Banned and often shunned to the
outdoors, Des Moines cigar lovers are still
smokin’.
In the old days, cigars were known as the exclusive
smoking choice of world leaders and mob bosses.
It’s been said that Great Britain’s Prime Minister
Winston Churchill smoked so much — an estimated
250,000 stogies in his lifetime — that the Cubans
named a cigar after him.
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The
Sound Dev: Life of a Lifeless Party
The King is dead: Long live the King. Pop music,
by its very definition, is in a near constant
state of turnover and reinvention. The most
common knock against pop is that it’s usually
soulless and commercial, but didn’t Gary Coleman
teach us that it takes different strokes to
move the world?
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Civic
Skinny
Oops. GOP white guys didn’t really mean ‘in
spades.’ Elbert, Witosky and Hansen are leaving
the Register
Uh, what we meant, was, uh, we just weren’t
thinking, uh, it’s not like it sounds. Or, what
our clients meant to say was. ... Read
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Uniq
Saysinuan’s one-room café is painted
a warm yellow with bodhisattvas for
good luck and a large, high-definition
TV for distraction. On occasions when
Uniq was working alone or with other
women Read
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Political
Mercury
King predicts most expensive Congressional
race in Iowa history
In
an interview, Vilsack said she would
bring a different approach to Congress
than King has provided for the last
decade. Read
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Locker
Room Iowa
Cubs
I-Cubs
return with new manager and playoff
aspirations
The Iowa Cubs are gung-ho
for the 2012 season and have taken a
number of steps, including hiring new
manager Dave Bialas, in an attempt to
return to the playoffs ...
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The
Sound 
