Posted November 20, 2013in Film Review
“Delivery Man” 2 stars Rated PG-13 103 minutes Comedy Starring: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders Writer-director Ken Scott does the same thing twice by repurposing his 2011 French-language film “Starbuck” into a Hollywood movie that predictably loses something in translation. Pumping up the volume on the comic account of
Read More →Worth the Commute Downtown London residences are known to be staggeringly expensive, but media blogger Sam Cookney calculated in October just how much. Cookney said he can live in an upscale apartment in Barcelona, Spain, and commute almost every workday to London (700 miles away) for less money than a
Read More →FIRST DOWN Ah, yes. Twitter. Where characters are capped at 140, and I.Q. is capped at 104. The social media world was a funny place early Sunday evening, especially if you chase collegiate sports for fun, profit or some combination therein. Feeds became littered with airmails from two camps: Ohio
Read More →For all of its hip commercials and excellent word-of-mouth buzz, Apple’s iPhone is still second-best. Market analysis from this past quarter revealed four-fifths of the world’s smartphone users are Android users, Google’s mobile operating system. As dominant as 80 percent sounds, why does it feel like Google’s stronghold is an
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Posted November 20, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Sir, you do not know me, but I write to thank you for all you’ve done concerning drug dealing and illegal immigrants. As my representative from Iowa, I wanted to share with you how your observations were my salvation. And perhaps my story will be a cautionary tale to others
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Posted November 20, 2013in Cover Story
It’s time for last year’s winner to hand over her crown. Unfortunately, she can’t. We called her, and she seems to have misplaced it. “I lost it on one of my Sunday Fundays,” confessed Candace Nolan, Des Moines Sexiest person of 2012. Oh well. In this the fifth year Cityview
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Posted November 20, 2013in Political Mercury
A who’s-who list of Iowa business leaders joined military and state officials at Camp Dodge in Johnston last Tuesday for the unveiling of Gov. Terry Branstad’s Home Base Iowa, a far-reaching effort aimed at providing jobs in the state for returning veterans. “Through their service, veterans have already proven they
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Posted November 13, 2013in Duffy
Posted November 13, 2013in The Sound
Nobody knows quite what to do with Hed PE. That’s partly because of the band’s sound, which redefines the word “eclectic.” “When people come to a Hed PE show, they know they’re going to get four things,” said front man Jahred Gomes in an interview from his Anaheim, Calif., home.
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