Stevie Nicks “24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault” Reprise As the title suggests, “24 Karat Gold” is a bit of a spring-cleaning job from the Fleetwood Mac front woman. Spanning Nicks’ more than four decades of work, the album consists of little-heard ballads, previously unreleased tracks and new takes
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Sound Check
October 15, 2014 by justin
in Game Day
Iowa (5-1) vs. Maryland (4-2) When: Saturday, Oct. 18 Where: Byrd Stadium, College Park, Maryland Kickoff: 11 a.m. CDT It took five games, but Iowa finally figured out one of the primary secrets to winning football: putting points on the board — and a lot of them. The Hawkeyes chewed
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Food Dude
Lucky choices at Meskwaki
The Meskwaki Casino is imbued with delicious irony. The Lincoln Highway’s course was only altered in one place — between Marshalltown and Tama. In 1955 the powers there moved it several miles north of its original course through the Meskwaki settlement. From 1918 till that move, the highway had delivered
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Center Stage
Making magic with voice and imagination
Onstage, drama comes in three dimensions. The players have heft and the set can trick you into thinking you see a house, a cornfield, a Metropolis. What happens, though, when all you have to go on is the words? When all you’ve got are voices and stage directions? For instance,
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
Fall books guide
The air is crisp. The leaves are falling. It’s finally fall. When the weather starts turning colder, nothing sounds better than curling up in a blanket with a hot beverage and reading for hours. It doesn’t matter how you consume the stories, whether you like your books the old-fashioned way
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Film Review
An incomplete investigation
“Kill the Messenger” 2 stars Rated R 112 minutes Biography Starring: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims Investigative journalism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It never was. “Big scandal” stories like the one broken by real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Stephen Webb, about the CIA’s funding
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Book Review
‘Broken Monsters’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Julie Goodrich Mulholland Books 9-16-14 448pp $26.00 I like my horror subtle and my thrillers, well, thrilling. A bit of magical realism is the frosting to my cupcake. In other words, Lauren Beukes newest masterpiece, “Broken Monsters,” was basically written for me. The balance and
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind Bree Walker, a famous CBS2 news anchor in the 1980s, was arrested for driving under the influence at 12:30 a.m. on a Wednesday in February. The 61-year-old was pulled over for running a red light, but police smelled alcohol and gave a sobriety test. In other
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October 15, 2014 by justin
in Political Mercury
Appel, Young split on how America should fight
Staci Appel says the United States should “always” fight foreign conflicts and terror with friends standing by the nation’s side. David Young says the country may be forced to throw some overseas punches alone, that the nation has to lead. The two candidates seeking to represent a 16-county sweep of
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