Wikipedia, anybody could write wikipedia. You could write wikipedia. I write wikipedia. Anybody who wants to share in the compilation and sharing of human knowledge. How do you check it . One of the fundamental rules of wikipedia is that everything is verifiable, and so anything that you read on wikipedia should have been written in an another reliable source first. And then it was cited in wikipedia and summarized. So if you look at a wikipedia article and you look all the way at the bottom, all those little footnotes, those are all sources, so you should in theory be able to verify anything you read on wikipedia by following those sources. And if youre the subject of one of those wikipedia biographies or articles and the information is blatantly false or wrong, how can you correct it . So its tricky. A lot of people would be tempted to go and edit their biography themselves, which is a little its a hairy business because wikipedia has a conflict of interest policy. So the idea you ca
Tomorrow, students in the corridor are making the drive to des moines to explain to lawmakers why they need more. Cbs 2 News Reporter matt hammill spoke with those students today, he joins us live from cedar rapids, matt . Karen some 50 students from area high schools will become lobbiests tomorrow. We caught up with the group from jefferson as they talked to superintendent brad buck this afternoon. The students say this isnt just a budget, its their future and they want to tell lawmakers face to face. We talked with grace morningstar, a jefferson band a show choir member, who says she couldnt just stand by and do nothing. If the funding is cut, were going to see a lot of things that directly impact us such as a lot of extra extra curricular activities and class size. Class sizes really lot of the Extracurricular Activities and classes, class sizes really affect students on an everyday basis. It is really going to change if there is that change in funding. Reporter that is part of an E
Mother kill his wife. Ginger serving a life sentence for his role. Justin jefferson, also going to serve life in prison when convicted. Farther north, the recovery is is on for a major blizzard. The doc reopened lanes of traffic. Troopers from the iowa state patrol said it was the worst theyve ever seen. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us. Our skies have cleared tonight, and later, it will back off. We have winds gusting to 25. Temperatures at just 12 degrees. Clouds off to the east of us. That will allow a fast drop on temperatures as we go into the evening hours. These winds are Still Producing wind chills as low as 10 below zero. I do think the winds will back off until tomorrow. The temperatures wont go up too much. Afternoon highs should remain in the low to mid teens. Its a medicaid show down between a former governor and Current Governor ramstead. Tonight, cbs 2 News Reporter steph fi lee has more. Reporter they say they heard. They have had concerns for a while now. This