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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 2004

Page

2

Front page round up of political and civic topics

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.

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.

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.

E. Icwan Frank Snead Jr Coralville Snead Helzberg Diamonds Cedar. Rapids Wayne County DNR Towa

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.

Hawkeyes 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.

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.

Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa Gazette Gaette Communications Inc U.S Associated Press Gazette Communications, Inc P.O

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.

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.

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.

Baghdad Iraq U.S Seitz Pentagon Army 541St Fort Riley Kan 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.

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.

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.

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.

Beijing China Xinhua Guangzhou World Health Organization Roy Wadia

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