Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “The CEO of Dole had been planning a hostile takeover of Chiquita for years.” Mark Alvord Runners-up: “Yes, it was a banana in my pocket, and I am
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Posted July 06, 2016in What the?
Posted July 06, 2016in On The Tube
Law and disorder “The Night of” takes on the (in)justice system; “Mr. Robot” is back for the re-hack
“The Night of” Sunday, July 10 (HBO) Series Debut: Novelist/screenwriter Richard Price (“Clockers,” “The Wire”) and writer/filmmaker Steve Zaillian (“A Civil Action”) spend eight episodes chronicling eight bad, bad days in the life of Nasir Khan (Riz Ahmed), a New York City college student who thinks he’s lucked into
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Posted July 06, 2016in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
City of Des Moines To be paid on 6/21/2016 Amount: $3,043.75 To: Caitlyn Reinders For: Lawsuit settlement for a city garbage truck hitting a parked, unoccupied vehicle Amount: $923.49 To: Imperial RV Center Inc. For: Toilet replacement in police Mobile Command Unit Amount: $3,686 To: Floyd
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Posted July 06, 2016in Center Stage
The lady packs a wallop
Is this the birth of a star? Sydney Mancasola comes to Des Moines between assignments in Berlin and London, playing the title character in “Manon,” one of opera’s great tragic heroines. She commands the stage on the strength of her voice alone, a soprano that, even as it soars,
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Posted July 06, 2016in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
Tarvaris Jackson, an unemployed NFL quarterback, was recently arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The former Seattle Seahawk, 33, allegedly pulled a gun on his wife and threatened to kill her while he was intoxicated. He was booked into Osceola County Jail and later released
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Posted July 06, 2016in Food Dude
Phat chance of success
Soon after the last snow melted this spring, two of the most reliably excellent services in my life changed for the worse. Almost simultaneously, my postman stopped setting my mail either inside my porch door or in my mailbox; it’s now left on the doorstep, even if it’s windy or
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Posted July 06, 2016in Tech Talk
All hail the digital map
If you are about to endeavor on a multi-generational vacation, prepare yourself for an odd occurrence — our elders’ reluctance to give up the paper map. For millennia, the way to guide one’s journey was via drawn — then printed — paper maps. But now, apps and GPS-enabled
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Posted July 06, 2016in Belly Up To...
Not part of the plan
Jim Besler didn’t plan on owning The Thirsty Sportsman — in fact, he never planned on owning any bar. “I thought I was going to go to work in an office every day,” he said. But that’s not how it worked out. Instead, Besler, who studied accounting in
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Posted July 06, 2016in On the Move
Hy-Vee clothing stores to open
Hy-Vee is opening a clothing shop in its new Twin Cities-area store. The plan is for similar clothing boutiques to also open in two Des Moines-area stores later this year — one at 4605 Fleur Drive in Des Moines, and the other at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny.
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Posted July 06, 2016in Joe's Neighborhood
The angry American
“I’m not waiting in any more lines.” His voice rises uncontrollably as he faces off with the bored Paris train attendant at Gare Nord, a major railroad hub in Paris. “I’m not going back to the end of the line. Have you ever waited in a line? Answer me.
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