By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Jul. 2--WATERLOO -- Before taking his blood pressure, registered nurse Dee Bruns waits for Ron Kittrell to catch his breath after a trip to the bathroom. "130 over 70. Very good," said Bruns, who works for the Visiting Nurses Association.

By Jack Hagel, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 19--HENDERSON -- The dirt path with sunken truck tracks meanders deep into a thicket of grass and pine trees. It used to be a farm. Now it's the economic hope of Vance County.

Jul. 17--WATERLOO -- It is a page out of James Bond that Mark Kittrell hopes will leave the data industry shaken, not stirred.