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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2006
Page
1
President Bush plans to use the State of the Union to urge tax code incentives for more Americans to obtain health coverage. He calls it consumer driven health care and part of an ownership society, aiming to make more health spending tax deductible and shift costs from government to individuals.
Bush is expected to propose expanded Health Savings Accounts and greater out-of-pocket tax deductibility. He would cap medical malpractice awards and promote association health plans for small businesses. The speech airs at 8 p.m. Pacific Time on IPTV and major networks including ABC CBS NBC Fox News C-SPAN and MSNBC.
Iowa rolls out a new student ID system to improve enrollment accuracy and track school achievement and graduation rates. Officials say the system, now in early stages, will help allocate state funding correctly as students move between districts, though benefits are still being evaluated.
Davenport jurors are to begin deliberations on Roger Paul Bentley after hearing closing arguments and receiving 56 pages of legal instructions. The charges include first-degree murder and kidnapping with mandatory life terms, tied to the alleged abduction and killing of 10-year-old Jesseta Gage from Cedar Rapids on March 24, 2005.
Jurors resume at 9 a m at the Scott County Courthouse in a murder trial moved from Johnson County due to pretrial publicity. Deliberations are expected after lunch as lawyers and Judge Patrick Grady refine instructions. Defense attorney Persaud seeks acquittal after testimony, with Prosecutor J Patrick leading the case.
Iowa State University scientists will use an IBM BlueGene supercomputer, worth 1.25 million dollars, to assemble the corn genome. The system delivers up to 5.7 trillion calculations per second, speeding data processing from months to days for plant breeders.
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