City eyes Crown Plaza buy to fuel hotel renovation
Corbett says up to 18 million from flood recovery could fund hotel refurbishment if the city buys Crowne Plaza, downtown's only hotel owned by CW Capital. Jones Lang LaSalle handles the sale, with no buyer yet. City aims to tie the hotel to the 67 million Event Center project alongside the arena and convention center.
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Chicago
Jones Lang LaSalle
Justin Shields
John Frew
U.S. Cellular Center
Corbett
Arena and Coming Convention Center
Photocopier hard drives face increased on site destruction costs
Health care and financial firms face federal breach laws requiring data erasure. RK Dixon offers three levels of destruction from standard wipe to DoD quality and drive replacement at 1400 to 1500 dollars. Cedar Rapids firms shift responsibility to lessees and seek security upgrades.
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Adamson
RK Dixon
U.S. Department of Defense
Bowie
Cedar Rapids
Matt Doty
Doty
Midwest Electronic Recovery of
Walford
Dave Long
Long
Mercy Medical Center of
Jeff Cash
Obama faces mounting crisis amid oil spill and economy
The piece portrays President Obama under heavy scrutiny over the BP oil disaster and slow economic recovery. It cites critics like Fred Greenstein and Mark Zandi, notes Gallup finds poor crisis handling, and details May payrolls with Census temp jobs skew. It projects a long road to job goals and receding doubts about technocratic fixes.
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Barack Obama
Fred Greenstein
Princeton University
Obama
U.S
Labor Department
Mark Zandi
Moody’s Economy.com
Lessons From Ixtoc Spill Haunt Deepwater Horizon Response
The Ixtoc disaster shows Pemex slowed leaks with methods like metal spheres but failed to stop the spill until two relief wells, completed after months. The event, with a record 140 million gallons and slicks reaching Texas and the Gulf coast, led to reduced funding for study and cautions about BP’s Deepwater Horizon response and timelines.
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Pemex
Ixtac
Mexican Gulf Coast
Texas
U.S
Ixtoc
Larry McKinney
Harte Research Institute For
Gulf of Mexico
Texas A&m University
McKinney
Deepwater Horizon
Tad Patzek
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department
University of Texas
Patzek
State Fair Express offers one day motor coach rides
The Iowa State Fair will offer one day motor coach trips from 80 Iowa communities to the fair. The State Fair Express runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with packages including transportation admission a program and a coupon book. Prices vary by distance with 51 from Le Mars and 18 from Ames, under 5 free, 16 and older requires an adult. Windstar Lines operates the tours with dates set for multiple cities including Iowa City Cedar Rapids and more. Further details are at iowastatefair com services express or Windstar at 888 494 6378.
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Iowa
State Fair Express
Megan Grandgeorge
Grandgeorge
Des Moines
le Mars
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Windstar Lines
Iowastatefair. Com
Windstar
ISU expert notes early 17-year cicadas in Iowa
Iowa State University entomologist Donald Lewis reports cicadas emerging ahead of the 2014 17 year cycle with three confirmed sightings in Madison Monroe and Warren counties. He notes uncertain causes perhaps climate factors and says the insects pose no crop threat and appear from late May to June near Ledges State Park and across southern and southeastern Iowa.
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ISU
Associated Press
AMES
Iowa State University
Donald Lewis
Madison
Monroe
Warren
Lewis
Ledges State Park
Boone
Iowa City area arrests list details multiple public safety charges
The Log reports a sequence of public safety notices from Eastern Iowa arrest records. Individuals named include Shelby Gersh 18 from Clark Road SE, Drew Stowell 37 of Third Avenue Hiawatha, and others in Cedar Rapids Iowa City and surrounding areas facing accusations from assault to drug possession and fraud. A 26 year old woman reports a May sexual assault in the 1000 block of Third Avenue SE.
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Shelby Gersh
Clark Road
Blake and
Third Avenues
Drew Stowell
Third Avenue
Hiawatha
Seminole Avenue
Cheynee Road
E Ave. NE
Short Street
Johnson Avenue NW
John Demoss II
17Th St. SE
C Street
14Th Avenue
Jeffrey Beltz
27Th St. NW
Third Avenue SE
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Gallup
K. Neal International
Hyattsville
Maryland
Robert Bea
University of California At Berkeley
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Johnson County
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University Heights
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First Ave
William Foster
St. SW
Fabian Taylor Jr
Oakland Rd
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Dauita T. Smith
Shady Glen Ct
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Laura Dr
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16Th Avenue
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