Identity theft targetting children urged by BBB column
Barbara Green urges vigilance as identity thieves target kids with 12 million Americans affected in a year. She outlines steps to protect children including credit freezes, monitoring, avoiding sharing SSNs, and using BBB resources. The piece emphasizes long-term harm and practical protections.
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Better Business Bureau
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Advisory Council of the
BBB
Iowa
Bbb.org
Lindale Trail in Cedar Rapids now paved with side paths
The Cedar Rapids Lindale Trail segment is open and features 3-foot gravel sides beside a 10-foot asphalt core. Linn County Trails Association led the project with over $55,000 in funding from LCTA supporters and contributions from Rockwell Collins and Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Metro
Linn County Trails Association
Tom Treharne
Marion Planning and
Marion
LCTA
Rockwell Collins
Linn County
Lindale Trail
Blairs Ferry Road
C Avenue
Walgreens
John Waller
Fear and security theater on air travel
Lenore Skenazy argues against perpetual security anxiety after a TSA bathroom ban on a flight. She recalls a midflight announcement, cites a TSA leak claiming no active plots, notes a fatal TSA agent shooting at LAX, and urges living life without paranoia while resisting bureaucratic overreach.
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America
Transportation Security Administration
Techdirt
TSA
Los Angeles International
New York
Los
McFate argues for shift from sequestration to job creation
In a guest column Katherine McFate criticizes the sequestration cuts as harming families communities and small businesses. She cites lost preschool Head Start meals on wheels and first responder layoffs while urging renewed investment in infrastructure broadband and renewable energy to spur job growth.
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Congress
Washington
America
Congressional Budget Office
Economic Policy Institute
Treasury
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Cea
Rapids
Heather Akintola
Lenore Skenazy
Yahoo.com
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Center For Effective Government
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