Legislature weighs gambling reform and animal-torture bill changes
Iowa lawmakers debate a lottery Powerball expansion amid potential anti-gaming leverage and a stalled credit ban at race tracks. House Republicans push about 10 million in targeted tax cuts while House Speaker Siegrist notes ironed compromise needed for any progress before the April 18 expense reimbursement deadline and session adjournment prospects.
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House
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Global
Bob Brunkhorst
R-Waverly
Brunkhorst
Siegrist
Christopher Rants
Sioux City
Senate
Mike Gronstal
Students allege free speech rights violated during Jessup Hall raid
A Sunday press conference by Rhodes Jones and university counsel Mark Schantz sparked a clash between administrators and protesters. Students claim the martial law raid on Jessup Hall violated their free speech and say the removal was timed to minimize media attention.
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Rhodes
Jones
University
Mark Schantz
Jessup Hall
Schantz
SAS
FLA
WRC
Bertz
Students plan rally over sweatshop issue at Pentacrest
Students Against Sweatshops plans a 6 p.m. Wednesday rally on the Pentacrest in front of Jessup Hall with SAS members to discuss the founding of the Worker Rights Consortium in New York City and a bid for the university to join the WRC. The dispute highlights tensions with administrators over protests and policy.
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Students Against Sweatshops
SAS
Worker Rights Consortium
New York City
WRC
Killmeier
Rhodes
Mary Sue Coleman
Pentacrest
Jessup Hall
Fair Labor Association
FLA
Bob Hearst
Iowa City
Thousands form human chain in D C for debt relief from IMF World Bank
Thousands of protesters gathered at the Capitol and on the National Mall to demand debt relief for poor countries. Organizers urge the IMF and World Bank to forgive billions in loans so nations can fund education and health care. They cite existing relief programs and call for broader forgiveness.
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Washington
Capitol
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
The
IMF
Andrew Laurence
George Washington University
National Mall
Washington Monument
35 Cuban migrants reach Florida Keys
A group of 35 Cubans landed near a Florida Keys shore and were detained by Border Patrol. They said they sailed from Villa Clara, Cuba, in a 30 foot boat, paying 2000 pesos each to a smuggler. All were healthy and taken to an INS center west of Miami.
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Pembroke Pines
Fla
Florida Keys
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Villa Clara
Cuba
Cording
Joseph Mellin
INS
Miami
Everest Blessing Ceremony Before Trek to Dingboche
Trekkers reach Tengboche after Namche ascent and receive a blessing from the ringpoche monastery head during puja. Climbers offer a kata and rupees as a silk scarf is placed around their necks, with a red string for good luck before moving toward Dingboche.
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Namche Bazaar
Tengboche
Everest
Huss
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