Gallagher eyes White House campaign in Iowa stop
Comedian Gallagher, 57, running in California recall election, launches bid for U.S. presidency from Iowa. He tours Fifth Street SE, displays miniature helicopters and a state fair watermelon, promoting issues like use of military helicopters and a Spanish version of the Star-Spangled Banner at sports events.
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Gazette
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Iowa
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White House
the Gazette
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Des Moines
UI Professors Ranked Inaccessible By Princeton Review
Iowa City UI faculty accessibility cited as worst for professors making themselves scarce. The Princeton Review polled 106,000 students on 351 campuses, rating teaching access and upper level course teaching by graduate students. History professor Jeff Cox defends campus accessibility and maintains regular office hours.
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Iowa State and Grinnell Dominate In Top 351 Ranking
The list places ISU Ames at high marks in intramural sports and “Jock School” while Grinnell College in Grinnell earns strong ratings for accessible professors and value. Coe and Cornell are not ranked. Cox notes uncertainty on upper level course tenure status and a goal to raise tenured and tenure-track teaching.
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Former Iowa doctor found dead in Canada near infant son
Dr. Shirley Turner a former Council Bluffs physician facing extradition to Pennsylvania over the 2001 shooting death of Dr. Andrew Bagby was found dead on a Newfoundland beach with her 13 month old son Zachary nearby. An autopsy confirmed Turner drowned amid ongoing investigations. Authorities have not disclosed whether the death was suicide or homicide. Turner held dual U.S. Canadian citizenship and had been contesting extradition while practicing medicine in Council Bluffs before moving to Newfoundland.
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Pennsylvania
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Newfoundland
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Canada
Andrew Bagby
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Genealogy Journey Traces Roots From Emily Munson Thorogood
R J Rasdal recalls researching family roots stretching back to Emily Munson Thorogood near Chelmsford and James Munson born Oct 14 1814. He notes long paths in genealogy since 1985 sparked by uncles Ralph and Ralphs stories and family photos. The column reflects on curiosity and the reward of uncovering heritage.
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Chelmsford
London
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Mullally Barred From Reinstatement After Hearing
Cedar Rapids area officials held a 45 minute hearing on Bob Mullally a 59 year old substitute teacher denied reinstatement in the metro schools He had been removed last spring after a federal misdemeanor conviction for disobeying a judicial order in a domestic abuse case Mullally thanked supporters but the board denied further questions.
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Metro
All Saints Catholic School
Los Angeles
Iowa Marine Recovering From Iraqi Wounds
A 21 year old Marine from Pleasant Hill is treated for injuries from an Iraqi ambush. Lance Cpl Blake Smith sustained a torn retina from a rocket propelled grenade blast on Aug 12 and is listed as a patient at the U S Naval Medical Center Bethesda Maryland. He is the son of Darrell Smith of Ankeny and Wanda Wilcoxen of Pleasant Hill.
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Ankeny
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Des Moines
Grassley tours new MERF facility at University of Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley toured the 52 million Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility with university officials. He met second year medical students Leah Kasparek and Jenarah TeKippe who described four learning communities inside MERF and student led community service projects across Columbus Junction and beyond.
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