Meskwaki Casino Closure in Limbo as Court Rules
A three member 8th Circuit panel may rule after today on whether the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel near Tama stays closed or reopens following a federal order. The casino was shuttered by U S marshals under a district judge's ruling aligning with tribal leadership displacement cited by the National Indian Gaming Commission. About 500 workers filed unemployment claims with Iowa Workforce Development, while 1,100 are eligible. health and dental coverage continues through June 20.
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Sue Greenwood
Soldier deaths mount in Fallujah amid new attacks
In Fallujah two Iraqis opened fire killing two American soldiers and wounding nine as U S troops face hostility in postwar Iraq. The city follows three deadly days with eight U S soldiers killed since Sunday and nearly two dozen wounded across the country.
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Eight years later killer says I'm sorry in interview
Gerald Rieflin Jr. sits at Anamosa State Penitentiary eight years after the Cedar Rapids Ralston Foods shootings. He says I’m sorry and regrets the Jan 27, 1995 attack that killed two co workers and wounded two others, driven by delusions amid a nationwide wave of workplace violence.
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Anamosa State Penitentiary
Christoph Trappe
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Rieflin
Ralston Foods
Iowa
Drivers admit risky driving in Volvo poll findings
Washington AP reports over 90 percent of motorists admit speeding eating using phones or reading while driving in the past six months. The Volvo Cars poll shows 91 percent acknowledged at least one risky activity, with 26 to 44 year olds most likely to take risks and broad support for retesting seniors and teens.
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Risky Driver Habits Revealed by Volvo AAA Poll
A Mason-Dixon Polling survey of 1,100 drivers from May 13 to 16 shows speeding 73 percent eating while driving 59 percent using cell phones 37 percent not wearing seat belts 28 percent not using turn signals 26 percent and reading while driving 14 percent. The poll, funded by Volvo Cars of North America AAA and Partners for Highway Safety, has a plus or minus 3 point margin of error.
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Iowa Workforce Advisors to Hold Meskwaki Casino Meetings
Iowa Workforce Development advisers plan layoff survival sessions for Meskwaki casino employees at the Tama Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Thursday. The agency says additional meetings will begin in the week of June 9 to aid workers facing job disruption.
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Tama Civic Center
Hormones Linked to Higher Dementia Risk in Women
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that women 65 and older who use estrogen-progestin hormone therapy for years have a higher risk of Alzheimer's and other dementias, challenging prior beliefs. The research contrasts with earlier smaller studies and follows a halted government trial citing breast cancer and cardiovascular risks.
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St. Louis
Robert Blaskiewicz
Saint Louis University
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hormones linked to memory risk in older women study
The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study followed 4,532 postmenopausal women from 1995 to 1999. Women aged 65 and older on estrogen plus progestin had about double the dementia risk versus placebo, with probable dementia cases tracked per 10,000 participants.
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