Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name That Crime” quiz! PEPPER-SPRAYED PUGILIST Police were dispatched to Iowa Methodist Medical Center just before 1 a.m. on Dec. 5
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Posted December 12, 2012in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
You don’t stop and think much about Iowa Public Television. It’s just there. There with the news, with the debates, with “Iowa Press” and “Market to Market.” There at the State Fair, at the World Food Prize, at this lecture and that event. It’s always at the news, but it’s
Read More →In unprecedented exclusive interviews with NBC and Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, who assumed the position last year after the passing of Steve Jobs, revealed details that hint at the future of Apple products. Among other things, he mentioned how Apple plans to bring more of its outsourced jobs to
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Posted December 12, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ has improved with age The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” is widely regarded as a failure, but “Magical Mystery Tour Revisited” (Friday, 8:30 p.m., PBS) gives it an overdue reconsideration. The documentary interviews Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam and those involved with the
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Posted December 12, 2012in Film Review
“The Central Park Five” 5 stars Not Rated 120 mins. Documentary Starring: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise It’s tempting to think that gross miscarriages of justice are less likely to occur in big cities, where police and judicial oversight are theoretically more prevalent than small, insular towns — like
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Posted December 12, 2012in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Back in June of 2007, when then U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, of Idaho, took his infamous wide stance in that Minneapolis airport men’s restroom, much of the discussion centered on whether he was a closeted homosexual looking for surreptitious action. For those who don’t remember the story, an undercover officer
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Posted December 12, 2012in Duffy
Posted December 12, 2012in Locker Room
While it may not look like it, the perfect storm for winter sports is brewing in central Iowa. Cold nights and warm days make for ideal skiing, tubing and snowboarding, and just in time, too, as Sleepy Hollow Sports Park re-opens on Friday, Dec. 14, despite the record shortage of
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Posted December 11, 2012in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — Overtime costs for state employees has skyrocketed, putting Iowa taxpayers on the hook for an additional $9.4 million in worker costs compared to five years ago, according to an Iowa Watchdog analysis of state figures. Overtime expenses in fiscal 2011 reached $24.3 million – a 63 percent
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