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American League results include Twins 2 Indians 4 Brewers 4 Rangers 1 White Sox 7 Orioles 4 Athletics 8 Yankees 5 Royals 6 Red Sox 4 Tigers 3 Mariners 2 Blue Jays at Angels pending. National League Mets 7 Dodgers 5 Cubs 3 Reds 0 Giants 4 Expos 0 Phillies 4 Padres 0 Braves 2 Cardinals 0 Pirates at Astros pending.
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Global hoops team to play in Cedar Rapids this winter
A deal is in the works to place a fledgling Global Basketball Association team in Cedar Rapids this winter. Details are on page 1D.
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CBA
Global Basketball Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowans See 4.7 Percent Income Rise In Q1
Iowans' personal incomes rose 4.7 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, placing Iowa 27th among states in the nation. All states reported gains in the year ending March, with the national average at 4.1 percent.
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U.S. Washington
Commerce Department
Morris the Cat Declares Presidential Candidacy in New York
Morris the Cat announces his bid for the presidency at Broadway's Winter Garden Theater amid a playful reception. Tony the actor hired to introduce the event remains unimpressed as a comic praises Morris' animal magnetism.
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NEW York
Morris the Cat
Tony
Broadway
Winter Garden Theater
Today’s Chuckle Misery Liked Company Snags Soap Opera Feud
A light joke notes that misery loves company yet soap opera characters seldom get along. The quip hinges on the ironic tension between melodrama and shared misery among fictional clans.
Outsider Comedian George Carlin Performs at Paramount
George Carlin embraces being an outsider and plans irreverent humor on stage at the Paramount Theatre this Friday. The detail appears in Weekend in Friday's Gazette.
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Paramount Theatre
Cedar Rapids teen stabbed linked to Chicago crack ring
Destiny Wright, 17, a Metro High School senior and mother of a 10 month old, was stabbed 15 to 20 times in her Cedar Rapids apartment. James Chambers says Chicago gang members moved to the southeast side and police seek one male suspect. he plans to confront him if authorities fail. Wright was found near-naked at the bottom of stairs. the case ties to a narcotics ring and a murder investigation continues.
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Cedar Rapids
James Chambers
Mercy Medical Center
Destiny Wright
Chambers
Wright
Chicago
Metro High School
Sixth Ave. SE
Neighbors hear fatal shooting of Destiny Wright
Neighbors recall a visitor at 1608 Sixth Ave SE shortly before 3 10 a m Wednesday. Destiny Wright, 17, was slain after she let the guest into her second floor apartment, with noises described as a sexual encounter and a request for revenge surfacing as a motive.
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Wright
Sixth Ave. SE
Unknown virus devastates eastern greyhound tracks
An unidentified fatal virus has killed 19 dogs at a Pensacola track and 13 at a Plainfield park, with over 250 ill at a Massachusetts track. Iowa tracks impose quarantines and bans on dogs that raced in the East, while officials seek identification and a cure to protect racing and other dogs.
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United States
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Pensacola
Fla
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Waterloo
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Don Avenson
Iowa Greyhound Association
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Iowa Federation of Humane Societies
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Iowa Racing Commission
No Chance of Bush dumping Quayle claim dismissed
Marilyn Quayle arrives in Iowa denying a dump Quayle effort within the Bush administration. She says the president would be hurt if Dan Quayle left the ticket and notes Quayle is strongly supported among Republicans and middle Americans. She says media hype fuels the speculation and cites Clinton as the status quo candidate.
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CNN
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Hollywood
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Ag experts foresee vast farming shifts by decade end
Kansas City economists predict U.S. agriculture will move toward livestock growth and less grain selling. Farmers feeding grain to own livestock could earn 80 cents to $1 more per bushel, with farms adding value through processing or feeding. They warn subsidies will end and global markets will reshape farming.
Linn County Board approves gender neutral chair term
Linn County Supervisor Rita Huber demands non sexist language calling for chair or chairperson on all county documents. The board votes to stop using chairman after August 1 and to require unsigned responses with gender neutral terms.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
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