Youth turnout surges in Iowa counties Linn and Johnson
In Linn County college age turnout rose 20 percent from 44 percent in 2000 to 64 percent in 2004 while Johnson County saw strong results among 50 to 64 year olds at 94 percent. Young voters cast 16 239 ballots in 2004 up from 10 344 in 2000 signaling improved participation amid campus GOTV drives and registration efforts.
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Ivan Frishberg
New Voters Project
Iowa
Linn County
Johnson County
Tom Stockett
Tim Hagle
University of Iowa
Hagle
Stockett
John Kerry
Circle
Center For Information and Research On
David Doerge
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Chertoff Named Second Choice for Homeland Security Head
Former judge Michael Chertoff, drafted as second pick for Homeland Security after Bernard Kerik withdrew over immigration issues. He helped draft the USA Patriot Act and has urged reexamining detention policies while remaining wary of limiting security. Civil liberties groups critique his stance on rights versus security.
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Bush
New York City
Bernard Kerik
Chertoff
Supreme Court
Senate Republicans
Whitewater
Senate
American Civil Liberties Union
Federal
Philadelphia
Weekly Standard
Bush security adviser Townsend to stay in second term
The Bush administration confirmed Fran Townsend will remain White House homeland security adviser in the second term. The piece notes discussions of a possible director of national intelligence post and outlines debate over detentions as enemy combatants and judicial review. It also cites Ted Olson and Sen. Lieberman on Chertoff's intelligence and Homeland Security plans.
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Bush Administration
White House
Chertoff
Ted Olson
Olson
Joe Lieberman
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
Lieberman
Justice Department
Iowa student pursues unapproved stem cell surgery abroad
Foels a Kirkwood Community College student from Cedar Rapids traveled with her family to Lisbon for a $47,000 stem cell procedure not yet permitted in the United States. Her nasal tissue harvest aimed to repair a spinal cord injury from a 2002 crash, with uninsured costs around $60,000. She plans rehab in Detroit and says Portuguese doctors report some patients regain mobility.
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Foels
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Ron
Donna Foels
Elkader
Brent Duffy
Fairbank
Lisbon
United States
Ron Foels
C.J. Moyna & Sons Construction
Elkader Central High School
Mary Bushkofsky
Garber
Guttenberg
Lima
Iowa
Detroit
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
U.S
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Clinton
Arkansas
Vincent Foster
Trenton
N.J
State Senate Judiciary Committee
Love
LaBor
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