More powerful than a locomotive. That Superman-esque achievement also works for Quad-City high school students, whose 347 tons of food collected this year exceed the weight of two locomotives.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Boland made his lieutenant governor aspirations official this week, and we wish him luck. Boland has been eyeing the spot since at least 2001 and faces a tough challenge.
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Congratulations and condolences to the winners of Tuesday's municipal elections.
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Iowa's state universities are reacting swiftly and comprehensively to the sadly predictable news of the state's revenue shortfall. When Iowans are making less and shopping less, the revenue derived from income, sales and other tax streams goes down as well.
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Remember the coin toss? That's how Rock Islanders picked their mayor after a judge ruled the municipal election a dead heat.
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Remember the coin toss? That's how Rock Islanders picked their mayor after a judge ruled the municipal election a dead heat.
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A few weeks ago I relented and followed the plea of Lonna Moeller of little Bennett, Iowa. She wanted me to rerun a couple of her favorite jokes.
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Good heavens! Even the holy cannot escape the scofflaws. But counterfeit money?
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WASHINGTON - With the "re-election" of President Hamid Karzai, if that's the right word for a process that featured fraudulent balloting and a canceled runoff, the United States now confronts the hardest puzzle of all about Afghanistan: How to improve governance there without taking even …
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You definitely get the idea the snippy little memo was intended for only one person.
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WASHINGTON - A year after Barack Obama's election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the political landscape.
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I always wondered how I would write about something like this… I have cancer. There are varieties and stages of cancer, but I have it bad, and that ain't good. What I have is a very aggressive type of cancer. It scares the hell out of me.
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Dear Doug: Years ago, my parents discovered this huge framed photo of Franklin Roosevelt on the third floor of an old building they once owned. It is 38 by 491/2 inches. Can you give us any information about it and if it has any value?
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Jim Hodges had no craven interest in death, but he was fascinated by what was written about it.
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Jim Hodges had no craven interest in death, but he was fascinated by what was written about it.
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Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that's who.
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