Derek Lambert and The Prairie Fires
Like a lot of musicians, Derek Lambert — titular head of Derek Lambert and The Prairie Fires — learned music through his family. “I started playing guitar when I was [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in The Sound
Posted January 16, 2013in Geek Chic
Glimpse future tech at CES
Car enthusiasts have auto shows; geeks have the Consumer Electronics Show. CES is an annual convention held in Las Vegas to showcase vendors, products and services. It’s where the prototypes [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Sore Thumbs
‘ANARCHY REIGNS’ (M) ***1/2 Sega PlayStation 3 Compared to “Anarchy Reigns,” other action games look like simulations of watching paint dry. In an average moment of play, you might find [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
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” [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Bobsledding, popcorn balls and swinging rural Iowa elections
What a delight to chronicle the story of Lillian Braden and her 12 brothers and seven sisters, all biological kids of Jans and Elizabeth Peters, German Lutheran immigrants who settled [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Back to Blood’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Little Brown and Company Oct. 23, 2012 $30 720 pp. Every time Tom Wolfe takes on a sacred institution, such as New [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… City of West Des Moines
Amount: $1,004.98 To: Aramark Uniform Services For: Purchase of uniforms and mats for West Des Moines Human Services and Public Works. Amount: $450 To: Arrow Stage Lines For: Rental [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Belly Up To...
Mavericks brings energy to growing West Des Moines hub
If Maddy’s Again was the weird stoner who got shoved into lockers in high school, Mavericks is the star football quarterback who did it. Maddy’s Again might have been the [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Locker Room
Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it
All right ya’ll, stop ducking around and let’s get serious about the races — duck races, that is. It’s that time of year again when the Des Moines Boat, Sports [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Cover Story
Executing fear
Dec. 15, 1944: The morning train paused in the winter-quiet resort town of Spirit Lake just long enough to allow a scrawny pair of shabbily-dressed men to step off. They [...]
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