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Did Racial Bias Hurt Blacks Applying For Jobs In Iowa? Judge Says No.

AP | DAVID PITT and RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 04.17.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday that claimed Iowa's state government systemically discriminated against blac...

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WATCH: Rick Steves' Road Trip Rolls Into The Ultimate Food City

Rick Steves | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Road Trip, Rick Steves, Iowa, World Food Prize, Des Moines, Video, Travel News

The building is really as sumptuous and filled with symbolism as the great palaces I'm accustomed to seeing in Europe. But this is from the 20th centur, and all about food and Iowa.

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'Caylee's Law' Rejected In Iowa -- Tougher Parenting Bills In Trouble Around US

AP | By MIKE GLOVER | Posted 02.23.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Lawmakers under pressure from constituents in the months after the Casey Anthony trial have found it's not easy to toughen penalti...

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WATCH: Iowa Church's 'Gay Is Not Okay' Sign Draws Protesters

Posted 02.13.2012

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A pack of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates descended upon an Iowa church last Sunday to denounce as homophobic a sign ad...

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'Communist Indoctrination' High School Worksheets Sparks Outrage

Posted 04.06.2012

Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa is receiving criticism for one class assignment on the Cold War. Based on a worksheet handed out in a social...

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Iowa Lesbian Parents Win Groundbreaking Birth Certificate Case

Des Moines Register | Posted 03.06.2012

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The Iowa Department of Public Health has been ordered to issue a new birth certificate listing both members of a same-sex marriage as the legal parent...

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Paul: Tea Party, Occupy Protesters 'Are Just Tired Of It All'

Patch.com | By Beth Dalbey | Posted 12.28.2011

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As rivals attacked him and Mitt Romney pulled ahead in a new CNN poll, Ron Paul touted his appeal among both Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street activist...

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Occupy Drama Shakes Up Dem Efforts In Key State

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Eight Occupy Iowa protesters have been arrested at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines, where they protested meas...

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Occupy Wall Street Protests Unite A Father And Son Living 1,000 Miles Apart

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.16.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- In the last three years, Dutch Ruisch has lost his mortgage business, filed for bankruptcy, and lost his home to foreclosure. Now,...

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Mitt Romney's $10,000 Question on Choice

Nancy Keenan | Posted 02.12.2012

Given Romney's swift embrace of extreme anti-choice policies, reporters and voters likely have some questions for him -- even though he decided against attending Huckabee's upcoming forum on abortion.

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Same Sex Marriage=Big Business for Iowa

Michael J. Hunt | Posted 02.07.2012

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The Iowa Supreme Court ruling [that] made it legal for gay and lesbian couples to marry in 2009 ... has generated some much-needed revenue for a beleaguered state budget and some welcome business for local merchants, according to a report.

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GOP Candidates, Minus Cain and Romney, Break Bread At Reagan Dinner

Michael J. Hunt | Posted 01.09.2012

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A dog show: arguably the best way to describe the Ronald Reagan Dinner.

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Cops: Facebook Unfriending Drives Woman To Arson

Posted 01.03.2012

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Authorities in Iowa say a 30-year-old woman attempted to burn down a couple's house last week in retaliation for being unfriended on Facebook. Jenn...

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LATEST UPDATES: Protesters Arrested In Multiple U.S. Cities

AP/The Huffington Post | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 12.16.2011

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By CHRIS HAWLEY, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Protesters in at least four U.S. cities who were part of a growing anti-Wall Street sentimen...

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A Food Shortage In Farm-Rich Iowa

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 12.07.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sometime next week, Carey Miller and her staff at the Food Bank of Iowa will receive a shipment of 6,000 turkeys to store in the f...

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Wurst Crime Ever: Woman Arrested In Sausage Throwing Incident

Posted 09.26.2011

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Congratulations, Tajuana Banks, you are the wurst. The 31-year-old woman from Des Moines allegedly assaulted a woman with a German sausage on Monda...

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(WATCBH) Drunk Teen Wakes Under Moving Train And Survives

Posted 11.15.2011

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Hedge Funds: Time To Go Back To The Soil

TIME.com | Stephen Gandel | Posted 08.03.2011

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This is usually a slow time of the year for farm sales. It's past prime planting season. Yet, Sam Kain, Des Moines area manager for land sales at Farm...

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Tribeca Interview: Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola in Janie Jones: Rock God Meets Rock Child

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.06.2011

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For those who best remember Abigail Breslin with her tear-away pants, gyrating to "Brick House" while her grandfather cheers her on from the sidelines, well, a lot has happened since then.

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Rehab, Religion and the Resurrection of Filter's Richard Patrick

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sobriety has re-invigorated and re-energized Richard Patrick. He enjoys his life, his music, and his family. "Life isn't a dress rehearsal," he says, grateful to make the most of his second chance.

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Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now

Hugh Rawson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The text of Huckleberry Finn includes more than two hundred instances of the controversial word. But this doesn't say very much about the author himself.

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Playing for Keeps: Students Who Rock Hunger

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, as Midnight Madness showcased college basketball players with visions of massive wealth and self-indulgence written all over their face...

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Your Life Depends Upon This Tiny Plant

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Phytoplankton is a keystone plant species and is the basis for all life in the ocean, responsible for producing 70% of the oxygen of the planet; the very air that we breathe. And they are disappearing at an alarming rate.

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Steve King: GOP President Will Be Sworn In With A Pen In Hand In 2013

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rep. Steve King vowed Saturday at an Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition fundraiser that a Republican will be sworn in as president on ...

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Re-Imagining the Economy of the Gulf States

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Not all of the Gulf of Mexico is destined to become a dead zone. Life will move forward. However, what is different here is that this catastrophic environmental disaster marks a watershed in human history.

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