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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 2003
Page
1
Robert M. Brooks accuses police of improper subdual during an October traffic stop and seeks a resolution out of court. The item appears amid brief notes on unrelated topics including a Czech swimsuit model, a corridor events site, pay for play in college sports, gas price pressures, expert fishing advice, and a weather roundup.
Menu notes for a northeast Cedar Rapids sports bar called Prime Time. Menu highlights casual fare and drink offerings.
A shuffled page index shows sections such as Classifieds Comics Deaths Editorial Farm Legals Lottery Money Movies Notebook Outdoor People Pictures Puzzles Stocks Weather and more on the same spread indicating a busy publication day with varied content categories.
Cedar Rapids and Linn County residents will vote June 10 on a two year 1 percent local option sales tax to fund RiverRun redevelopment tied to a $10.5 million Vision Iowa grant. City and county officials say the tax would raise about $32 million for Cedar Rapids and $10 million for Linn County to match state funds for the $154 million project that includes a year round farmers market and a sports park.
RiverRun RR 12 outlines proposals for year round farmers market at 16 dollars, riverfront housing at 28 million, street landscape improvements, a 21 million housing and retail site at Wenceslaus Square, a 18 million office retail project at the former Iowa Iron Works site, and a 62 million sports park, detailing investments and locations.
Florida computer engineering professor Sami Amin Al-Arian and seven other men were charged in a 50 count indictment with directing and financing the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. Al-Arian served as the U S leader and head of a Tampa cell, with the group blamed for over 100 deaths in Israel and nearby areas. He was arrested and placed on leave from the University of South Florida and told reporters the case is political.
Tom Walsh reports from Iowa City on Bento Soares a University of Iowa scientist whose long running DNA mapping work traces back to Columbia University and a magnet lab. The worldwide project aims to identify 30 000 plus human genes and clarify the three billion base pairs of human DNA. Soares received 3.9 million in federal Tum to 7A.
The article notes deaths from preventable hospital errors exceed those from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer and AIDS. Mercy, Gin gets a new heart and lungs after a botched transplant, while St Luke's and others adopt JCAHO safety goals to curb errors by Jan 1, 2008. Brenda Weber of St Luke's says patient involvement will grow as safety programs expand.
A compact catalog of preventable medical errors including diagnostic delays and misdiagnosis, failure to use indicated tests or outdated tests, errors in treatment or dosing, delays in care, inappropriate or missing preventive care, inadequate monitoring, communication failures, equipment or system failures, attributed to Institute of Medicine and American Academy of Sciences.
Iowa officials report 16 year old drivers had 20 percent fewer crashes in 2001 versus 1998, and 38 percent fewer traffic convictions, under the graduated licensing system. National figures show a 33 percent drop nationally.DOT spokesman Scott Falk notes improvements and a planned comprehensive study due this spring.
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