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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 2000
Page
1
Cy Kane Nisius of Burlington High School listens to a speech during the State High School Speech and Debate Championships. The competition ends today. Details, 1B.
Top-ranked North Cedar edged No. 2 Solon 44 to 43 to secure a Class 3A state tournament berth. The close game highlighted late plays and key performances as the teams battled for the playoff spot.
Despite 98 percent of Iowa wetlands developed, officials push changes to safeguard what little remains. Details appear on page 4A.
US West threatens legal action if Qwest backs out of a proposed merger valued at about 9 billion dollars, signaling a high-stakes corporate dispute and potential regulatory scrutiny.
A nursing class watches films to learn about patients' needs and perspectives. The exercise explores empathy and cultural awareness through cinematic scenes.
Ellen DeGeneres headlines the HBO film If These Walls Could Talk 2 airing Sunday. The anthology follows three lesbian couples with stories set to spark discussion and reflect on queer relationships.
In a playful Life & Leisure note from Sunday's Gazette, boxers appear to have the edge over briefs in the ongoing wardrobing showdown among men.
Fifteen workers fled a Coralville Wal-Mart Supercenter construction site when an INS agent arrived for a meeting with Crane Construction Co. One undocu mented worker was detained and agreed to be deported to Mexico. The incident echoed a Cedar Rapids restaurant sweep the previous night.
Iowa lawmakers will consider a bill to make assault or threats against sports officials a serious misdemeanor or higher offense when occurring near a sports facility. Current law fines up to 100 dollars. proposed penalties include up to one year in jail and fines from 250 to 1500 dollars.
Iowa players buy Powerball tickets at 808 per minute on Friday with a midafternoon haul of 605 533 dollars surpassing Thursday. The 150 million jackpot is the fourth largest all time. Mary Neubauer notes the drawing is unique and not tied to prior results. The state expects about 13 million one dollar tickets sold with roughly half the revenue in prizes. The odds of matching all numbers plus Powerball are about one in 80 million. The 1998 largest Powerball of 295.7 million was won by13 Ohio machinists in Indiana.
In Iowa, Toby Fisch 67 and fiance Richard Lehrfeld 70 fall in love despite being first cousins, a union Iowa bans. They foresee marriage in New York or Illinois as Iowa blocks cousin marriages, raising questions about genetics and legality.
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