Inmates Earn GED Recognition At Anamosa State Prison
The second GED recognition ceremony in seven months honored qualifying inmates with guests in Anamosa, marking a return after 30 years of no formal recognition. The event underscored education as a path to rehabilitation and post release success.
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Gamers and Invasions Highlight Iowa News Briefs
The Iowa notes cover a 15 year old national texting champion Kate Moore’s controversial post victory remark about kids texting at dinner. The piece also cites Oriental bittersweet as a major invasive threat to Linn County flora and questions county vehicle use policy and tax reporting requirements.
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Iowa readers respond on flood aid abortion and politics
Readers discuss delay in federal flood relief for Cedar Rapids Iowa critique of Congress TARP ACORN spending and health care plans. Letters cover abortion views abortion politics and Palin Letterman remarks and school funding concerns in Iowa communities.
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Capitalism’s death by big business and state protection
A critique of how big firms use government to shield profits while claiming free market ideals. The piece cites Philip Morris lobbying for anti-tobacco measures, a White House push to shield giants from systemic risk, and the danger of companies becoming too big to fail under a nanny state. The author argues true freedom includes allowing failure, not corporate impunity.
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Cedar Rapids lap swimmers claim 70 degree rule unfair
In Cedar Rapids a policy bars 11 45 a m lap swim unless air hits 70 degrees. The writer notes many days fail the threshold yet later reach warmth for children, denying access to adults who paid for season passes. Shelley Sullens, a longtime outdoor lap swimmer, is cited.
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