Texting while driving could be primary offense under bill
A Senate panel approved a bill making texting a primary offense, allowing police to pull over and fine drivers for texting while driving. The measure aims to curb distracted driving amid ongoing safety debates.
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Discoveries at Ul campus offer clues to local history
Researchers from the Office of the State Archaeologist are excavating Hubbard Park near the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus. They seek artifacts from the mid to late 1800s to illuminate life in Iowa City and expand state, city, and university history.
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Linn County weighs first utility solar farm
Linn County planners move to permit a 2.5 megawatt solar plant run for profit and fed into the grid. Geronimo Energy, Minneapolis, has obtained Iowa Utilities Board tax credits to back the project, with planning commissions approving code amendments on grading buffering fencing and setbacks.
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Court hears murder suspect's illnesses in bid for release
John Bloomfield, 73, is described by his attorney as suffering from metastatic prostate cancer spread to ribs vertebrae and lymph nodes along with diabetes carpal tunnel sleep disorder fatigue and other conditions. The defense seeks release to monitored home detention in Minnesota, while the state argues he is asymptomatic and can be treated at IMCC and University of Iowa Hospitals.
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Shoe Bomb Threat Linked to Yemen Al Qaida Affiliate
Washington reports a heightened concern over al Qaida's Yemen-based group with a skilled bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al Asiri. Homeland Security warned overseas flight operators to the United States about possible new shoe bomb designs evading security measures.
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