Cityview offers straight-forward, alternative perspective I just wanted to congratulate you for your recent editorial staff changes and additions. I have recently relocated from Des Moines to Omaha but still [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Your View
Posted October 10, 2012in Locker Room
Des Moines Olympian joins Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions
Every four years, gymnastics finds its way into the living rooms of homes around the country as the U.S. takes on the world at the Olympic Summer Games. In Des [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…Des Moines Public Schools
Amount: $550 To: ABCDJ For: Payment for DJ services for the North High School homecoming festivities. Amount: $193,895 To: Academy Roofing and Sheet For: Services to remove a deteriorated [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Duffy
Posted October 10, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Soundnotes Pick O’ The Week
Henry Rollins brought his spoken word tour to Wooly’s on Oct. 1. Rollins is an engaging speaker, and a good time was had by all who attended (uncomfortable folding chair [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Geek Chic
Cash in your gadgets
Excited for the new iPhone 5, but unsure how you’re going to pay for it? Got an older iPhone or other smartphone you’ll be replacing? Maybe another gadget that is [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Good Bad Ugly
The good A young Indian social scientist, whose research on groundwater resources in agriculture led to major policy changes benefiting thousands of farmers in West Bengal, was recently named the [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Cover Story
Pawning reality
Working in a pawn shop isn’t like on TV. Right? Let’s be honest. Most people don’t even think much about pawn shops. Even the show “Pawn Stars” — which has [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Belly Up To...
Getting the Vintage Vibe
Vintage Wine and Spirits doesn’t seem like your normal fit for Cityview’s Belly Up feature. It’s a wine store — at first glance, anyway. But, if you’ve ever visited the [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
This Week’s Coach on the Hot Seat: Charlie Weis, Kansas
FIRST DOWN: As that ancient philosopher Jim Croce once sang, you don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask of that old [...]
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