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Posted July 30, 2014in The Sound

Defining success

Success is a relative term. For example, by being signed to a major label, Sevendust can ostensibly be deemed more successful than 90 percent of the bands out there. However, [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Center Stage

Ring-a-ding-ding yet right at home

“One thing we’ve learned,” declares Jo Reid, the director, “is that folks in Ankeny just love Neil Simon.” Really? Granted, “Come Blow Your Horn” is far from the first Simon [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood

‘Are you all right?’

Every four years she resurfaces, magically it seems. Not a sighting for months and months, then “bang,” there she is on our TV screens, surprising us with her raw power, [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Book Review

Em and the Big Hoom

Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Penguin Books 06/24/14 $16 224 pp In a tiny one-bedroom apartment in Bombay, India, a family does its best to coexist and [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in On The Tube

Spreading the wealth

In the reality series “#RichKids of Beverly Hills,” the rich kids aren’t icky in that Kardashian way (Sunday, 9 p.m., E!). They’re smart and self-aware, even self-mocking at times. As [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Your View

Library should buy local

In the “paid for by taxpayers in Des Moines” column last week, it appears Eurest Services of Illinois was paid nearly $5,000 for janitorial services for the Public Library of [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Tech Talk

The tablet revolution that never was

The tablet is a quandary; it’s a stretched out smartphone that supposedly offers a computing environment similar to a laptop or desktop. Its size allows for easier reading, and its [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Rap Sheet

Metro’s most wanted NAME: Marcella Varee Hubbard SEX: Female RACE: Black AGE: 36 HEIGHT: 5’ 6” WEIGHT: 120 HAIR: Black EYES: Brown DOB: 12/18/1977 CHARGES: Forgery Crimestoppers This information was [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in On the Move

Candy shop offers wine-flavored cotton candy

The Chocolate Storybook is a candy shop in West Des Moines whose owners have been making good use of 18 cotton candy machines they inherited after buying another candy company [...]

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Posted July 30, 2014in Film Review

Prolific but redundant

“Magic in the Moonlight” 3 stars Rated PG-13 97 minutes Comedy Starring: Colin Firth, Antonia Clarke, Natasha Andrews Woody Allen has mastered the art of making the same trivial film [...]

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