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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 2011
Page
1
The 12th annual sales tax holiday falls Friday and Saturday with no tax on clothing or footwear under 100 dollars. Estimated statewide savings run 3.5 to 4.5 million, while 81 percent of surveyed parents plan to shop. Online sales remain untaxed unless the retailer has a state presence.
Leo Greco 89 died Tuesday at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A bandleader in the 1950s and 60s and longtime host of WMT 600's Variety Time, he shaped radio and local music for decades. Funeral is Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
The economy faces weak demand, hiring restraint, and reduced government spending. The Fed hesitates to act, and Wall Street jitters as the Dow stumbles toward a potential early nine-day loss, while economists raise recession risks to about 20 percent for the year.
Scientists say Earth once had two moons until a collision created the current single larger moon. A Nature study presents computer models and an illustrative pie-in-the-face image, explaining the far side’s rugged terrain and the moon’s slight asymmetry.
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