Safe summer swimming Heights Cedar Rapids pools open weekend
The Gazette urges safe pool use as Cedar Rapids area outdoor municipal pools open for the season. It highlights drowning risks for children, the need for swim lessons, parent involvement, and new aquatic center features such as zero-depth entry and slides to boost accessibility and safety.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Accid
United States
American Red Cross
American Academy of Pediatrics
Cedar Rapids
Mike Moran
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department
Jessica Bartles
Post Series Affection Disorder hits a TV loving child
An editorial counsels Fried in Fremont to curb her three year old’s TV exposure after a season end surge in distress. The piece cites a Kaiser Family Foundation study claiming 33 percent of under six own TV sets and recommends unplugging the set, reading nightly, and comforting with silence and Mozart to ease bedtime turmoil.
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Ear Editorial Board
Jay
Fried
Fremont
America
Kaiser Family Foundation
Iran signals openness to direct talks with United States
Iran's leadership shows willingness to negotiate with the United States over security in the Middle East and nuclear issues. Tehran demands recognition of its regional role and insists on safeguards while opposing regime change. EU3 negotiations continue with Iran skeptical of halting enrichment.
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Iran
Washington
Tehran
U.S
America
Saeed Laylaz
United States
Islamic Republic
France
Germany
Britain
EUS
Middle East
Javad Vaeidi
Ali Larijani
Supreme National Security Council
Vaeidi
Iraq
Afghanistan
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Egypt
White House
Teens charge debt as youths raise concern over credit
Junior Achievement and Allstate Foundation report that about one in ten teens ages 13 to 18 use credit cards with some as young as 13. Many pay only minimums, and the result could take nine years to pay off a $1000 balance at 18 percent interest. The study urges parental limits and possible stricter laws to curb underage card ownership.
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America
Allstate Foundation
Interprise
Ja.org
Junior Achievement
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Armed Services
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