Sloth excavation advances at UI Macbride Hall exhibit planned
Volunteers from the Museum of Natural History and UI Geoscience cleaning and repairing bones of a 10 000 year old ground sloth in Macbride Hall with state and federal aid. JoAnn Seeman a journalism student from Beaman helped dig and will work in the lab and media. Preliminary exhibit sketches due this month. exhibit may open before full uncovering.
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Museum of Natural History
UI Department of Geoscience
Macbride Hall
JoAnn Seeman
Beaman
Seeman
Brenzel
Semken
Budweiser and Pepsi Ads Highlighted by Viewers at Super Bowl
Audiences noted high costs for 30 second spots at a record 2.25 million while praising Budweiser for humor and memorable donkey versus Clydesdales. Pepsi ads were scarce this year, and critics questioned the Linux IT targeted campaign. Local reactions cited Staples and Dodge spots as less effective for brand recall.
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Julstrom
Clydesdales
Shiv
Pepsi
PC Magazine
PC World
Kevin Munoz
Moline
Staples
Dana Csige
Kamuela
Hawaii
Sally
Budweiser
Dodge
David Yuan
Shanghai
China
Panel Wide Probe Targets Iraq and Intelligence Failures
A nine member panel likely to study Iraq and broader intelligence failures. It would run past the November election and examine weapons of mass destruction with Libya cited as an example of misread stocks. Bush favors a White House led inquiry to avoid a broader probe.
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Congress
Iraq
Libya
Bush
United States
David Kay
U.S
Kay
Gambling debate looms as lawmakers weigh licenses and rules
Lawmakers indicate a gambling debate this year amid pressures from counties with referendums and a moratorium by the Racing and Gaming Commission. Proposals include more licenses, riverboat cruising rules, table games at racetrack casinos, credit card use, and defining water bodies for riverboat gambling. The study notes expansion possible but not universal, with regional coalitions likely and no fixed party positions. House and Senate leaders expect committee work but no floor debates, as subcommittees cancel meetings and tax increases are ruled out.
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Raecker
Jeff Elgin
Cedar Rapids
Black Hawk
Palo Alto
Wapello
Worth
Franklin
State Racing and Gaming Commission
Iowa
Legislature Calendar Highlights for Today
The schedule lists a 1 p.m. House convening with 1:30 p.m. Environmental Protection Committee and wind energy briefing in Room 19. A 5 p.m. public hearing on gambling issues is set in the House chamber. Senate opens at 1 p.m. with 2:30 p.m. Human Resources Committee in Room 22 and Transportation Committee reviewing a child restraint bill in Room 24. 4 p.m. Judiciary Committee meets in Room 22 followed by 1:30 p.m. Education committees on performance based assessment teaching standards and teacher compensation with Ways and Means and Iowa Streamline Sales Tax in Room 116.
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House
Environmental Protection Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House Chamber
Tion
Judiciary
Iowa
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