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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2003
Page
2
Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor, stunning political advisers and reshaping California's recall election. He offered few specifics on budgets, housing, and traffic policy while his celebrity name dominates coverage.
A car bomb shattered a street outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad killing at least 11 people including two children. Two American soldiers died in a separate Baghdad firefight as violence widens beyond resistance to occupation.
After a 11-2 season the Iowa Hawkeyes finished eighth in the final AP poll with 1334 points and were 27th in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll with 132 points. Coach Kirk Ferentz rejects the one year wonder criticism during media day.
A study of 103 randomly selected private wells in 50 towns without municipal systems found Hills among those in Johnson County with 57 percent nitrate contamination, 41 percent ammonia, 32 percent pesticides, 30 percent bacteria, and 26 percent arsenic.
Meskwaki tribal leaders emphasize heritage at the opening as discussions about a formal election to resolve internal disputes surface. The event centers on traditional singing and dancing and the crowning of a Meskwaki princess.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony concert scheduled for Saturday at Brucemore has been canceled due to incorrect information in The Gazette Weekend calendar. The paper will publish a correction. readers may call the listed numbers with comments on accuracy.
The Gazette lists delivery and mail subscription rates for Cedar Rapids Iowa and surrounding areas. Contact numbers and post office box address for changes and service inquiries are provided.
Gazette Online expands services with a full company directory including email addresses hosted at www.GazetteOnline.com. The listing covers local and regional businesses, integrating contact details for easy outreach.
The Gazette highlights its commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive or other local recycling locations.
Jacquelyn Mitchard recounts a Do Not Call Registry experience that backfired with a bogus The Blind and Handicapped Workers scam. She details a disastrous trash bag purchase, a convoluted return process, and a damaged credit rating while urging caution against misleading telemarketers. The column notes the official registry number and website for readers seeking to opt out.
Crowds in Monrovia cheer as President Charles Taylor resigns and names Vice President Blah to take over. Rebels warn against any Taylor ally ruling, while Nigerian peacekeepers seize a Libyan weapons shipment violating a U.N. arms embargo amid ongoing fighting and a humanitarian crisis in Liberia.
U S investigators say a cockpit hijacker ordered Ziad Jarrah to crash United Airlines Flight 93 into a Pennsylvania field after a passenger uprising. The finding, based on cockpit recordings, challenges the view that heroic passengers forced a diversion. The FBI notes the passengers' courage remains undiminished.
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