Honors Lounge offers unique change to Clive staple
“Oh great. It’s a cop bar.” That was my friend’s first reaction when I invited him to belly up with me at the new Honors Lounge in Clive. And to [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted March 05, 2014in Locker Room
Gamers unplugged
Board games have a public-image problem. This is likely because many remember their childhood and being forced to play “Monopoly” according to rules set by their siblings instead of by [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines.
Amount: $6,250 To: Downtown Community Alliance For: Payment for the Enhanced Parking System project, as per contractual agreement. Amount: $100,185 To: East Village Growth Partners LLC For: Payment for [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Center Stage
Whirling, wacky and out of Chicago
When improv comedy works, it suggests an eruption of ping-pong balls. The players start with something ordinary, and without so much as costumes or props, they wind up rocketing off [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Sound Check
Pharrell Williams “G I R L” Black Lot/Columbia This is how far feminism has come in the music industry: After helping out on Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” — a date [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in News of the Weird
Prison Blues Norway’s prison system is regarded as among the most inmate-friendly in the world, but convicted mass murderer Anders Breivik is still not impressed. Breivik, serving 21 years for [...]
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Posted March 04, 2014in Rap Sheet
Iowa governor: a job description
Charles Ruhl is a member of one of Iowa ‘s multi-generational aristocracies. His habitual crimes added up to stealing $1.3 million of his partners’ money. A federal judge in Scott [...]
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