CRIME DOWN: Parts of Cedar Rapids have seen more violent crime this year but 2008 saw a big drop in …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Editorials Sep. 21, 2009 12:21 am5865d ago
CRIME DOWN: Parts of Cedar Rapids have seen more violent crime this year but 2008 saw a big drop in …
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CRIME UP: Iowa City has long been one of the safest cities in the Midwest, and it still is. But …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 20, 2009 12:06 am5866d ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the latest allegations against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now “horrible.” She added …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 19, 2009 12:04 am5867d ago
A sour economy has inflicted some significant damage on the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. On June 30, 2008, the …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 17, 2009 12:57 am5869d ago
When a group of women formed the Junior League of Cedar Rapids in 1934, their opportunities in public life were …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 16, 2009 12:19 am5870d ago
A local group wants to beautify the landscape along Interstate 380 in the Cedar Rapids metro area. Eye 380 Committee …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 15, 2009 12:43 am5871d ago
For all his immense scientific expertise and achievements in greatly expanding production of food crops, geneticist Norman Borlaug also should …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 14, 2009 12:39 am5872d ago
GIFT FOR VETERANS: Golf for Injured Veterans Everywhere (GIVE) recently got a financial boost from Lonnie and Mary Jo Nielsen, …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 14, 2009 12:37 am5872d ago
JOB LOSSES: As the economic recession took hold, Iowa lost 46,000 jobs – 35,000 of them in manufacturing from December …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 13, 2009 12:05 am5873d ago
On. Off. On again. Better late than never. Before it’s too late to matter. We’re talking about the revival of …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 11, 2009 12:24 am5875d ago
Today’s eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives on American soil reminds us of sacrifice – …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 10, 2009 12:28 am5876d ago
What is going on at the Cedar Valley Humane Society? One day, board President Bernie Lettington tells a KCRG-TV9 reporter …
Staff Editorials Sep. 9, 2009 12:24 am5877d ago
President Obama‘s C-SPAN address to school children on Tuesday focused on messages we hope young people take to heart. There …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 8, 2009 12:07 am5878d ago
Linn County residents thought they were doing a good thing by installing and operating outdoor wood-fired boilers. Those boilers have …
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