Mall traffic flows as Northland Square opens demand more lanes
City observers note slow but safe traffic around the new Northland Square mall as Lindale Mall access sees a dedicated traffic officer on weekends. Collins Road bears about 25 000 vehicles daily with 11 000 more expected from the center prompting median cuts and new signals to ease movement.
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Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Northland Avenue NE
Lindale
Tom Schenker
Schenker
Collins Road
Northland
Mall
Collins
Blairs Ferry Road
Bob Dawson
Iowa City
Northland Square
Northland Avenue
Economic confidence rises in AP poll for workers
The Associated Press poll finds two-thirds of U.S. workers expect family finances to improve next year despite overall shaky economic confidence. Details on page 5B.
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Associated Press
Hawkeyes Roar Past Morgan State in Lopsided Win
Iowa basketball tallies a season high 126 points in a 126-79 victory over Morgan State in Iowa City. Two Cedar Rapids residents follow Bosnia Herzegovina updates as NATO faces confusion. Imam Taha Tawil and writer Jozef Figa discuss U S Muslims' frustration with the conflict.
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Iowa
Morgan State
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jozef Figa
NATO
Imam Taha Tawil
U.S
No suspects in Johnston woman death in Des Moines area
DES MOINES AP Police have no suspects in the death of Johnston woman Patricia Howlett 38 whose partially burned body was found near a softball field north of Des Moines. Police seek tips from the public and a $10 000 Polk County Crime Stoppers reward stands.
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Johnston
West Des Moines
Des Moines
Scott Wiegert
Patricia Howlett
Wiegert
Howlett
NATO aborts third Bihac strike as Marines head to Adriatic
NATO scrambled warplanes in a third attempt to strike Serb forces surrounding Bihac but called off the attack amid U.N. and NATO disagreements. The Clinton administration sent 2,000 US Marines to the Adriatic aboard a Nassau group, with a rescue focus if UN peacekeepers are harmed.
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Los Angeles Times
Zagreb
Croatia
NATO
Bihac
Western Alliance
Clinton
U.S
Bosnia
U.N
Navy
Nassau
France
Adriatic Sea
Marine Expeditionary Unit
Michael Rose
Naples
Italy
Sarajevo
Rose
Security Council
Slobodan Milosevic
Reunion After Photo Sparks Mother Daughter Reunion
Clementine Webster meets her mother Linda Stuckey in Moline after a decade apart, aided by a Gazette front page story and photo about the Cedar Rapids natural gas explosion that destroyed a rental home. The meeting brings clarity to Clementine’s troubled past including foster care and abuse, and ties to Davenport years earlier.
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Rick Smith
Clementine Webster
Cedar Rapids
Webster
Henry
Connie Mae
Clementine
Linda Stuckey
Moline
Davenport
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