January 13, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
Dr. Allen “Duke” Anneberg has showed up at dozens of events for Gov. Terry Branstad around Carroll County over the past four decades. The retired Carroll physician often registers his fervent support of Iowa’s Republican governor with the ringing of a cowbell. At a recent Ted Cruz presidential campaign event, Anneberg shook
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January 06, 2016 by justin
in Cover Story
“Clean your plate, or you’re grounded.” Just about everyone heard some variation of that admonition growing up in mid-20th-century America. Filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman included scenes with willful children, often orphans, sitting up all night rather than complying. Etiquette taskmaster Emily Post was stern on the subject, writing in 1953
Read More →David Bowie “Blackstar” Columbia At 69, now does not seem like the time for David Bowie to be mixing things up. The world knows what Bowie is, and most everyone is perfectly happy with it, because it is amazing. However, “Blackstar” flips the script completely, as Bowie offers up his
Read More →The music world said one final goodbye in 2015 when Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister died from cancer on Dec. 28 — four days after his 70th birthday. Kilmister gave the music world one of the most defining, recognizable voices in all of rock. Motorhead released 23 studio albums in its
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January 06, 2016 by justin
in Tech Talk
If you’ve lived in Iowa for at least one winter, you’re probably well-trained on what the end of the calendar means: Persistent frigid temperatures are coming with mountains of snow. After a day or two of complaining, most Iowans accept this seasonal norm and go about their wintery lives —
Read More →Paid on Dec. 21, 2015 Amount: $2,165 To: Damon Brown For: Choreographer Amount: $1,280.01 To: The Graphic Edge For: Supplies Amount: $2,263.88 To: Higgins Plaza Service For: Repairs Amount: $2,426.38 To: Amazon.com Corporate Credit For: Supplies Amount: $285.19 To: Imaging Technologies For: Copier charges Amount: $3,272.06 To: Rivar’s Costume Show
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January 06, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
When Jay Wang opened Wasabi Chi in 2011, he said he wanted to bring New York-style sushi to Des Moines. I asked him last week what that means. “I think it’s more accurately called East Coast-West Coast sushi. In New York and California, the best sushi is based around fresh
Read More →“Shades of Blue” Thursday, Jan. 7 (NBC) Series Debut: A gritty cop drama pitting Jennifer Lopez against Ray Liotta? Sounds like a forgotten ’90s flick you’d run across on TNT at 3 a.m., but “Shades of Blue” is more like “The Shield” with bigger hair: NYPD detective Harlee Santos (Lopez),
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January 06, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
Bernie Sanders rolled his Navy-suit-covered forearm and extended it. The Democratic presidential candidate paused, looked at the right arm and summoned a searing childhood memory. Members of Sanders’ family — on his Polish immigrant father’s side — died in the Holocaust. “In the neighborhood I grew up in, there were
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