Darwin Society forms in Cedar Rapids to counter Day of Prayer
Kirkwood Community College professor Lydia Hartunian promotes a National Day of Reason as a counter to the National Day of Prayer. An organizational meeting for the Darwin Society Cedar Rapids chapter is set for Thursday in Linn Hall. The group aims to study evolution's impact, host monthly meetings and yearly speaker events, and invite faith participants to join in dialogue.
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Kirkwood Community College
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Released prisoner to face new murder trial in Iowa
Terry Harrington, 44, freed two weeks ago on a rare reprieve after nearly 26 years for a 1978 first degree murder, was to surrender for a new trial. He was to appear at the Pottawattamie County probation office at 7 a.m. with a bond hearing at 9 a.m. The case centers on a Council Bluffs security guard's death.
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Des Moines
Terry Harrington
Pottawattamie
Tom Frerichs
Waterloo
Harrington
John Schneer
Council Bluffs
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Tom Vilsack
Board of Parole
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Clarinda
Supreme Court
Attorney General's
Pottawattamie County
Matthew D. Wilber
Wilber
Iowa deer test negative for chronic wasting disease
Iowa tests show none of 3278 road killed and hunter submitted white tailed deer carried chronic wasting disease over the past year. Richard Bishop of the Department of Natural Resources notes swift testing began after Wisconsin detected CWD in February 2002.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
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Department of Natural Resource
Wildlife Bureau
Ebola virus shell aids cystic fibrosis gene therapy
University of Iowa researchers repurpose the Ebola virus outer shell as a therapeutic vector to deliver functional CF genes to airway cells. The approach uses a modified hybrid virus to enter lung cells without harming them, aiming to correct the CF genetic defect. Funding includes a $1.5 million cystic fibrosis foundation grant and a $631,000 NIH grant.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Africa
United States
Paul McCray
Sinn
Day of prayer in Cedar Rapids focuses on military tribute
The National Day of Prayer event on Thursday at May's Island centers on the military with an Elite Color Guard and a veterans tribute for those lost or missing in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Organized by the Greater Cedar Rapids Prayer Alliance and the Linn County Association of Evangelicals, the locally televised service links 150 stadiums, while New Covenant Bible Church hosts a separate viewing from 7 to 10 p.m. in Cedar Rapids. Congress calls for humility, prayer and fasting to coincide with the day.
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The
Greater Cedar Rapids Prayer Alliance and
Linn County Association of Evangelicals
New Covenant Bible Church
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