Prolific but redundant
“Magic in the Moonlight” 3 stars Rated PG-13 97 minutes Comedy Starring: Colin Firth, Antonia Clarke, Natasha Andrews Woody Allen has mastered the art of making the same trivial film [...]
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Posted July 30, 2014in Film Review
Posted July 30, 2014in Sound Check
La Roux “Trouble in Paradise” Polydor The title of La Roux’s sophomore studio effort is retroactively ironic, should one choose to consider the recent split — and subsequent Twitter spat [...]
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Posted July 29, 2014in Uncategorized
Spotlight Lagunitas Brewing Company Lagunitas Brewing Company was founded in 1993 by Tony Magee in Lagunitas, California, and moved a year later to nearby Petaluma as it quickly grew. Lagunitas [...]
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Posted July 25, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Federal officials won’t answer questions about immigrant children in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — An irked Gov. Terry Branstad and U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, are still waiting to learn the whereabouts of 139 immigrant children placed without notice by [...]
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Posted July 24, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa county’s voter rolls filled with deceased residents
DES MOINES, Iowa — Betty Ellis doesn’t know why 100 dead people were registered to vote in Wright County. That’s a problem. Ellis is the county auditor and in charge [...]
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Posted July 23, 2014in Duffy
Posted July 23, 2014in Belly Up To...
Enjoy the Zombiance at Des Moines’ favorite horror-themed restaurant
Zombies started taking over pop culture with books, movies and video games a while ago, and they’ve maintained a strong following through the years. They’ve even spawned apocalypse-themed races and [...]
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Posted July 23, 2014in Civic Skinny
Tony Bisignano’s case: Anatomy of an OWI, a messy and odd detour on way to election.
What do you do if you’re a politician picked up for drunken driving? How does it all play out? Here’s how it played out — sometimes minute by minute — [...]
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Posted July 23, 2014in Your View
Snake oil always sells
Civic Skinny (July 17) asked if the $40 million settlement with buyers club was an indication that the 864,000 adult Iowans, “Are so gullible… and can be snookered in a [...]
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Posted July 23, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… City of Des Moines
Amount: $76.32 To: DEMCO (Wisconsin) For: Four aluminum directional arrow signs Amount: $18,425 To: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (Illinois) For: Analytical services Amount: $127.08 To: Carpenter Uniform Co For: [...]
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