Local Bites redefines food courts
Food courts changed the world’s feeding habits, but not in good way. From their 1971 origin at Plymouth Meeting Mall in Pennsylvania, they brought Dairy Queen, McDonalds, Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Food Dude
Posted May 18, 2016in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
Johnny Manziel, 23, a former college football Heisman Trophy winner and current struggling NFL quarterback, recently turned himself in to authorities in Highland Park, Texas, on misdemeanor assault charges. [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Duffy
Posted May 18, 2016in On The Tube
South of Heaven
“Preacher” makes a hell of a debut; “Wayward Pines” and “Powers” return. “Preacher” Sunday, May 22 (AMC) Series Debut: The uninitiated have no idea what the hell [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Civic Skinny
Two quit the board of planned convention hotel. Eddie Mauro has a chance. More on bar exam.
Two of the seven board members of the planned downtown convention hotel have resigned just as the hotel gets ready for its groundbreaking this week. Cynthia Eisenhauer and her husband [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Belly Up To...
Jelly beans, grandfather clocks and German castles
What do jellybeans, grandfather clocks and German castles have in common? A lady sitting at Des Moines’ east side Maingate Bar knows. Chrystal Smith alternates between sips from of [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers …
Urbandale schools Amount: $2,920 To: Environmental Property Solutions Inc. For: Asbestos removal Amount: $12,033.74 To: Iowa Testing Programs For: Registration fee and standard service Amount: $1,233.60 [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Film Review
A song in our hearts
“Sing Street” PG-13 106 minutes Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton In 2007, Irish writer/director John Carney teamed with Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard to create [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Book Review
‘The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero’
This book is the biography of Thomas Francis Meagher (pronounced Mah-ur), who grew up during the time of the Great Famine in Ireland. Born to a prominent merchant family, he [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Sound Circuit
Travel is a curse
The Curse of Hail has been doing its thing in town for nearly a decade. But now, the current lineup of vocalist Ken Payne, guitarists Josh Adamson and Luke [...]
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