Hunger gaps show need for broader aid network
Cedar Rapids residents discuss how even in a good economy the hungry fall through cracks. Officials and volunteers urge joint efforts by private, public, and faith groups to reach those unseen by aid programs while individuals emphasize small acts like prayers or donations can help.
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Cedar Rapids
Linda Antisavage
Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry
Clare House
Suzanne Grice
Peter
Bush shuns quick fix energy plan amid price debate
White House aides push a long term energy policy focusing on conservation and alternative fuels while resisting short term fixes. Ari Fleischer says past years lacked a coherent policy and warns against cycling between quick fixes as gasoline prices threaten political pressure.
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White House
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Bush
Clinton
America
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Iowa Legislature approves performance based teacher pay plan
GOP leaders shift eight million from tobacco settlement proceeds to free eight million general fund dollars for next year and push a seventy nine point three million package to fund teacher pay. Senate debate centers on concessions, with supporters calling it vital for education while opponents warn of local control concerns.
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Iowa
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Senate
Mike Gronstal
Betty de Boer
New Sharon
Leigh Rekow
Postville
Siegrist
GOP
Mary Kramer
West
Des Moines
Wrongly convicted man freed after 15 years in Oklahoma
In Lexington Oklahoma a man was released after 15 years of a rape conviction. The release follows a DNA test showing the sperm and hair from the crime scene do not belong to Jeffrey Todd Pierce. Joyce Gilchrist the former police chemist testified in 1986 that the hair matched. Gilchrist is under investigation for misidentifications and faces scrutiny in cases involving death row inmates and executions. Pierce was 39 at sentencing and left behind twin 17 month old sons and a divorce from Kathy Pierce.
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Lexington
Okla
Jeffrey Todd Pierce
Joyce Gilchrist
Pierce
Kathy Pierce
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