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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 2005
Page
1
The Labor Department reports 2004 added 2.2 million payroll jobs led by 157000 in December and an average annual unemployment rate of 5.5 percent. President Bush calls the gains positive as voters weigh the economy in a election year.
Consumer confidence weakens despite a modest economic upturn as inflation climbs. The report notes an $8 billion impact from higher prices and a broader $10 billion shift in consumer spending patterns amid improving conditions.
The Gazette previews the new session noting eight Senate and 12 House seats open after incumbents’ retirements. Leaders pick first on Monday with back-row and aisle seats favored by senators and representatives as seating plans are arranged.
Lester Boots, 51, of Cedar Rapids, a Linn County deputy, faces second-degree burglary and fifth-degree theft charges after allegedly entering Marion Airport on December 6 while in uniform and on duty and stealing $140 from a cash box, as shown by surveillance video.
Thousands more bodies found in Indonesia as the official death toll climbs to 147,000 and tens of thousands remain missing. UN chief Kofi Annan voices disbelief at the scale of devastation while rescue teams comb Meulaboh and other coastal towns for survivors.
A computer model from JPL in Pasadena shows the December Indian Ocean quake slightly sped Earth's rotation by about 2.6 microseconds per day and tilted the planet an extra inch, due to mass shifts on the surface.
Iowa public health expert R William Field notes many patients ask if radon caused their lung cancer. He says smoking and radon both cause lung cancer, though no one can know for sure in individual cases. He cites Iowa homes with high radon levels, a state with the nation’s highest frequency.
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