Midwestern Values and the Common Good Across Iowa
The Gazette surveys Benton County locals and national figures to define Midwestern values. Sheriff Ken Popenhagen recalls aiding victims after the Atkins Palo tornado with Red Cross and Cedar Rapids aid, while Garrison Keillor cites a strong community focus rooted in Northern European heritage.
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Keith E. Gottschalk
Gazette
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Atkins
Red Cross
Minnesota
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Keillor
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Europe
New York imam and pizza man charged in terror plot
Imam Yassin Muhiddin Aref and Mohammed Mosharref Hossain were arrested in Albany at 1:30 a.m. for allegedly laundering money to help acquire a shoulder fired missile for terrorists. An FBI informant recorded their conversations as Gov Pataki called for vigilance.
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New York Daily News
Albany
N.Y
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Thursay
New York City
FBI
George Pataki
Imam Yassin Muhiddin Aref
Mohammed Mosharref Hossain
Inside-Man Plotted to Bomb Chicago Courthouse
The FBI and Iraqi troops clash with Shiite fighters as U S authorities monitor terror links in New York. Aref is linked to the Kurdish clan Ansar Al-Islam and a phone number and address appeared in documents from an Iraqi training camp.
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U.S
New York FBI
Pasquale D’amaro
New York Daily News
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Aref
FBI
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Tax free shopping weekend boosts Iowa retailers
Linda Wynkoop of Wyoming Iowa plans tax free clothes shopping with three daughters during Iowa's annual tax free holidays that run today and Saturday. Retailers say the event, in place since 2000, remains among the busiest shopping days with exempt items including clothes coats and shoes while watches jewelry umbrellas and handkerchiefs are not exempt. The state lists exempt items online at the tax department site.
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Linda Wynkoop
Wyoming
Iowa
Mount Mercy College
Wynkoop
Iona City photographer features in Art of the American Indian stamps
I.C. photographer Mark Tade, 55, photographed a Kutenai parfleche for the U.S. Postal Service stamp series issued Aug. 21. The parfleche, collected around 1900 in Idaho and housed at the American Museum of Natural History, honors the artist while Tade emphasizes credit to the creator.
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Keith E. Gottschalk
the Gazette
Iona City
U.S. Postal Service
Mark Tade
Tade
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Gazette
Idaho
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Drake University
Gaylord Torrence
Presidential copters face new competition from transatlantic bid
Sikorsky and Rockwell Collins defend U.S. presidency chopper legacy as European U.S. bid consortium contests the next Marine One fleet. The VH-92 squares off with AgustaWestland US-101 amid lobbying from England and Italy.
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Eisenhower
Sikorsky Helicopters
Connecticut
Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Iowa
AgustaWestland
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