Des Moines is not known as a violent city.
But occasionally, tragic and violent things
do happen to good people — to widowed grandmothers,
to children, to business professionals, and
on a lively night on Court Avenue last November,
to a 61-year-old high school custodian.
The caucuses: Sweater vests and pigs. By the
way, who won?
Sweater vests. “Thanks to Rick Santorum,
sweater vests rebounded nicely after
the May resignation of The Ohio State
University football coach Tim Tressel,”
a caucus-goer reports. Read
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Locker
Room Team
Ghost Riders
Cowboys
and cowgirls from all over the globe
will make their way to Wells Fargo Arena
this weekend to witness some of the
roughest and toughest rodeo athletes
shine during the World’s Toughest Rodeo.
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I first wrote about Irina’s when it opened in
West Des Moines in 2007, labeling Khartchenko
and partner Dmitri Iakoviev “the new Johnny
and Kay (Compiano).” Read
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Political
Mercury
Romney’s Manning problem and ‘Spreading Santorum’
A
real liberal conspiracy?
Former U.S. Sen. Rick
Santorum is the victim of one of the
ugliest PR campaigns in recent American
political history — Read
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