Our role in lessening nature s wrath in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette urges broader blame of Iowa floods beyond weather, citing farm drainage tiling and permeable surface loss. It calls for stewardship, policy review of ethanol impact, and urban stormwater improvements to reduce future catastrophic flooding. The piece notes CRP shifts, corporate cost concerns, and rising flood-recovery costs.
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Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Walter
Hal Borland
Conservation Reserve
Iowa
Ken DeKeyser
History maker debate on Obama skin color and race talk
A Gazette letters section panels opinions on Barack Obama being called African American and questions why white heritage is not equally acknowledged. It contrasts media labeling with calls for substance over slogans and notes other political voices in Iowa posturing and policy concerns.
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the Gazette
History Maker
Barack Obama
Obama
United States
Glenn Chatfield
North
Liberty
Mike Robinson
Robinson
Linn County
Yesterday's results prompt flood-cleanup company experiences
A survey asks if respondents have had bad experiences with flood-cleanup companies and records yes or no responses. It also notes a field for the number of votes but the text is incomplete and ends abruptly with "Number of vot."
Comcast Big Ten Network deal may ease Mediacom impasse
Readers are asked to vote on whether the Comcast breakthrough to carry the Big Ten Network could break the political media stalemate with Mediacom before the football season. The post links Gazettenline and raises partisan quotes about Obama and McCain, noting voter concerns about veterans voting choices.
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Comcast
Big Ten
Mediacom
GazetteOnline.com
Care for those tending Iowa's flood wounds
The Cornell College chaplain writes about migrant day laborers housed on campus during Iowa flood relief. He notes poor wages, long hours, lack of basics, and calls for better treatment, dignity, and enforcement of labor standards while thanking workers and urging public scrutiny.
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Cornell College
Iowa
Christ
United Methodist
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
The
United Methodist Church
National Board of Church and Society
Cornell
Catholic Charities National
Midwest
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Airlines Strike Fees for First Checked Bags Across Major Carriers
The Washington Post notes rising fuel costs push airlines United United Airlines US Airways and American Airlines to impose new charges for a first checked bag and more for second pieces. Fuel spending climbs from 40 billion in 2007 to 61.2 billion this year. The piece compares baggage fees to a 2004 film’s coin operated overhead bins and rationed food.
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Washington Post
United Airlines
US Airways
American Airlines
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Catherine Quehl- Engel
Mount Vernon
Catherine Quehl-Engel
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