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Posted February 25, 2015in Civic Skinny

Some questions and some answers about AIB deal. State stops some refunds. Channel 8 deserves credit.

Some questions: Who owns AIB? Every Iowan. What if the AIB-University of Iowa deal falls through? Who knows. Does the AIB board have to keep the school alive? No. Can [...]

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Posted February 25, 2015in Political Mercury

At gut-check time with abortion politics, is Ernst a Clinton in conservative clothing?

It’s a line of a questioning most pro-life candidates don’t like. Count our new U.S. senator among them. When asked, they often claim they never thought about it, that they [...]

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Posted February 25, 2015in Belly Up To...

Get your game on at Ricochet

Most everyone loves a good night out, as it’s usually great to have dinner with friends and hit the bars for drinks. Inevitably, those drinks turn into several rounds and, [...]

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Posted February 25, 2015in Duffy

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Posted February 18, 2015in Cover Story

Ski Iowa?

Yes, there’s powder to be found and exercise to be had at a number of ski hills and flat grounds across our state. Maybe you have not looked outside in [...]

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Posted February 18, 2015in Center Stage

Festival of surprises

The walls of the Last Laugh, Persian blue, are decorated with empty picture frames, a light tan. The owner, Josh Chamberlain, quickly turned this into a joke. “You can fill [...]

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Posted February 18, 2015in Rap Sheet

Two of a kind

Is anyone else tired of seeing sad stories of child stars in the news? Marcus Paulk, child star from the 1990s sitcom “Moesha,” was arrested on Feb. 1 for possession [...]

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Posted February 18, 2015in Political Mercury

Rural Iowa’s most vital location

There’s a saying in Texas: It ain’t bragging if you can back it up. It seems the Texas-ism packed its bags, headed north and found a comfortable home in Greene [...]

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Posted February 18, 2015in Film Review

Royal treatment

There are a number of things that make “Kingsmen” really cool: seeing Colin Firth — master of the period drama — throwing punches in fight scenes; the wonderfully choreographed action [...]

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