Northeast college proposes Center for Agriculture Rescue and Emergencies
Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta seeks a $1 million Center for Agriculture Rescue and Emergencies to train farmers and EMS personnel on 10 to 15 acres. The project, led by Sam Steel of the National Safety Council, would host a library, training facilities, research space and safety testing for ag products, funded by grants and private donations.
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Val Swinton
Northeast Iowa Bureau
Peosta
Northeast Iowa Community College
Sam Steel
National Safety Council
Penn State University
State College, Pa
Steel
Dubuque County
Community College
Rockwell Collins plans layoff of up to 300 workers
Rockwell Collins Commercial Avionics in Cedar Rapids will cut up to 300 jobs, about 6 percent of its workforce, over the next three months due to the ongoing recession in the aircraft industry. About 150 to 200 salaried and 50 to 100 hourly positions will be eliminated across Cedar Rapids and other plants, with most layoffs effective next week.
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George C. Ford
Cedar Rapids
Bellevue
Decorah
Manchester
Sumner
Melbourne
Fla
Collins Commercial Avionics
Iowa
Hobson
Boeing Co
Brain scans reveal sex differences in language task processing
A Yale led study using functional MRI on 19 men and 19 women shows men focus language tasks in the left brain while women use both hemispheres. Despite different mental patterns, both sexes performed equally well on rhyming nonsense words, suggesting a brain language reserve in women. Researchers hail the finding as a milestone in understanding language abilities and reading disorders.
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New York
Sally Shaywitz
G. Reid Lyon
National Institute of Child
Shaywitz
Bennett Shaywitz
Yale Center For the Study
Yale University School of Medicine
Nature
Sandra Witelson
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
Tiny neck muscle blamed for headaches
A study presented to neurosurgeons links tension headaches to a previously undocumented tissue connecting upper neck muscles to the brain coverings. Researchers from the University of Maryland and Mayo Clinic say neck muscle contraction may pull on dura mater, triggering headaches. Treatments may shift toward massage and relaxation instead of drugs.
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Baltimore
Walker Robinson
University of Maryland Medical Center
Walker
Keith Campbell
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Phoenix
Leach breaks with GOP on troop use and missile limits
Iowa Rep. Jim Leach defied House GOP leadership by opposing national security legislation backing a missile defense system. He joined 24 Republicans and Democrats in voting to drop anti-ballistic deployment language, urging a broader view of U.S. leadership and presidential authority.
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Washington
Jim Leach
U.S
House of Representatives
House
Iowa
Newt Gingrich
Leach
Secretary of Defense
Greg Ganske
Tom Latham
Jim Nussle
Jim Ross Lightfoot
House International Affairs Committee
United Nations
Clinton
Gingrich
United States
Iowa State Falls to Oklahoma State in Ames
Iowa State lost to Oklahoma State in Ames by 71 to 69 as part of last night’s college basketball action.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Iowa State
Oklahoma State
Ames
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Jim Weilenhagen
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Cyclones
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Board of Regents
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