Covenant Medical Center to pay 4.5 million in fraud settlement
Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo will pay 4.5 million to settle claims it improperly used Medicare funds to pay five doctors for referrals. The deal is the largest health care fraud settlement in the Northern District of Iowa. Covenant denies wrongdoing despite federal findings of no illegal conduct.
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Van brings science to the people in Cedar Rapids
John Swan son, director of the Science Station, drives a large white van with Celebrate Science graphics, echoing a bookmobile concept as the Flood of 2008 damaged the riverside facility after revenue woes closed the IMAX Theater.
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Cedar Rapids
John Swanson
Viancette John Swanson
Taylor Elementary reopening marks homecoming for students
Edinburg area families celebrate Taylor Elementary School’s official reopening after 2008 flood damage. Kasean Pledge, age 5, starts kindergarten as classmates return to the rebuilt building at 720 Seventh Ave SW, with father Antwan Hodges recording moments and sharing pride. The district housed students elsewhere last year.
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Taylor
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Stacy DeJesus
Mateo
Aidan
Harrison
DeJesus
Cedar Rapids
Junk mail volume falls as recession trims deliveries
Junk mail volume dropped 16 percent from last fall to this summer amid higher shipping costs, with many firms cutting pages, thinning catalogs, and reducing credit card solicitations. Williams-Sonoma plans to halve pages in Pottery Barn and West Elm catalogs by 2011, while J Crew cut circulation 27 percent. Crate & Barrel and Victoria's Secret catalogs also adjust mail strategy, with about 1.4 billion solicitations affected.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nicole Soto
Winchester
Mass
Williams-Sonoma Inc
Pottery Barn
Behn enters GOP race for governor of Iowa
Behn, a Boone County farmer and four term senator, joins the GOP field to steer Iowa toward job creation, lower spending, tax cuts, and a business friendly climate. He backs limited government, right to work, parental school choices, marriage as between a man and a woman, abortion limits, and a stronger cloning ban. He proposes a special session to cut spending and praises per pupil K-12 scholarships funded from state dollars.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Jerry Behn
Iowa
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Boone County
Chet Culver
District 24
Dallas
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