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University of Iowa in the Middle of Cancer Research "Revolution": Iowa City Daily News Links, March 21

Moen's tower keeps progressing skyward; the National Green Party tabs Iowa City for meeting this summer; Bruegger's Bagels rising from the ashes.

Yeah it's still cold, but at least the bird noises are nice.

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Mitch Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has an update on the construction of Park@201, Marc Moen's highrise project in the Pedestrian Mall.

Schmidt also writes that the downtown Bruegger's Bagelry is set to open back up in July.

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Tara Bannow writes that the University of Iowa is in the midst of a cancer treatment resolution, better learning how to treat each version of the disease.

Roy "Devyn" Marble Jr. acts as a security blanket for this year's young Hawkeyes. I'm glad that he's going to be around another year.

Mission Creek has always had good music, but the literature and other cultural event aspects of it are also expanding.

The National Green Party has set Iowa City as the site for its annual meeting this summer, writes Adam B. Sullivan. 

Malik Juweid keeps on fighting. (Press-Citizen)

Grassley blames Democrat Harry Reid for not letting the senate vote on funding Des Moines' F16s. (Des Moines Register)

The Department of Criminal Investigation is looking into a security breach at the Fort Madison state prison. (Des Moines Register)

The Earned Income Tax credit passed the Democrat-controlled Iowa Senate but may have trouble as it also had no Republican support in the Senate. (Des Moines Register)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day:

The 2009 report predicted 16,000 new cancer cases that year, and 6,300 deaths. George Weiner, a physician and director of UI’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, said people are living longer, and the older a person gets, the more likely they are to develop cancer. At the same time, physicians are getting better at detecting cancer earlier, another major contributor to the increase in diagnoses, he said.

Looking at the number of diagnoses and deaths in Iowa from year to year can produce “statistical noise,” small fluctuations that don’t point to trends, Weiner said. What really matters is the long-term data, he said.

“This is a long haul,” Weiner said. “This is a marathon, and we’ve got to just keep at it.”

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