Chemistry Building repair and expansion debated at UI
UI faces a $90 million capital budget gap blocking a $33 million expansion to upgrade classrooms and labs including central air and improved fire escapes. Phase one at $20.4 million would add Room 300 over two years. phase two at $13 million would follow. Enrollments rise test labs, forcing more evening sessions while staff and space remain scarce. State lawmakers expect tight infrastructure funding next session, with emphasis on health care spending.
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Jeff Lamberti
R-Ankeny
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bluestem Officials Weigh Site 2 Expansion At Viable 565 Acre Landfill
Bluestem faces a board vote on expanding Site 2 a 565 acre landfill near Viola with public input. Some members plus Cedar Rapids mayor lean expansion citing economic benefits and shorter haul, while others seek appraisal and negotiations before moving forward.
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Don Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
Linn County
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Woman found dead in Cedar Rapids area apartment
A 36 year old woman was found dead in an upper level Cedar Rapids apartment. Police investigate as a homicide with autopsy pending and relatives to be notified. The woman worked at a local Hiawatha area convenience store and left behind three children.
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Rebels seize Buchanan as Liberia’s conflict deepens
Liberian rebels claim over 60 percent of the country and press a nine day siege as Buchanan falls under their control. Spokesman Joe Wylie asserts Taylor must go while international action, including a Pentagon deployment, grows in response to the crisis.
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Pentagon probes risk as investors may bet on political events
The Pentagon plans a commodity market style system to let investors wager on Middle East political and economic events including assassinations and terrorist attacks. Two Democratic senators urged stopping the project before registration begins, while the program says it seeks to study ways to prevent attacks with reevaluation planned before additional funding. In Cambodia, Hun Sen’s CPP appeared set to win about 73 of 123 seats, likely needing a coalition government despite expected victory.
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Vatican urges global push against gay marriage proposals
The Vatican plans a worldwide campaign to oppose same sex marriage as legal recognition expands in Europe and North America. Pope John Paul II has spoken out for months and a Thursday instruction outlines a course of action for politicians and lay people to oppose extending marriage rights.
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Thyroid hormone may cut cholesterol and aid weight loss
A chemical that enhances thyroid hormone efficiency may soon help people lose weight and lower cholesterol without the rapid heartbeat linked to thyroid stimulants. Early results suggest potential major benefits amid obesity concerns in the United States.
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Alabama woman first West Nile death of the year
An elderly resident of Talladega County in central Alabama died in July from West Nile virus after a mosquito bite. The victim was in her eighties. name not released by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
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Inquest Opens in Florida on Hanging Death
Belle Glade Florida an inquest opened Monday into the May 28 death of Feraris Ray Golden a 32 year old black man amid rumors he was lynched Palm Beach Circuit Judge Harold Cohen convened the coroner s inquest to decide if death was by self act or homicide Police concluded Golden hanged himself from a tree relatives dispute the finding and say he was found with hands tied behind his back Friends allege foul play in the rural community.
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Hartke of Indiana Dies at 84 Former Senator
Vance Hartke a longtime Indiana Democrat and 18 year U S senator died of heart failure at 84 He hailed from Stendal Indiana and was elected to the Senate in 1958 re elected in 1964 and 1970 before losing to Richard Lugar after his 1976 defeat he opened a private law firm near Washington.
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Evacuations Under Way Near West Glacier Montana
Hundreds of residents fled West Glacier and nearby areas as a wildfire threatened U S Highway 2 and Glacier National Park. National Park Service headquarters were evacuated and officials set backfires to slow the blaze.
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