Cedar Rapids event guide and tournaments schedule
Today in UYL highlights events at Kirkwood and Haye fields run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. including softball tournaments Five Seasons Invitational and Harley Steele Invitational. Other activities include Brucemore Mansion Czech Museum tours Bar-B-Que Roundup Ushers Ferry Pioneer Village and Mercy/Stouffer street sprints with Cedar Rapids Reds baseball and fireworks at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Admission varies by event with family friendly options. Call CITYLINE for details at 363-7000 category 3378.
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Prairie Meadows May Be Broke By July Borrowing Woes
Prairie Meadows has borrowed money down to the wire and may be broke by July raising concerns about its finances. Safety officials warn holiday fireworks can fool you with hidden dangers during celebrations.
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Santa Barbara and CBS Sweep Daytime Emmy Awards
The entertainment section notes Santa Barbara and CBS dominate the Daytime Emmy Awards with multiple wins. Details highlight top categories and notable performances, underscoring the show’s success across daytime television.
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Today’s Chuckle: If a man’s home is his castle
A humorous quip ponders why the man who treats his home as a castle still must bear the mortgage and expenses, playing on the paradox of privilege and cost.
Settlement in Fernald nuke plant suit totaling at least 73 million
The Energy Department agreed to pay a minimum of 73 million dollars to Ohio residents harmed by Fernald reactor contamination, far short of the original 300 million sought. Judge Spiegel set an August hearing, with funds to be deposited to four Cincinnati banks by October 15 if approved.
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Gender gaps in tests narrowing across verbal and math domains
New York Times analysis finds the gender gap in verbal tests has disappeared and is shrinking in mathematics across a wide range of exams from elementary to graduate school. Researchers note the trend contrasts with 1970s findings and discuss education, test design, and student cohorts as possible explanations.
India says it sold thionyl chloride to Iran
Sixty tons of thionyl chloride a chemical used to make poison gas was sold to Iran by India's State Trading Corp from Bombay in March in a deal worth about 50000 dollars. A private seller Transpekt Pvt Ltd arranged the sale and a later 257 ton shipment is planned via Dubai to an Iranian port.
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Retired FBI Agent Links Cooper Case to List Suspect
Seattle AP reports former FBI detective Ralph Himmelsbach says similarities exist between D B Cooper and John List in an 18 year old New Jersey murder case. He believes Cooper died parachuting in 1971 with 200000 but lists List as a major suspect in the skyjacking inquiry.
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Fire in 10 story Atlanta building kills four
A series of explosions triggered a blaze in the south tower of the Peachtree 25th Building in Atlanta. Four people died and dozens were injured as workers evaded flames and smoke, with some jumping from windows and others rescued by firefighters on ladders.
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