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Posted February 26, 2014in Your View

What’s an ISU poly-sci professor know, anyway?

“Good Governors will make the best presidents.” The headline from Cityview last week (Feb. 20) seems to intentionally bait readers for a response with its presumptive prediction stated as fact. This kind [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Duffy

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Posted February 26, 2014in Cover Story

Strength in numbers

For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Film Review

No verhoeven

“Robocop” 2 stars Rated PG-13 108 minutes Action Starring:  Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton For the long-forgotten historical record, there have already been three Robocop movies — all co-written [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Civic Skinny

Tirrell’s secret to buying sports tickets: Don’t pay. Steve Deace doesn’t think much of Doug Gross.

How does the voluble Marty Tirrell pay for all those sports tickets that he gives to advertisers and listeners on his radio show? He doesn’t. He stiffs the sellers. That’s [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Rap Sheet

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Posted February 26, 2014in Locker Room

Pole position

What is it about pole dancing that gets so many folks in a tizzy? While the striptease tends to accompany the pole in American culture, it would be ignorant to [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Belly Up To...

The Garden, 30 years and growing

Remember that moment in Walt Disney’s animated film “Alice in Wonderland” ─ when the shrunken young heroine finds herself lost in a flower garden and does her best to assimilate [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Sore Thumbs

‘LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII’    (T) *** Square Enix Xbox 360 After taking a break from your combat party in “Final Fantasy XIII-2,” Lightning is back as a playable character [...]

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Posted February 26, 2014in Food Dude

Four Asian cuisines at One Asian

Top Iowa chefs and restaurants continue to receive national honors (see “Side Dishes” below.) A different story on the café beat, though, has been every bit as significant to the [...]

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