No smallpox evidence found in Iraq after three month hunt
Three month search by Team Pox found no stockpile or active production of smallpox by Saddam Hussein's regime. Disabled equipment, cobwebbed labs, and credible Iraqi scientists offered no confirmation of ongoing smallpox programs. The finding contrasts with prior fears used to justify vaccines and war.
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Linn County Farm Bureau seeks district based five supervisor system
Linn County Farm Bureau backs expanding the board to five supervisors elected by districts rather than three at large. Spokesman Curt Zingula says rural residents feel better represented, citing perceived conflicts with Cedar Rapids dominance. Supervisor Lu Barron says she would support a ballot vote or petition driven path if citizens want five, with timing to be decided.
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Change of address at Eastern Iowa Airport pages 8A
Wright Brothers Boulevard SW has moved its internal roads north of the Eastern Iowa Airport. Piedmont Hawthorne will shift its address from 2601 Wright Brothers Blvd SW to 9430 Shepard Ct SW on Oct 1. General manager Jeff McNutt confirms readiness.
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Names Spotlighted on Airport Streets Honor Aviation Pioneers
The Eastern Iowa Airport and International Aerospace Hall of Fame honor Curtiss, Cessna, Beech, Lippisch, Collins, Shepard, Crossfield, Lindbergh, Chanute with new street names. Each site memorializes a key figure in aviation history from 1878 to 1910.
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Glenn Curtiss
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Clyde Cessna
Cessna Aircraft Co
Hawthorne
Beech Way
Olive Ann Beech
Beech Aircraft Co
Lippisch Place
Alexander Lippisch
Arthur Collins
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Co
Rockwell Collins Co
Shepard Court
Alan Shepard Jr
U.S
Crossfield Lane
A. Scott Crossfield
Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Chanute Place
Octave Chanute
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International Aerospace Hall of Fame
Dems aim for flawless Iowa caucuses in open field
Iowa Democrats prepare for January 19 precinct caucuses with a wide candidate field and media attention. caucus director Ben Foecke says transparency and fairness are priorities as county officials train on a voice response system to report candidate preferences from 1,997 precincts.
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Buffalo-sized fossil rodent found in Venezuela swamps
Scientists describe Phoberomys pattersoni also called Goya, a 1,545 pound rodent from 6 to 8 million years ago in Venezuela. Researchers note its long tail for balance, fur, small ears, and a diet of grasses amid many predators including phorocoids and 30 foot crocodiles. The closest living relative is the pacarana, with capybara the largest modern rodent.
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Marcelo Sanchez- Villagra
University of Tubingen
Germany
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Brian Patterson
Harvard
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Amazon River Basin
Massive ancient rodent Phoberomys pattersoni described
Scientists describe Phoberomys pattersoni as a giant rodent weighing about 1 545 pounds that roamed swampy forests of Venezuela 6 to 8 million years ago Its closest living relative is likely the pacarana a slow moving Amazon basin rodent The extinction reason cited is the creature could not burrow to escape predators
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