Shoes for a teen son spark a funny, costly hunt
Leonard Pitts recalls a painful shopping trip for his teen son’s shoes amid media influence and brand obsessions. He compares the ordeal to a media lesson in class, notes the boy’s fixation on style over sport, and ends with the boy leaving the store smiling and cool.
Bush outlines faith based initiative plan to fund social services
The plan permits religious content in non religious funded services with secular alternatives required nearby. It aims to expand government contracts for church groups to run day care, drug treatment and homeless shelter programs while preserving constitutional separation of church and state. Catholic Charities cautions parishes against overreaching for contracts and notes potential legal challenges. Bush says government will not fund religious activities but will not discriminate against faith based providers.
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Gazette Advances Green Printing and Recycling Push
The Gazette promotes an eco friendly approach by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or at nearby recycling locations.
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Diet Center 3B Dockside Evergreen Estates Fox Eye 6B
Readable text fragments describe a local listing or notice involving multiple properties and entities. Names such as Evergreen Estates and Dockside appear with likely unit numbers 3B and 6B. The piece resembles a classified or notice-style item from a community page.
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Cedar Rapids Retail Ad Highlights 5A 2A Deals
Local Cedar Rapids ad focuses on retail specials across 5A and 2A categories with price cuts and limited offers. Shoppers see discounts on groceries household items and electronics with weekly sale dates and store hours.
Correction on land owner for Williamsburg recreation center
The 19 acre tract intended for a new recreation center in Williamsburg is owned by Wanda James. The earlier January 24 article misnamed the landowner and the Gazette will publish corrections and clarifications in this space upon review.
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Surplus boosts Bush push for a tax cut
The Congressional Budget Office raises the forecasted federal surplus to 3.12 trillion over 2002 to 2011, supporting President Bush’s bid for a 1.6 trillion, 10 year tax cut. White House aides say the growing surplus allows room for tax reductions without harming other priorities.
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Police say man planned Columbine style attack at college
A photo lab clerk tipped police to DeGuzman a 19 year old De Anza College student who allegedly hoarded dozens of pipe bombs Molotov cocktails and other weapons at home and planned a Columbine style attack authorities say he faced 30 counts of possession of an explosive device 20 counts of possession of a firebomb and two counts of illegal weapon possession.
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