Iowa City to Build Overpass to Ease Train Delays
Residents complain trains interrupt daily life near the tracks as Iowa City plans an $11 million overpass funded by federal and local money. Construction could start April or May and finish in fall 2016, with two seasons of work to reroute rail traffic away from the road.
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the Gazette
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First black U S Senator Edward Brooke dies at 95 in Florida
Edward Brooke the first popularly elected African American U S Senator died at his Naples Florida home at 95 He rose from Massachusetts attorney general to a long Senate career on the Appropriations and Banking panels He helped pass anti poverty laws before later scrutiny over private loan finances and a parted political stance toward civil rights. Ralph Neal confirmed the death.
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Global tensions and crises frame 2014 15 outlook
A review highlights Afghanistan Ebola North Korea and Israel Palestine as dominant flashpoints. Russia faces a deep slump with 2014 oil-price collapse. sanctions relief could ease Putin’s squeeze. US and Iran aim for a nuclear accord before July. The Afghan war formally ends, yet Kabul remains weak. Ebola may reach 1.4 million cases by Jan. 20 with vaccine hopes. North Korea’s opaque regime looms as a major US threat in 2015.
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