Variety Telethon supports Iowa children nationwide
The annual Variety Telethon on KCRG TV9 highlighted the charity’s reach with last year’s distribution surpassing 300000 to children’s groups. The History Center new exhibit Radio Days 1935 1945 looks at early broadcasting while Collins Radio’s Cedar Rapids role is noted. A Meth-Wick condo complex expands senior housing in Cedar Rapids. Johnson County Recorder Kim Painter faced praise for upholding Iowa law by denying 39 gay and lesbian marriage licenses, urging couples to pursue legal challenges instead.
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Children’s Charity of
Iowa
the History Center
America
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio
Space Communications
Johnson County
Kim Painter
Painter
Des Moines
Washington, D.C
Controversy Over Iowa Herbarium Move Highlights Gov Conolidation Struggles
UI and Iowa State University face legal clashes as their herbarium merger prompts court injunctions and protests. Public safety kept order while specimens awaited a move to Ames, with open meetings reform bill HF 2125 dying in committee amid Iowa House secrecy.
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University of Iowa
Iowa State University
The
Diana Horton
Iowa City
Ames
Iowa
House
Statehouse
Readers weigh in on Bush’s war and gay marriage debate
A collection of letters critiques Bush administration policy on Iraq and social issues, praises and condemns positions on gay marriage, troops, and domestic spending, and voices concern over faith, security, and public opinion. Readers reference Tocqueville and Roosevelt while defending or questioning government power and freedoms.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
U.S
Bush
Franklin Roosevelt
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
al-Qaida
Saddam
America
Bill Clinton
al Gore
George W. Bush
Eddy Willenberg
Dyersville
Alan Greenspan
Congress
Hip Hop Party Disappoints Cedar Rapids Parent
Anastasia Lindsey reports a Third Street Live hip hop party advertised for parents and kids failed to meet expectations. A $5 per head event delivered a three-person act with frequent profanity, prompting questions about teen dance options and quality entertainment in Cedar Rapids.
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Third Street Live
Cedar Rapids
Anastasia Lindsey
Huntington’s Hispanic Challenge analyzed by a columnist
A columnist previews Samuel Huntington’s Foreign Policy essay on the Hispanic Challenge arguing that Mexican and Latino immigration could fracture U.S. society into two cultures and languages. The piece notes Hispanics’ enclaves, debates on assimilation, border dynamics, and the call for reader responses.
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Foreignpolicy.com
United States
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Los Angeles
Miami
Mexico
America
California
Florida
New York
Jbersiaorlandosentinel
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