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Four officers dead in Dallas from ambush shooting during street protest

Four police officers were fatally shot and seven wounded by snipers who targeted them during rallies in Dallas to protest against the fatal police sho ...

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AVIATION Boeing slows payments to suppliers as it accelerates cost-cutting

NEW YORK - Boeing Co. is stepping up efforts to conserve cash, cut costs in its supply chain and trim inventory of parts in its factories, while telli ...

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Minnesota governor blasts police involved in killing of black motorist

The second fatal police shooting of a black man in two days sparked outrage in the United States on Thursday, this one particularly chilling because t ...

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Man faces attempted murder charge after Wednesday night shots fired incident

CEDAR RAPIDS - An 18-year-old faces an attempted murder charge following a Wednesday night shots fired incident in southeast Cedar Rapids.Police respo ...

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Iowa State hires CIO, IT directors without advertising openings

Iowa State University did not advertise or conduct a search before hiring former Republican lawmaker Jim Kurtenbach as its vice president and chief in ...

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Motorists cheer as back-in parking era ends in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS - Parking spaces lost for work zones along the Second Avenue and Third Avenue bridges and First Street SE should be restored this fall, b ...

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Iowa inmates sewing usher uniforms for new Hancher Auditorium

MITCHELLVILLE - Sewing machines hum inside the Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville as inmates focus on the day's work - taking 18 piec ...

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Cosby returns to court to seek dismissal of sex assault charges

Bill Cosby is set to return to a Pennsylvania criminal court on Thursday, when the comedian's lawyers will mount their latest attempt to have the sexu ...

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State-of-the-art auditorium nearing completion in Solon

SOLON - When Solon High School theater students build large set pieces, they construct them on the auditorium stage. If they put them together anywher ...

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Candies owe their fillings to Minnesota company

MINNEAPOLIS - Ever wonder how M&M's get their crunchy shells? Or how Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Pop-Tarts get their decadent fillings? Or how that ...

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U.S. proposes direct flights to Havana

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The United States has tentatively approved flights on eight U.S. airlines to Havana as early as this fall, with American Airline ...

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Being paid to do nothing: ISU employees upset over IT restructuring

As part of a restructuring effort in Iowa State University's information technology services unit, ISU since May has been paying 19 employees to not w ...

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University of Iowa issues draft of new strategic plan

Instead of wrapping up what would have been an accelerated process to produce a new five-year strategic plan, the University of Iowa on Wednesday rele ...

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Iowa apple crop rebounds in 2015

Iowa apple growers experienced a rebound in 2015 from a sharply lower harvest in 2014 due to difficult spring weather and pockets of hailstorm damage. ...

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Input sought on plan to ban alcohol at area beaches

State officials have scheduled two public hearings to get feedback on plans to ban alcohol on beaches in two area parks.Last month, the Iowa Natural R ...

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