Posted September 11, 2013in Film Review
“Salinger” 3 stars Rated PG-13 120 minutes Documentary Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Judd Apatow Shane Salerno’s exhaustive bio-documentary about one of America’s most enigmatic and reclusive literary figures [...]
Read More →Andy Samberg is winningly weird in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Many of us were concerned when Andy Samberg retired from “Saturday Night Live” last spring. Would the comic genius get trapped in [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Civic Skinny
A reader writes: “You have to credit Governor [Terry] Branstad for using his national recruiting resources and making full consideration of hiring females and minorities when he swiftly named Larry [...]
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! 50 SHADES OF GREEN The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority reported to police that on Sept. 3 a suspect came to the [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Duffy
Posted September 11, 2013in Political Mercury
The president of an order of Catholic sisters with deep influence in western Iowa supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship for the more than 11 million people living [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Cover Story
Most Iowans love football. Many of us don’t even mind the brutal Iowa winters, because it means football season at last. So in lieu of this weekend’s Iowa vs. Iowa [...]
Read More →Sam Goody, Suncoast Videos, Borders Bookstores and Circuit City; what do all these stores have in common? They were all brick-and-mortar stores that laid to waste by the rise of [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Belly Up To...
I could start off with the big announcement: The beloved Clive bar T.R.’s has reopened, much to the relief of some lost and wandering loyal patrons in the neighborhood; I [...]
Read More →Gas Lamp was home this past Friday to two of the scene’s strongest female personalities who teamed up for a show that had its share of bright spots, even in [...]
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