Support check turned into a bill in Iowa child support case
Heidi Davis received a $527.15 back child support payment from Iowa DHS that was later billed to her when the check funded by her ex husband was found to be drawn on insufficient funds. Davis contests the demand saying she did not write the bad check and questions the policy of recouping funds from the recipient. State officials say they must recoup the money to avoid losses and that the child support system operates to transfer funds to the other parent.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Heidi Davis
Iowa Department of Human Services
Davis
Coralville
Iowa
Department of Human Services
Russians demand distance as Discovery nears Mir
The Russian Space Agency rejects a close approach by Discovery to the Mir station citing fuel leaks and risk to a Soyuz capsule. NASA pressed to repressurize the shuttle’s leaking jet in a bid to allow a 35 foot close pass.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Russian Space Agency
NASA
Mir
Discovery
Russia
Earth
Randy Stone
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stone
Too slick to sled during Cedar Rapids WinterFest incident
Nathan Gorman aged 5 from Cedar Rapids was carried from Jones Park on a sled after injuring his leg at the WinterFest hill. Helen? Michelle Janko 11 from Marion also injured her leg moments earlier as the hill crashed into hay bales. Officials shut the hill. Michelle listed in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital and Nathan in stable condition at Mercy Medical Center.
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Nathan Gorman
Cedar Rapids
Jones Park
Michelle Janko
Marion
Michelle
St. Luke's Hospital
Nathan
Mercy Medical Center
Day care study finds most centers mediocre to poor
A multiyear study of 400 centers across California Colorado Connecticut and North Carolina reports that only one in seven centers is good quality and 40 percent of infant and toddler rooms are rated poor. Parents overestimate care while researchers urge higher standards and more funding for care and training.
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Washington Post
Washington
Families and Work Institute
California
Colorado
Connecticut
North Carolina
University of Colorado At
Denver
University of California
Los Angeles
University of North Carolina
Yale University
Air bag thefts rise as top target for car thieves
Police and insurers say air bags are the fastest growing stolen part, with thieves removing four bolts and a clip connector in about three minutes to reap a $1000 part. High-theft areas like New York City and parts of New Jersey see the most activity, with rings even reselling bags to body shops.
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York
Jack Dever
USAA
Kim Hazelbaker
Highway Loss Data Institute
Insurance Industry Research Agency
Virginia
New York City
New Jersey
Florida
California
San Gabriel
Calif
Mike McGuigan
Puente Hills
Toyota
Joseph Clark
Queensborough
New York
John Hoch
National Insurance Crime Bureau
Iowa fiber network fights bureaucratic cage
Iowa's award winning fiber optic network struggles as a free standing business trapped in government bureaucracy. The Legislature faces a Thursday deadline to test compromise on a school financing allowable growth plan with details on page 5B.
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Iowa
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John Pendygraft
Gazette Intern
ICN
Chicago
Woodridge
Ill
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W.J. Usery
Clinton
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