Norway’s Battle Against Chaos Norwegian public television (NRK), which introduced the now-legendary continuous, live log-burning show (12 hours long, with “color commentary” on the historical and cultural importance of fire), [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in News of the Weird
Posted November 06, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! SHITTY HOUSE Police arrested a 22-year-old woman just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 31 after neighbors at an apartment located at the [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Civic Skinny
Why Bill Knapp is backing Branstad. Lois Bright leaves a legacy — and cash.
Why would Bill Knapp back Terry Branstad for governor? Bill Knapp — who spent what a less-rich man would call a fortune in trying to get Branstad out of office [...]
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Posted November 05, 2013in Rap Sheet
A ‘Monty Python’ approach to governing Iowa
“The Buck Stops Here” — so said the sign that famously graced the Oval Office desk of President Harry S. Truman. If Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad had a similar placard [...]
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