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'It's like you're getting bullied': Iowa City business owner, landlord at odds in bizarre rent dispute Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen At the busy intersection of South Riverside Drive and Highway 6 in Iowa City, NaNa’s African Boutique and Gift Shop occupies an inconspicuous strip of storefronts adjacent to the Village Inn. Inside, yellow and rose gold tea sets compete for attention with colorful displays of perfumes, air fresheners and necklaces. Deeper in the store, bolts of Kitenge fabric, insulated casseroles and high-heel shoes line the walls. © Joseph C...

At the busy intersection of South Riverside Drive and Highway 6 in Iowa City, NaNa’s African Boutique and Gift Shop occupies an inconspicuous strip of storefronts adjacent to the Village Inn. Inside, yellow and rose gold tea sets compete for attention with colorful displays of perfumes, air fresheners and necklaces. Deeper in the store, bolts of Kitenge fabric, insulated casseroles and high-heel shoes line the walls. “For people who want jeans or a shirt, they could just go to the mall and grab something there. But if an African woman wanted her garb, some people actually have to travel...

Family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use a speaker phone. or i use a headset. >> marks and his wife are urging lawmakers around the country to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones. they believe having the safety information in the manual simply isn't enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate business. >> roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> now we can't say for sure whether alan marks' tumors were indeed caused by cell phones, but good luck to him and his family. congresswoman gabrielle giff...

what surprised me is voices urging caution are not only getting louder, but they're getting more prominent. >> all right. i'm on my way. >> if you've ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. >> there's no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think the public has a right to know there could be a potential risk. the public generally assumes that if one is selling something on the market, that we have had assurances that that device is safe. >> to be clear, dr. black's message is at odds with headlines from the largest in...

Business. >> do you roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> now, we can't say for sure whether alan marks' tumor, in fact, was caused by cell phones, but as we said, he's certainly a fighter. good luck to him and his family. also moving forward in the condition of gabrielle giffords. she underwent surgery to replace a piece of her skull that doctors removed months ago because of brain swelling. surgeons took a bone substitute and actually placed it in her own native bone which was saved but actually thought to be contaminated. they put in little plates, two little screws in the native s...