From the Los Angeles Times: Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim …
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From the Los Angeles Times: Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim …
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Bud Light is losing its world title, to a Chinese lager called “Snow.” From The Guardian: The self-styled king of …
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After being seen smoking by a Des Moines Register reporter in a state-owned vehicle (a “workplace” under the statewide smoking …
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Reading a Slate article on mail carriers who hide mail to avoid delivering it. Reading a Micheal Kinsley column urging us …
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From the Washington Post: Incoming first lady Michelle Obama has tapped Jackie Norris, President-elect Barack Obama’s Iowa state director to …
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The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission has offered its top job to its first choice. But who could the new …
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…the Iowa Lottery gets two bucks. From the lottery: DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is celebrating the classic …
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Was there a more heartbreaking news story over the weekend than Jeff Zeleny’s New York Times Sunday pieceon how Barack …
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From the NY Times’ Caucus Blog: CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama won’t be attending this weekend’s global economic summit hosted …
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A pair of Davenport boys cash in on a simply brilliant invention. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Why didn’t we think of it? …
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I’m off my feet for a few days after having a “minor medical procedure.” Oh, well, what the hell, I had …
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