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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2002
Page
2
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News brief notes that no New Year’s Day is complete without Dear Abby’s requested resolutions, noted in a Wednesday Accent column. The entry previews today’s featured advice and light news items in the local section.
The Gazette corrects two items: University of Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce pleaded guilty on November 1 to assault causing injury, replacing an earlier incorrect date and charge. Also Steve Shriver of Marion did not bike the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. he ran the 52 miles to raise funds, with the prior caption misreporting a bike ride.
The piece surveys top news themes for 2003 including Iowa politics, homeland security, education gains, and Medicaid, alongside Eloise Bowles Cruse and daughter Heloise continuing a 25 year household tips column. It notes Heloise's expansion into books, Good Housekeeping, radio, and a website while preserving practical advice.
After the Sept 11 attacks visitor numbers to Liberty Island and Ellis Island fell sharply. About 2.5 million people rode ferries in the last year, half of 2000 and well below 2001’s 4 million before a 100 day monuments shutdown. Domestic visitors stay fewer days while security remains tight.
Jayson August, 49, boarded a tourist trolley driven by his ex girlfriend then pointed a gun and led police on a 90 minute chase across the Coronado Bridge and through San Diego before spike strips halted the vehicle. A police dog bit August. he was arrested on carjacking assault and kidnapping charges. His ex girlfriend was unharmed.
In Chicago, about 400 law professors sign an open letter urging Gov. George Ryan to consider blanket clemency for all death row inmates as he weighs whether to commute sentences. The push follows Ryan's halt of executions after wrongful convictions were found in Illinois.
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