Iowa eyes new industry as youth move away
Workforce and nurturing new industry companies like EnzyMed are central to Iowa's plan to reverse youth outmigration. The Iowa 2010 commission signals focus on information tech, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences with venture capital, training, and university research support.
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Iowa
Tom Vilsack
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Tanzanian AIDS attitudes shaped by poverty and distrust
Venzke and staff at Mkombozi Vocational Training Center host weekly health days to share medical information on AIDS while residents question Western help and condoms. She cites poverty and female disempowerment as root causes, noting residents distrust aid and fear economic motives behind condom programs. Venzke, a Cedar Rapids native, volunteers through Visions in Action after paying all costs.
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Mkombozi
Venzke
Africa
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Lois Venzke
Tanzania
Visions In Action
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Cook County
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Fear grows along with tobacco crop in eastern North Carolina
In Snow Hill North Carolina farmers face worry after a Florida jury awarded 145 billion dollars against cigarette makers threatening the tobacco industry. The Dawsons and others note reduced quotas and prices while awaiting appeals to limit the verdict amid uncertain markets for upcoming crops.
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Emerald Isle Beach
North Carolina
Florida
Southeast
Robert Dawson
Earl
Dawsons
Earl Dawson
Bobby Wilkerson
Ringold
John Moore
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AIDS Crisis Threatens Africa's Innocent Youth
UNICEF reports nearly one third of about 34 million HIV infections are under 25. The epidemic has orphaned millions of children and in sub-Saharan Africa 860,000 children lost their teachers in 1999, threatening access to education.
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Unicef
sub-Saharan Africa
Election tension shifts Court's future in reach for power
The upcoming presidential race centers on shaping the Supreme Court for decades. With seven justices aging and the court closely divided, a few appointments could redefine abortion rights and race policy. Gore warns one vote could erase a woman's right to choose. Bush praises Scalia and Thomas as guiding icons.
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Ralph Neal
People For the American Way
Susan Muskett
Christian Coalition
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Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
al Gore
Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
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