Bolton Holifield leads U S women past Russia 88 77
Ruthie Bolton Holifield scores three crucial baskets as the United States beats Russia 88 77 in women’s basketball. Misty Hyman wins 200 meter butterfly in swimming. Kirkwood named Community College of the Year by the National Alliance of Business. Dick Cheney to campaign in Iowa with Cedar Rapids stop. Whitney Woolstrich sets four school records at Cedar Rapids high school.
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Preview of Fall Movies Cast Away Highlights Island Drama
Friday's Gazette previews this fall slate with Tom Hanks stranded after a plane crash in Cast Away and other new releases. The feature pitches big screen escapism and anticipated performances as cinema returns.
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State contracts waste money says Iowa union head
Jan Corderman president of AFSCME Council 61 argues state work done by private contractors costs more than state workers. An Iowa Personnel report shows one third of 1.2 billion in state work via private vendors. She links the shift to 1990s budget troubles and a Branstad union pay dispute.
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Politicians Call to Limit Outside Contracting Growth
Legislators from both parties, citing a contract report, say state agencies rely too heavily on outside contracting and consulting. The value of contract work rose from 185 million in fiscal 1992 to about 430 million last year. Corderman urged tighter control on contractors and contractors use.
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Whitewater probe ends quietly as no criminal charges found
Independent Counsel Robert Ray announced that evidence failed to prove Bill and Hillary Clinton knowingly committed crimes or lied to investigators in the Whitewater matter. The six-year inquiry, costing over 52 million dollars, encompassed Arkansas dealings in the 1970s and 1980s and other issues arising from the Clinton presidency.
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Clinton Whitewater probe becomes costliest independent counsel case
The investigation, initially examining a possible diversion of Madison Guaranty funds to Whitewater, expanded to probe Bill and Hillary Clinton involvement. The Whitewater collapse cost taxpayers $73 million and the probe also considered Vincent Foster’s death, travel office firings, FBI files misuse, hush money, tax issues, and the Lewinsky affair cover up.
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Ombudsman cites six Cedar Rapids nursing home complaints
The state ombudsman reports about six complaints in two months against Cedar Rapids facilities for taking residents to hospitals and then denying readmission. Debi Meyers says discharges for dementia patients often bypass proper rules, prompting appeals and hearings, with calls for preemptive intervention to prevent such departures.
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Rental housing crisis in Iowa prompted by unaffordable rents
A report by the Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless and the National Low Income Housing Coalition says 34 percent of Iowa renters cannot afford a two-bedroom unit at market rates. The housing wage in Iowa is $9.10 an hour, with Cedar Rapids at $9.75, Iowa City at $11.19, Des Moines $10.87, and Pottawattamie County $11.40. Minimum wage workers would need 71 hours weekly in Iowa to afford a two-bedroom, rising to 76 in Cedar Rapids and 87 in Iowa City. The group urges an affordable housing plan as Gov. Vilsack forms a task force.
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