenue
Vermont Street
Nicholas J. Myles
Inver Grove Heights
Minn
Iowa lawmakers push military family relief measures in 2010
Iowa Democratic leaders promote a package of military quality of life steps including extending unemployment benefits to trailing spouses, mandating Veterans Day leave for certain employers, ensuring insurer coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment for veterans, and allowing visiting rights to be assigned during active duty. The package, developed in coordination with the Defense Department, targets military families based in Marshalltown and surrounding areas.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Ves
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