Flu season warning urges Iowa vaccination urge bold and clear
The Gazette editorial warns of a rough flu season in Iowa with three circulating strains including H1N1. It promotes widespread vaccination, noting vaccine availability at clinics and stores, cites past deaths and hospitalizations, and quotes officials urging protection for high risk groups and caregivers.
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Senators wasteful spending prompts heated Iowa readers
A reader letter attacks Sen Tom Harkin and Sen Chuck Grassley for earmarks highlighted in Wastebook 2010. It cites grants such as 700 000 to UNH methane studies and 1 8 million for a Las Vegas neon signs museum, urging reforms and criticizing immigration and judicial actions.
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Iowa Hawkeyes win third straight NCAA wrestling title
A column complains that a Top 10 Iowa sports stories list omits the Hawkeyes third consecutive NCAA wrestling championship. The writer mocks the Associated Press and urges giving coach Tom Brands and the staff proper recognition for the feat.
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Attorneys general press banks to fix foreclosure crisis
Des Moines meeting with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and 75 Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members urged mass loan modifications and principal reductions. The group cites billions in bonuses for top banks and calls for aggressive action to curb foreclosures and restore housing values.
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Cedar Rapids in 2011 headlines preview chaos and plans
A tour through projected Cedar Rapids events from 2011 includes Ron Corbett pledging Donald Trump hotel purchase and river drainage plans, a New England style town hall charter shift, a Cedar Rapids Medical Mall lineup, Palin book implications, Vander Plaats protest, levee funding misfire, Murdoch straw poll, Second Avenue closure chaos, and provisional government moves.
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