Iowa City and Des Moines drop detective ranks while Marion keeps
The piece reports on local police departments differing on the detective rank. Iowa City eliminated the rank over a decade ago and Des Moines replaced it with a senior police officer position. Marion plans to keep the rank and add one detective, while officials describe the role as an assignment rather than a formal rank.
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Detectives Lose Label Yet Crime Writers Adapt
Gazette staff writer notes two Iowa authors argue the detective role remains in crime fiction despite shifts in police practice and technology. Harstad and Gorman say the title matters little. stories will adapt with modern settings and inspector sounds may replace detective.
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Fatal Crash Grips Cedar Rapids Area Woman and Family
A fatal two vehicle crash near Collins Road and Northland Avenue NE killed Taylor, 36, and her infant. Ochs, her neighbor, remained hospitalized with liver tear and head trauma, as the suspect Ryan Meyers admitted to running a stoplight. Authorities expect charges as the investigation continues.
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Tests find polio vaccine not linked to AIDS origin
Independent lab tests found no evidence that the 1957 to 1961 polio vaccine used in Africa contained chimpanzee tissue or triggered AIDS. Researchers reported at a Royal Society conference that four vaccine samples showed no animal genetic material, despite ongoing debate about HIV origins.
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Heavy rain devastates central Japan killing three
Torrential rains across central Japan caused three deaths and forced about 365,000 people in Nagoya to evacuate. A firefighter died in a flooded ditch and a man was buried by a mudslide while two others were missing as 23 inches of rain fell in Tokai. Bullet trains halted and 50,000 travelers slept onboard overnight.
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