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BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | MARCH 13, 2009 7:59 AM

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David Nash, a city water-division employee, slows a leak with a wedge of wood at the site of a demolished building on Thursday. The building, an old Greyhound bus station that stood at the northeast corner of College and Gilbert Streets, had been demolished a few hours earlier.

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Jon and Jennifer Houtman work across from each other in their dining room home on Wednesday. Jon Houtman is a UI assistant professor of microbiology, and Jennifer Houtman works for the Iowa Donor Network. The two are involved in the Dual Career Network at the UI, which helps spouses find jobs.

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Nancy Harper (left), Jonathan Wiese, and Rhonda Warren work at the front desk at the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic on Wednesday. The clinic recently received approval for a grant that would allow it stay open longer and see more patients.

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The logo for a proposed Amtrak passenger rail line between Iowa City and Chicago, the Chicago Flier, is projected onto an attendee’s back after a standing-room only public forum on the issue at the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. The stimulus bill signed by President Obama in mid-February allocates $475,000 for the project.

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Scott King leads a discussion in the International Commons in the Old Capitol Centre on Thursday. The workshop Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Worlds: A Look at Sexual Orientation and International Students encourages people to approach issues from a cultural prospective.