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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 2001
Page
2
Mike Deupree questions a new city ordinance banning happy hours all you can drink and one serving per person. He notes potential shifts to hinterlands and doubts the rule’s effectiveness while recalling personal experiences with drinking limits.
A 3.5 million year old skull found in Kenya, named Kenyanthropus platyops, may challenge Lucy's role in human origins. Meave Leakey and team date the find to the Lucy era and note a flatter face and different teeth, raising 50 50 odds it precedes modern humans or ends as an evolutionary dead end.
Washington announced the expulsion of more than 40 Russian diplomats accused of spying in retaliation for FBI agent Robert Hanssen's years of espionage. Col. Powell summoned Russian Ambassador Ushakov, and the Thursday action signals possible reciprocal expulsions from Russia. Officials estimate up to 450 Russian spies may be active in the United States.
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink to support agriculture and urges readers to recycle by dropping newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St. SW or use the nearest recycling site.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that employers may compel nonunion workers to arbitrate job disputes under the Federal Arbitration Act. The decision narrows workers’ avenues to sue in court, boosting employer leverage while barring the seamen commerce exception from applying to the gay former electronics salesman’s harassment claim.
The Supreme Court ruled that public hospitals cannot test pregnant patients for drugs and share results with police without consent, even to prevent fetal harm. The decision preserves privacy rights and notes arrests of positive testers after birth. Justice Stevens said the searches aimed at evidentiary police use violated the Constitution.
The Gazette corrects an error in the Random Acts of Kindness feature noting Janet Farley broke her wrist after a fall while walking in the 2700 block of First Avenue SE. The corrected location is provided for accuracy and readers can contact 398-8313 with questions.
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