Budget fights loom as Stilwill faces confirmation hearing
Iowa Senate debates a 4.4 billion budget while Education Director Ted Stilwill faces a confirmation hearing. Senate leaders caution on politics of education tests as Stilwill defends gains against 1992 norms amid accusations of dumbing down.
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Gazette Des Moines
Senate
Ted Stilwill
Senate Education Committee
Stewart Iverson
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Stilwill
Department of Education
GOP
Vitamin E May Cut Bladder Cancer Risk
An Orlando based AP report notes that high dietary vitamin E from nuts and olive oil could halve bladder cancer risk, a fourth leading cancer killer among men. The study, released at a cancer conference, adds to mixed views on vitamin E's disease fighting potential.
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Orlando
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Vitamin E linked to lower cancer risk in men
Evidence suggests dietary Vitamin E may reduce risks of prostate cancer and possibly bladder cancer, which kills about 12 500 Americans each year. A large federally funded study is under way to confirm these findings.
UI intern works with $800000 mass spectrometer
Hans Hochstrasser, a 21 year old UI senior, becomes the first student in a new UI internship program designed to keep graduates in Iowa. He interns 20 hours weekly at Selim Laboratories in Oakdale Research Park while the company covers half his salary. the UI pays the rest. The project includes aflatoxin research and broader entrepreneurship training.
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Buzz Orr
the Gazette
Mustafa Selim
University of Iowa
Hans Hochstrasser
Iowa City
Selim Laboratories
Oakdale
Selim
Hochstrasser
Iowa
OWA City
Vanced Manufacturing
Forest Gate Dr. NE
Oakdale Research Park
Chicago
Cedar Rapids woman lands second chance on TLC show
Stella Pierce and ex-boyfriend Sean Martinez reunite on TLCs Second Chance after a Disney World reunion. Pierce, 22, and Martinez, 30, are engaged with plans for a fall wedding. episode airs today at noon. Martinez proposed March 6 during a Cedar Rapids visit.
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Anne Kapler
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Stella Pierce
Sean Martinez
Learning Channel
Pierce
Martinez
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sean
TLC
The
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Pierce-Martinez
Wyoming
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