The closed case
Come and sit next to me in the back of the room. Don’t worry; you won’t have to say anything. Yes, I know it’s after work hours, and we should [...]
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Posted July 31, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Posted July 31, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! KICK SOME BRASS Two men got into a fight at the 1200 block of East 22nd Street on July 22 at 12:30 p.m. [...]
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Posted July 31, 2013in Political Mercury
King chart-topper: Making fun of an old lady
In 2006, U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Kiron Republican, suggested that iconic journalist Helen Thomas, then 85 years old, was ugly, in a joke about radical Islam’s belief that martyrs [...]
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Posted July 31, 2013in Duffy
Posted July 30, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted July 29, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
City clerk costs Farmington $247,000
DES MOINES – A former city clerk in Farmington failed to properly bill $210,000 in utilities and cost the city $36,257 in late fees, according to an audit report released [...]
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Posted July 29, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Senate Democrats to hold immigration forum in King’s district
DES MOINES – Senators Tom Harkin and Dick Durbin, both Democrats, will hold an immigration forum Friday to discuss the DREAM Act with Iowans. Harkin spokesoman Kate Cyrul Frischmann declined [...]
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Posted July 29, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa groups says Steve King must go
DES MOINES – A coalition of Latino advocacy groups are seeking the ouster of Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King from an immigration and border control subcommittee after his recent inflammatory [...]
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Posted July 26, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Des Moines district emails give credence to Sebring allegations
Des Moines Register editors knew of possible violations of computer policies within the Des Moines School District weeks before the release of racy emails between former Superintendent Nancy Sebring and [...]
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Posted July 26, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa U.S. House members break with party lines on NSA surveillance vote
DES MOINES – Iowa’s congressional delegation voted along party lines Wednesday on a high profile measure that would curtail the National Security Agency’s spy program. The amendment, pushed by U.S. [...]
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