Hot, hot heat
“Wet Hot American Summer” Friday, July 31 (Netflix) Series Debut: You either loved 2001 cult flick “Wet Hot American Summer” or hated it — or liked the first half and [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
July 29, 2015 by justin
in Sound Check
Kasey Chambers “Bittersweet” Warner “Bittersweet” is Australian-born Kasey Chambers’ first solo album in four years, and her first music of any kind since splitting with husband Shane Nicholson in 2012. [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The strangeness of life and war
The nasal, clipped tone of the August 1945 radio broadcast reaches across 70 years. It is up-to-the-minute coverage of the loud celebration in downtown Des Moines after the announcement that [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
When words fail, there’s always an emoji
The Internet is not immune to embarrassing trends. Whether we’re talking America Online chat rooms or keeping a Friendster profile well past 2004, there are dozens of shifts in online [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid on July 21 Amount: $1,500 To: Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center For: Other services and charges Amount: $10,000 To: North Des Moines Girls Softball League For: Miscellaneous charges Amount: [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
R&B singer Angie Stone, 53, was arrested on March 10 for domestic aggravated assault after she assaulted her 30-year-old daughter. Stone told police her daughter punched her in the face, [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Book Review
‘The Cherry Harvest’
Featured as one of this month’s Midwest Connections picks, “The Cherry Harvest” is a coming-of-age novel and love story set in Door County, Wisconsin, during World War II, around the [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Country chic cocktails and cooking
According to Bridal Guide magazine, the No. 2 wedding theme for 2015 is “rustic chic,” while “flea market,” “country style” and “vintage living” are trending searches on the Better Homes [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Wife-beating charge could complicate plea deal in Sorenson case. Grassley’s money. And Juice.
If you’re awaiting sentencing on federal charges that could send you to prison for up to 25 years but hoping you can cut a deal for lesser time, it’s probably [...]
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July 29, 2015 by justin
in Food Dude
Farmhouse elegance
The worst part of caucus season is the pandering to outdated rural stereotypes. Event planners import bales of hay, fiddlers and square dance callers to modern Des Moines corporations. That [...]
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