For moviegoers who have never seen a pre-code Hollywood film on the big screen, the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation will present two major motion pictures during its March film festival that were produced before the enforcement of production-code moral guidelines. Showcased in the Packard’s plush Art Deco theater with superlative […]
Department Says United Regional’s Contracts Unlawfully Maintain Monopoly Power WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with United Regional Health Care System of Wichita Falls, Texas, that prohibits it from entering into contracts that improperly inhibit commercial health insurers from contracting with United Regional’s competitors. The department said […]
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorneys B. Todd Jones, of the District of Minnesota, and Rod J. Rosenstein, of the District of Maryland, announced that earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, Minnesota, a 26-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to hacking into computer networks at a Minnesota business and at NASA. Jeremey Parker, of Houston, […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2011–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will soon seek proposals to study the feasibility of providing crop insurance to producers of biofuel feedstocks, including corn stover, straw and woody biomass. These feasibility studies, funded by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) will join research efforts already underway for energy cane, switchgrass […]
NOTICE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA AND OF THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, a national emergency was declared to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction […]
Cedar Rapids–The game of the year did not disappoint as the Lady Statesmen cagers defeated Mount Mercy 79-72 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Semifinals Saturday. In claiming the pseudo-upset over the second seed, #3 seed Penn (23-9) advances to Monday’s championship game versus top seed and #12 St. Ambrose in Davenport at 7 p.m. The […]
Friday, June 3rd, 1955 to Saturday, February 26th, 2011 Obituary: Larry Gene Goldschmidt was born June 3, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas the son of David and Annette (Solomon) Goldschmidt. He was raised in Wichita and graduated from Wichita Southeast High School with the Class of 1974. Larry then attended KU for 2 years before enlisting […]
Overland Park, Kansas. Mark Geier, 64, of Overland Park, Kansas, and formerly of Burlington and Oskaloosa, died Saturday, February 26, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born January 28, 1947, at Chicago, Illinois, the son of Marcus and Geraldine Waskow Geier. He graduated from the Arlington Heights High […]
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Encourages Groups Promoting Fruits and Vegetables, Nuts and Flowers to Consider Applying DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will make grants available to help enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa. The Department is eligible […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today named Bruce Rastetter, Katie Mulholland and Nicole Carroll to the Iowa Board of Regents. Created in 1909 by the Iowa General Assembly, the Board of Regents enhances the quality of life in Iowa by maintaining the quality and accessibility of the five state institutions it oversees. […]
