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Iowa City Police Issue Their First Ever Texting-While-Driving Citation: Iowa City Daily News Links, July 10

A quick rundown of local news.

Heading to Cedar Rapids to cover President Obama for the third time this year. How many more times could he possibly come to Eastern Iowa before the election?

On to the Links!

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Hayley Bruce of the Gazette reports that the downtown donation meters have brought in $2,000 to local charities in the last two years.

Mark Carlson of KCRG writes that the red-light camera installation process in Iowa City is taking longer than expected.

Carlson also writes that urban chicken supporters in Iowa City are continuing to work toward legal acceptance.

James Q. Lynch of the Gazette writes that President Barack Obama's return visit to Iowa has predictably drawn different reactions from both sides of the state's political divide.

Don't sleep on Iowa sophomore Aaron White's chances at an even better second season with the Hawkeyes. After all, this is a guy that works so hard, he sleeps in the locker room.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that Iowa City police issued their first citation for texting while driving on July 4th. The woman charge was also accused of driving while intoxicated after she rear ended another vehicle, so that charge is probably the least of her worries.

Jason Noble of the Des Moines Register writes that Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has gone to the Twitterverse to win Iowa more notoriety as a top state. Doesn't he realize that all he needs to do is secure the help of Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa's most potent Twitter force?

Noble also writes that despite Iowa having a better economy and budget situation than much of the rest of the country, the state auditor feels that the budget could be more balanced. Oh state auditors, so hard to please.

Earlier this month, a judge upheld a previous University of Iowa decision to discipline a UIHC doctor accused of having troubles with alcoholism, writes Lee Hermiston of the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

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Aaron White found himself locked in Carver-Hawkeye Arena and left Josh Oglesby without a roommate for the night.

White, an incoming Iowa sophomore, started working out at Iowa’s new practice facility after 10 p.m. one night last summer. When he tried to re-enter Iowa’s locker room, his access was denied by the locks that use hand geometry.

“My phone had died. It was raining outside,” White said. “I knew how to get into the opposing locker room and kind of spent the night.

“The cleaning people working in the morning woke me up and said they were worried about me because they saw my stuff in the locker room. Good story to start off my career here.”


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