Edwards Promises New Beginning for America
Sen John Edwards told about 200 at Metro High School in Cedar Rapids that he offers a new beginning based on hope and optimism. He faulted Bush on two Americas while urging listening voters and laid out plans to raise teacher pay, improve schools, and restructure high schools to boost student success.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
John Edwards
Leo Durocher
North Carolina Democrat
America
Bush
Americas
Edwards
Metro
Hal Dendurent
Laura Segall
the Gazette
Sen
Metro High School
Kerry slams Labor Department over overtime avoidance tips
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry criticized the Labor Department for publishing tips that help companies dodge overtime pay. He spoke to about 150 people at RWDSU Local 110 Hall in Cedar Rapids after AP reported the department’s summary of revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Nicole Schuppert
Cedar Rapids
John Kerry
Labor Department
Kerry
RWDSU
Hall
F Ave
Associated Press
Duane Crock
the Gazette
Gary Bouser
Kerry Attacks Bush Overtime Plan At Washington Rally
Kerry denounces Labor Department overtime proposals as a plan to deprive workers of earned pay. He cites 40 hour week rules and salary cuts and links them to tax cuts for the wealthy and rising health costs. He and Kennedy plan a rally at Washington High School at 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Labor Department
Kerry
Sen
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Washington High School
Gephardt
George Bush
National Public Radio
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio
U.S
Carol Moseley Braun
Illinois
Iowa
Hoar to Meet Veterans and Foreign Relations Group
Retired General Joseph Hoar will meet veterans at the VFW post located at 609 Highway 6 East in Iowa City at 11 a.m. He will also address the Iowa Foreign Relations Council at the Congregational United Church of Christ at 30 North Clinton Street in Iowa City at noon.
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Joseph Hoar
USMC
VFW
Highway
Iowa City
Iowa Foreign Relations Council
Congregational United Church of Christ
N. Clinton St
Patch Adams to Speak Across Iowa City Cedar Rapids
Political activist physician and clown Patch Adams appears at three Iowa venues this day. At 1 p.m. he attends Lunch and Laughs at Hamburg Inn Iowa City, then 4 p.m. appearance at Blue Strawberry Coffee Shop Cedar Rapids, followed by 5 p.m. event at Green Angels Herbs Cedar Rapids.
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Patch Adams
Hamburg Inn
N. Linn St
Iowa City
Blue Strawberry Coffee Shop
Second St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Green Angels Herbs & Healing Arts
Mount Vernon Rd
Democratic hopefuls spar over tax cuts in Iowa clash
Six Democratic presidential hopefuls debated tax cuts and presidential credentials ahead of the January Iowa caucuses. Kerry and Lieberman urged against repealing the Bush tax cuts, while Dean and Gephardt pressed for broader relief, framing the middle class as the key voters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Kerry
Massachusetts
Joseph Lieberman
Connecticut
Vermont
Howard Dean
Dick Gephardt
Missouri
Bush
Lieberman
Kerry
Dean and
Gephardt
Dean
Bradley backs Dean as Gore joins Iowa push
Bill Bradley endorsed Howard Dean for the 2000 nomination and praised his ability to engage voters. Gore will visit Iowa on Friday and Saturday with rallies in Des Moines and Eastern Iowa as Dean’s campaign expands support among the nine Democratic hopefuls.
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Iowa
Bill Bradley
Dean Gore
Howard Dean
Bradley
New Jersey
U.S. Senate
al Gore
Dean
Bush
Gore
Des Moines
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