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Posted December 26, 2012in Rap Sheet

On the Clock

Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” [...]

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Posted December 26, 2012in Cover Story

Year in review

Newspapers have three primary functions: The first, obviously, is to report current events; the second is to entertain and inform readers; and the third is to keep a record of [...]

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Posted December 20, 2012in Iowa Watchdog

In Iowa, the feds investigate a voter-fraud investigation — slowly

DES MOINES – A federal and state probe into spending by Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz has gone nowhere nearly four months after a state lawmaker requested it, according to [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Featured Story, Political Mercury

The deadly silence in America

What the hell is going on in that house? That’s what I thought routinely in Lake Worth, Fla., as I’d hear the cries of kids in the house next to [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes

Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week

Ravi Shankar — the finest sitar player of his generation, inspiration to everyone from The Beatles to Philip Glass and father to Norah Jones — passed away last week. It’s [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Guest Commentary

Bah! Humbug! The Grinch who stole Iowa

Is there anything worthwhile left in Iowa for the religious and political right to demean or destroy?               In the Hawkeye equivalent of Sherman’s March through Georgia, the folks on the [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check

CD Reviews

Razorwire Halo ‘Robotboy’ Independent One thing you need to give Razorwire Halo credit for is its level of commitment: There’s not a huge commercial clamor for electro-goth rock anymore, but [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Rap Sheet

On the Clock

Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name That Crime” [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts

Part-human, part-chimp

‘Project Nim’ tells a true tale of science gone wrong “Project Nim” (Thursday, 8 p.m., HBO) tells the story of a chimpanzee who was raised like a child in a [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Duffy

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