Posted October 03, 2012in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Polls show King in tightest race of career The two candidates for the newly drawn 4th Congressional District Thursday night faced their first pointed debate questions on three of the more defining social issues in modern politics. And the answers of U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, and Ames Democrat Christie
Read More →Amount: $2,228 To: Quality Painting Company For: Payment for graffiti removal services at various locations — 45.5 hours of labor at $43.50 per hour and $248.75 in materials. Amount: $428.50 To: Thompson Publishing Group (Tampa, Fla.) For: Payment for a one-year renewed subscription to Family and Medical Leave Handbook
Read More →The good OMG! Is including that smiley face emoticon to a text message while driving really worth crashing your car? In celebration of the national “No Text on Board Pledge Day,” Gov. Terry Branstad, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau and AT&T have joined to educate the public on the risks
Read More →DART story is ‘right on’ Right on, Cityview, regarding your story about the bus service in the Des Moines area (“Two Weeks on the Bus,” Sept. 6). The powers that be at DART must think that the only shift worked in the city is during daylight hours. If you work
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Posted October 03, 2012in The Sound
On Sept. 17, the good folks at Maximum Ames Records launched the new Iowa Music Store online. The brainchild of Caleb Swank, the Iowa Music Store is a place for Iowa bands to get their music and merch in the hands of the people who want it — 24 hours
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Posted October 03, 2012in Sore Thumbs
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 (M) **** ‘Tecmo’ Xbox 360 The “Dead or Alive” series has always been famous for its adolescent infatuation with the full-figured, fairer sex, but the fifth entry in the fighting series has more going for it than its looks. Though not as refined as the
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Posted October 03, 2012in Book Review
By Louise Penny Minotaur Books Aug. 28, 2012 $ 25.99 384 Pages “The Beautiful Mystery” is the eighth in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. It was eagerly anticipated by Louise Penny fans, and a customer’s excitement convinced me to try this book. In this case,
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Posted October 03, 2012in Sound Notes
The Thursday, Oct. 4, show at the Val Air Ballroom featuring heartland rock legends Kansas is, sadly, dust in the wind. For those of you who’ve already purchased your tickets for the show, refunds are being given by your point of purchase. The good folks at Val Air apologize for
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Posted October 03, 2012in On The Tube
They fight Hitler together in the new “Upstairs Downstairs” The new season of “Masterpiece Classic’s Upstairs Downstairs” (Sunday, 8 p.m., PBS) begins in 1938 with a British radio broadcaster saying, “It is hoped that an agreement can be reached regarding Herr Hitler’s attempt to….” We all know where this is
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Posted October 03, 2012in Belly Up To...
My neighbor has hops growing on his backyard fence. He caught the craft brewing fever a few years ago. This has fostered a passion not unlike the one that’s been growing in Des Moines since the ’90s when Stone Brewing Co. threw corporate American beer back into the faces of
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