Posted March 11, 2015in Locker Room
World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) biggest superstars — including John Cena, Seth Rollins, Big Show, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston and Kane — are headed to Des Moines for WWE’s Monday Night RAW Road to WrestleMania that will be broadcasted live to the world from Wells Fargo Arena on Monday,
Read More →“The Royals” Sunday, March 15 (E!) First Bravo with “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” now E! turns to scripted drama with “The Royals”? Has the “reality” finally all been filmed? Unlike “GG2D,” “The Royals” proudly dons the Soap Opera tiara and takes it over the tawdry top, with fictional modern British
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Posted March 11, 2015in Political Mercury
The difference between an 18-year-old fresh-faced freshman and a 21-year-old senior in college is the most profound I’ve experienced in a work, social or living arrangement. The first is a boy. The second is a man. Yet, the two coexist in American college fraternities. Which is great for mentoring, role-modeling
Read More →The View Nightclub is celebrating its grand opening March 13-14 in the former location of Le Boi Bar at 508 Indianola Road in Des Moines. The View will be open Wednesday through Saturday, 9 p.m. to close, but owner Rusty Brammer says hours will be adjusted later this spring. Brammer
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Posted March 11, 2015in Cover Story
There probably aren’t many times that someone’s asked what sounds good for lunch and you emphatically answered “boiled cabbage for me, please!” And yet, when it comes to St. Patrick’s Day, people call every Irish bar in town to find out which ones haven’t run out of the corned beef
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Posted March 11, 2015in Center Stage
Drama can be all in the eyes. Rich Richards, the whole show in “Clarence Darrow,” can raise the tension with a hardening stare or lighten it with a sidelong glance. In a late rehearsal, his look even seemed to change the scenery, going from a seat in a small-town ballpark
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Posted March 11, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
The hallway is empty. High ceilings stretch off in the distance. Dark woodwork marks the openings for doorways hidden in shadowed recesses. And a low murmur of voices provides background. One-thousand-six-hundred voices to be exact. Oh, yeah, and one cop. I follow the directions from the front desk. Right. Then left. Then
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Posted March 11, 2015in Belly Up To...
With so many bars participating in the Court Avenue Official Block Party to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, it’s hard to know where to go. They all open early, most offer special Irish foods, and each bar offers some sort of unique drink special. But where’s the best place to go?
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Posted March 11, 2015in News of the Weird
Shooting “upskirt” photos of a 13-year-old girl is not illegal in Oregon, declared Judge Eric Butterfield in February, thus acquitting Patrick Buono, 61, of the crimes of invasion of privacy and “encouraging child sexual abuse.” Buono’s behavior was “appalling,” Judge Butterfield noted, but since the girl was in a public
Read More →Jeff Jorgensen, Republican Pottawattamie County Chair, stated that Sen. Gronstal needs to be discussing charter schools, virtual schools, school voucher programs and homeschooling in order to find solutions for public schools. It seems the focus should instead be on what proven educational reforms needed to be implemented in public schools.
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