Remember back when you and all your friends would hole up in somebody’s living room to play games and drink? There were good people, a variety of things to do so no one got bored, the comfort of your own home and your favorite seat — what more could you ask for? That’s the same […]
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Sometimes runners take extra care about what they eat and drink in the weeks and days leading up to a race. Maybe they’ll carbo-load, order extra servings of broccoli and beans or drink gallons of water. Then there are races that buck the traditional triathlon style for something a little more unique — a little […]
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Success is a relative term. For example, by being signed to a major label, Sevendust can ostensibly be deemed more successful than 90 percent of the bands out there. However, by any purely commercial measure, the band’s success has always been of the middling variety. But it’s safe to say that the band has done […]
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“Magic in the Moonlight” 3 stars Rated PG-13 97 minutes Comedy Starring: Colin Firth, Antonia Clarke, Natasha Andrews Woody Allen has mastered the art of making the same trivial film over and over again. His “Blue Jasmine” experiment was an exception that resulted in an utter failure of tone. Part of the problem was Cate […]
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For the past four years, we have brought you photos of local models in swimsuits in this annual edition. Much like last year, we packaged all the photos in the front part of our regular weekly Cityview and wrapped it all in a glossy cover. This issue has become such a reader favorite that copies […]
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Is the Downtown Farmers Market even a market anymore? Are farmers still its main feature? Are its administrators a clan of overpaid bullies? These questions are being asked since Lee Rood of the Des Moines Register broke a story about how certain vendors had been singled out for punishments. Among the highlights o ...
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Gleanings from the latest campaign-finance reports: Eldon Roth, the Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, founder of Beef Products Inc. — maker of the beef product unfortunately known as “pink slime” — has given the Terry Branstad campaign $110,000 since the last election. Bruce Rastetter, the ag entrepreneur who is ...
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About the only thing Gov. Terry Branstad didn’t do for energy production on a recent Wednesday in west-central Iowa was to check the porch bulbs or flip on the night lights for residents in Glidden and Coon Rapids before leaving the region. Branstad spent most of a working day involved in two local energy-develo ...
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