Editorial calls for balanced approach to online piracy bills
The Gazette editorial argues STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT and Protect Intellectual Property Act risk Internet freedom and security. It urges lawmakers to redraft with input from opponents, noting potential site blocking and security weaknesses while acknowledging piracy concerns and possible future site blackouts.
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Shop features dolls bookend a century of toys
Janet Flanagan thanks The Gazette for its Dec 12 feature by Dave Rasdal about dolls and credits small business support for her shop All Dolled Up. She notes the column spurred community enthusiasm and that her Marion store welcomes customers Thursday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Nationwide shifts and debates color 2011 year in review
The piece surveys 2011 highlights and controversies including auto industry recovery, Osama bin Laden’s death, stimulus impact on jobs, troop withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, 99ers and wealth concentration protest, Iowa politics and education, and debates over birth parenthood as well as a reader letter praising school leadership and criticizing policy decisions amid economic and social change. It weaves economic, political, and social threads with named locations Cedar Rapids, Coralville, and Des Moines.
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Notable backlash over angry black woman remark in politics
The text cites critics using the phrase angry black woman in reference to Michelle Obama and notes readers and media figures discussing racial undertones amid political discourse surrounding Barack Obama. It mentions interviews, reactions, and the persistence of the stereotype in online chatter.
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AgSugar saga spurs Iowa incentive reform talk in Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Register reports AgSugar International promised 24 jobs in Cedar Rapids but shifted to LED lights after a failed quantum box. State incentives of 600000 remain amid a broader view of 809 million in top 50 incentive recipients from 2003 to 2010, raising questions about using public money for private growth.
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