Cedar Rapids considers year round indoor city market revival
City advocates review year round indoor market to reuse flood damaged downtown buildings. Four potential sites include Loftus Distributing New Bohemia and Ground Transportation Center in the central business district. Project for Public Spaces aids feasibility with aim to open next fall and fund via grants and private donations.
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Cedar Rapids
Loftus Distributing
Quality Chef
New Bohemia
Ground Transportation Center
Science Station
Central Business District
New York
Project For
Health care reform debate crosses party lines in letters
Letters criticize Sen Grassley and Sen Baucus for campaign money from health industry and vow to kill Obama care. Writers defend truth, discuss evolution, and challenge political rhetoric amid town hall protests and national debate on health insurance reform.
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Max Baucus
Montana
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
H.R. Gross
Grassley
Rolling Stone
Washington
Max Taibbi
Democracy In Action
Barack Obama
Russ Winsley
Coralville
Leaders Who Help Us In A Crazy World We Live In
Nancylee Ziese urges support for leaders tackling debt and crisis. She argues a president elected in November should borrow to invest, defend pro life healthcare, and respect advance directives to avoid prolonged life support.
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Terri Schiavo
Nancylee Ziese
Cedar Rapids
Evidence supports evolution against Pleiness accusations
The letter argues that fossil records DNA and geology support evolution and challenges Marilyn Pleiness to present divine creation evidence. It notes Pleiness cites the Bible as logic and questions whether all listed species existed hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Marilyn Pleiness
Pleiness
Right wing wins as Glenn Beck targets Jones in Obama era row
The dispute over Van Jones ends with his resignation as Obama environmental jobs czar amid sharp conservative attacks led by Beck. The debate highlights a conservative movement more adept at smearing liberals than producing ideas and questions long term GOP strategy.
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Fox News
Glenn Beck
Barack Obama
America
van Jones
San Francisco Bay-area
Beck
Obama
Jones
Tennessee
Yale Law School
New York Times
Time Magazine
Beck and Company
White House
Sam Tanenhaus
Whittaker Chambers
William F. Buckley
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Legal marriage worth wait for Iowa recorder
Johnson County Recorder Kim Painter urged colleagues to issue same sex marriage licenses, reflecting a shift after years of refusal. She married her partner recently in a candlelit ceremony, honoring the law she upheld and waited for.
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Johnson County
Kim Painter
Painter
Iowa
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