Laws needed for cell phone use in cars
Jacquelyn Mitchard argues for rapid statewide bans on handheld cell phone use while driving. She cites Progressive Insurance data, other states actions, and industry positions, urging immediate penalties and hands free devices to curb dangerous multitasking on the road.
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Great Britain
Japan
Israel
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Negotiators push for accord on tax cut package
In Washington amid Senate upheaval negotiators pressed to finalize an 11 year 1.35 trillion tax package. President Bush urged completion this week as White House staff joined talks. Key dispute centered on top rate cuts with House favoring 33 percent and Senate proposing 36 percent.
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Olson confirmed as solicitor general by Senate vote
Theodore Olson won Senate approval 51 to 47 to become the nation’s solicitor general hours after Senator James Jeffords left the GOP and shifted control to Democrats. The confirmation, amid mixed Democratic opposition, follows Olson’s role in the Bush Florida election case.
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Georgia
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Desert crossing toll rises as border group lost lives
Border Patrol crews recovered two more bodies in the Arizona desert raising the death toll to 14 from a trek guided by smugglers. A survivor, a Mexican man, was hospitalized in critical condition with heat exhaustion while eleven others remained hospitalized in decent condition.
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Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink on recycled paper
The Gazette and Iowa City Gazette publish with soybean ink and recycled newsprint and urge readers to recycle at City Carton in Cedar Rapids. The papers, editions of Gazette Communications Inc, list rates for carrier, motor route, and mail delivery, with contact numbers.
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Yepieee
Polster
Cedar Rapids - Marion
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sunda
Correction on accident details case involving Matt Owens
A Thursday brief corrected incorrect information about an accident. Matt Owens aged 14 from Toddville was treated at St Luke s Hospital and then transferred by ambulance to University Hospitals in Iowa City where he was listed in fair condition on Thursday.
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