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Famed Battleship Makes Final Voyage From SF

AP | Posted 05.27.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A famed battleship that saw action during World War II and the Korean War and carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a wartime su...

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Obama Campaign Stop at Factory Farm Propaganda Site, Billed as 'Grassroots Event'

Dave Murphy | Posted 05.25.2012

By showing up at the Paul R. Knapp "Animal Learning Center," President Obama and his staff show that they are out of touch with the needs of rural Iowans and likely to continue to plow down their unsustainable path of supporting the industrial agribusiness lobby.

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Struggling In Battleground State, Obama Launches Sharp Mitt Attack

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's clai...

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SEX TRAFFICKING: Backpage.com Used For Backdoor Deals

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.24.2012

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitu...

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Obama Pushes 'To-Do List,' Hits Mitt In Battleground State

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.24.2012

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — As President Barack Obama readies for a return to the Iowa State Fairgrounds, his campaign is reminding voters that it was in...

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Iowa Rep. Steve King: Assimilate Immigrants, But Only the 'Pick of the Litter'

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.23.2012

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Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has always been a very strong, vocal opponent of illegal immigration and amnesty. According to his website, King believes th...

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San Onofre: We Can't Ignore the Warning Signs

Erich Pica | Posted 05.21.2012

San Onofre's reactors have already released radioactive steam and are literally shaking themselves apart. Instead of keeping the reactors shut down, Southern Edison is rushing to restart the reactors and running them as hard as possible.

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Mitt Romney And Barack Obama Struggle To Offer Positive Visions For 2012 Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In the dead of the winter, as Mitt Romney campaigned across Iowa and New Hampshire, one of his senior strategists kept asking reporters ...

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Ridiculously Early Look at Electoral Math

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2012

Since, as any fifth-grader will tell you, we don't have a national vote for president, tracking the race by means of national polling is almost completely irrelevant.

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Marine Dies After Saving Sole Survivor Of Plane Crash On Way To Christian Rally

Posted 05.15.2012

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A Marine who died after pulling a survivor from a plane crash is being hailed a hero for his act of bravery. Austin Anderson, who served two tours...

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Iowa Student Denied Gay Scholarship Recognition At Catholic High School

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.08.2012

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A gay student in Iowa says his Catholic high school is refusing to allow a foundation that promotes gay rights activism to pre...

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How A Gay Iowa Teen Used A Secret Identity to Fight Bullying

Marion Patch | Scott Raynor | Posted 05.02.2012

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Matt Shankles lost friends and self-esteem and his depression grew when his eighth-grade classmates learned he was gay. They bullied him relentlessly....

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Cops Bust Alleged Iowa Child Abuser In Chicago Apartment

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 04.19.2012

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An Iowa man who went on the run after he allegedly sexually abused three of his nine children was arrested early Thursday morning in Chicago. Autho...

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Put the Brakes on School Bus Tragedies

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 04.17.2012

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Across the nation, drivers illegally pass stopped school buses 13 million times each year; in Iowa, 138,600 times every year. If we cut that number, we'll reduce the number of children killed and injured by reckless drivers.

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Midwest Tornadoes: How You Can Help

Posted 04.16.2012

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More than 120 tornadoes swept across Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska this weekend, killing at least five people, the Associated Press reports. ...

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Woman, 85, Honored For Rebuilding Iowa Town

West Des Moines Patch | Posted 04.05.2012

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Betty Hill-Swander will tell you that as a single mother back in the 1970s, she wasn't trying to change the world, or even her little portion of Iowa....

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BPI's Response to Outrage Over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-shirt

Michele Simon | Posted 04.02.2012

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Blaming the media for exposing this questionable process to the light of day is a textbook corporate move. When you'd rather not answer the hard questions just deflect attention by placing blame elsewhere.

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13-Year-Old Allegedly Kills Mom With Rifle

Steven Hoffer | Posted 03.28.2012

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A 13-year-old Iowa boy is accused of killing his mother by firing multiple rounds from a .22 caliber hunting rifle into her chest. "It's a damn tra...

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Biden: Romney 'Consistently Wrong' On Key Issue

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.28.2012

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DAVENPORT, Iowa — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is "consistently wrong" on U.S. man...

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Patients Beware

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 05.22.2012

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The Seventh Amendment preserves our right to jury trials. The Tenth Amendment allows the states to run their own court systems. Under H.R. 5, these rights are turned on their heads.

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

Rick Steves | Posted 05.19.2012

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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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GOP Candidate Accidentally Gives Speech To Wrong Convention

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.15.2012

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Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t be in the same room together? That is exactly what happened on Saturday when Republican congressional ca...

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Rick Santorum, Ron Paul On Track To Get Most Of Iowa's Delegates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are best positioned to win the most delegates in Iowa as the Republican primary process moves forward, making...

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Waukee, IA: As Gas Prices Rise, Some Motorists Are Driving Up The Crime Stats

waukee.patch.com | Posted 05.12.2012

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"Now, you could almost set the calendar - as gas prices increase, so do the thefts."...

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Michigan State Routs Iowa

AP | CLIFF BRUNT | Posted 05.09.2012

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INDIANAPOLIS — Draymond Green had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 8 Michigan State over Iowa 92-75 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals...

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