Suspect Arrested in Cedar Rapids Slaying Over Money Dispute
Police arrested Christopher Schmidt, 30, after a December 31 murder tied to a dispute over money owed for car repairs. Schmidt faced a $1 million bail and potential life sentence if convicted. The case links to Nelson, a Cedar Rapids man, with witnesses detailing threats and a struggle using a barstool amid reported needle nose pliers attack. Schmidt, once employed in auto repair, had prior federal prison time for weapon offenses and other violations.
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Regents split on campus interviews in UI president search
Regents debate whether to include campus interviews as UI regents pick a new leader to oversee the succession after David Skorton left for Cornell. Faculty, staff and students push campus interviews, while some regents fear they may drive candidates away and favor a smaller, mixed committee.
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Senate President Criticizes Email Tieup in Search Talks
US Faculty Senate President Sheldon Kurtz criticizes the use of email for search discussions instead of public meetings. He cites FOI access and potential missing information, urging open meetings to uphold public policy and the open-meetings law.
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City budget chief pushes tighter spending and staff realignments
Prosser outlines a 7.5 million cut plan to balance the upcoming fiscal year without a tax increase. He proposes 6.2 million in obvious cuts and an option to trim another 1.8 million, while noting the helicopter program is terminated and capital funds should not cover operating costs. The council may differ from his recommendations.
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Braley Named a Whip in Congress for Iowa District 1
Former Cornell College professor Braley joins leadership as at large whip to inform on priority bills and count votes. Loebsack, who defeated Jim Leach on Nov. 7, reflects on a path from poverty to Congress and serving Iowa’s 2nd District constituents.
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Rhode Island Schools Close Over Suspected Meningitis Case
Rhode Island officials canceled classes for Thursday and Friday affecting over 20,000 students after a suspected meningitis case in Coventry and the death of a Warwick elementary student from encephalitis. The Catholic Diocese closed eight schools serving about 2,600 students.
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Patrick sworn in as Massachusetts governor amid historic symbolism
Deval Patrick became the states first African American elected governor and took the oath with a Bible linked to John Quincy Adams through the Amistad affair. He addressed thousands in Boston praising hope and progress as Mitt Romney completed his term.
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Energy secretary sacks head of nuclear weapons program
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman dismissed Linton Brooks as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration over security breakdowns at Los Alamos and other facilities. Brooks will leave within two to three weeks. Bodman cited the need for new leadership and changes at the agency.
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Judge orders deportation of former Nazi guard
A federal immigration judge ordered the removal of Josias Kumpf, a retired Wisconsin sausage maker who entered the United States decades ago and hid his past as a Nazi prison camp guard. Kumpf is the 100th former Nazi deported or prosecuted by the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations.
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Trawler heads to aid American sailor near Cape Horn
A Chilean navy search plane spotted an American solo sailor on a storm battered yacht off the southern tip of South America. A rescue trawler was en route as Ken Barnes of Newport Beach, California, made visual contact with the pilots aboard the rescue craft.
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