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Iown lacks uniform notification for sex offenders. Paramount Theatre reopens after renovation. Wesley Clark closes gap with Howard Dean in political race. Legislature to grapple with tax cuts and revenue needs.
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Iown
Paramount Theatre
Wesley Clark
Howard Dean
Global warming may push 15 to 37 percent of species to extinction
Researchers from Britain to Australia and Mexico say at current warming rates 15 to 37 percent of living species could face extinction by midcentury. The projection appears in a first of its kind study spanning multiple climates and regions.
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Britain
Australia
Mexican Desert
ICwan Accused Of Theft Amid School Cocaine Claim
Frank Snead Jr is jailed again after his daughter testified cocaine allegedly from him was given to her at an elementary school in Coralville. Snead faces first degree theft charges for allegedly stealing jewelry valued over twenty thousand dollars from Helzberg Diamonds in Cedar Rapids. A separate item notes a Wayne County man who shot a mountain lion says he did a service to neighbors, while the DNR denies releasing mountain lions to control deer.
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Frank Snead Jr
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Helzberg Diamonds
Cedar. Rapids
Wayne County
DNR
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Hawkeyes Defeat Purdue In Big Ten Opener
Iowa Hawkeyes win eighth straight Big Ten opener 71 61 at Carver Hawkeye Arena Iowa City Purdue falls short. Also Cyclones edge Missouri 70 65 with Curtis Stinson delivering late score and Deborah Mathis on vacation.
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Purdue
Iowa Hawkeyes
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa City
ISU
Curtis Stinson
Iowa State
Cyclones
Missouri
Gazette corrects name and illustration misplacements
The Gazette notes editing errors in Tuesday's issue renaming Gerry Bouser and misplacing a Knight Ridder knee joint illustration. A correction space invites reader feedback and provides contact numbers for inquiries.
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Gerry Bouser
Gazette of Cedar Rapids Public Notices and Subscriptions
The Gazette published daily in Cedar Rapids Iowa provides subscription rates for carrier motor route and mail delivery across regions. Contact numbers for subscription service and general inquiries are listed, with post office box for address changes.
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Gazette Iowa City Cedar Rapids Call Center Notes
Fragmentary contact section lists a toll line, general news and circulation notes for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Mentions a tip line and online directory with email addresses at GazetteOnline.com.
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General News
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
SAT Aiis Costas Evecs
TIP Line
Lowa City
GazetteOnline.com
Gazette Reaffirms Recycling Focus and Soybean Ink
The Gazette promotes sustainable farming by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It invites readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive SW or at nearby recycling locations.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Ingleside Drive
Mortar attack wounds 35 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
Insurgents fired six mortar rounds at Logistical Base Seitz west of Baghdad wounding 35 U.S. soldiers from the 541st Maintenance Battalion part of the 3rd Corps Support Command. Some wounded returned to duty while others were hospitalized. The attack followed an earlier strike on Fallujah in which a couple and five children were killed.
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Seitz
Pentagon
Army
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Fort Riley
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3Rd Corps
James Cassella
Fallujah
Northwest snow blankets Seattle area as freezing rain cripples travel
After heavy snow, freezing rain slashed roads and iced power lines across Seattle and northwest Oregon. Schools closed for a second day while flood advisories were issued. I 90 faced closures and Portland International Airport canceled hundreds of flights as power outages affected 136000 customers in Seattle metro.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Everett
Hoodsport
Portland
Ore
Portland International Airport
Steve Johnson
Anni Tuma
Corvallis
Vasopressin may boost survival in cardiac arrest study
A European study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine finds vasopressin improves hospital arrival and home survival for cardiac arrest patients compared with epinephrine. In asystole cases, vasopressin raised hospital discharge odds and overall survival, though only 5 percent returned home. Lead researcher Dr Volker Wenzel of Innsbruck urged guideline updates.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Volker Wenzel
Leopold Franzens University
Innsbruck
Austria
Ultraviolet Rays Tied to Ordovician Extinction
Astronomers propose a gamma ray burst within 10 000 light years stripped Earth's ozone about 440 million years ago. The event would have allowed intense ultraviolet radiation to kill two thirds of species, while a brown smog plus ice age followed.
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Atlanta
Earth
Adrian L. Melott
University of Kansas
Melott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
American Astronomical Society
China reports second suspected SARS case in Guangzhou
China reported a second suspected SARS case on Thursday after releasing the season’s first confirmed patient, a 32-year-old television producer, from hospital. The patient, a Guangzhou waitress, was hospitalized with suspected illness. No immediate updates were available from Guangzhou health officials. A WHO spokesman in Beijing declined further comment.
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Beijing
China
Xinhua
Guangzhou
World Health Organization
Roy Wadia
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