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Day: September 21, 2012

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Romney releases 2011 income tax return

By William Douglas and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday released income tax returns showing that he and wife, Ann, paid an effective tax

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Lights, camera, lift

Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Part of the “get to know Mark Weisman” process came earlier this week in a tweet from Iowa strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle.

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Paul Ryan booed over Medicare at AARP convention

By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was booed at the annual AARP convention after saying their Republican administration would repeal the nation’s

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Iowa Water Summary Update

DES MOINES—The combination of cooler weather slowing evaporation rates and near normal rainfall in the past two weeks allowed soil moisture levels to slightly improve. However, streamflow conditions are below normal for

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East State Street now open as work continues

MASON CITY – East State Street has been re-opened as progress continues between Kentucky and Illinois Avenues to replace sanitary manholes and perform modification to other utilities. A second contractor continues to

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DNR: Bonus Trout for Fall Anglers

The summer drought means more trout for fall anglers. Through July and August, low stream flows and near triple-digit air temperatures meant several trout streams were dropped from stocking routes. Trout are

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Latham: Fighting To Defeat Alzheimer’s

From U.S. Rep. Tom Latham – Alzheimer’s is a horrific and terrifying disease. It wreaks havoc on the mind, destroying memories and stealing one’s past. In the early stages of Alzheimer’s, patients

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Unproductive and unloved, Congress heads home

By David Lightman and William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The most disliked, unproductive Congress in decades planned to leave Washington this week until after the November election, departing without agreements on

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Mental gaffes driving Cubs’ Sveum crazy

By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – Mental gaffes have been part of the Cubs’ season from the start, causing Dale Sveum to shake his head in bewilderment. Starlin Castro forgetting the number of

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‘End of Watch’ undercuts cop-movie clichés

By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Jake Gyllenhaal plays good-natured LAPD officer Brian Taylor, whose ever-present video camera sets up the premise that we’re viewing a found-footage film. In the locker room

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A house within a house for Grandma

By Jim Buchta, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Get ready, kids: Grandma’s moving in. Maybe Grandpa, too. That’s the hope, anyway, at the Bonaire housing development in Maple Grove, Minn., where the

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Capsule reviews of feature films

The Philadelphia Inquirer – AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY 3 1/2 stars. Philadelphia journalist Alison Klayman’s winning film debut is a transformative documentary about China’s most famous artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, who

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6 dead in attacks on Mexican police

By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Six Mexican police have been assassinated in two separate incidents in the drug-battleground states of Durango and Tamaulipas, government officials reported Thursday.

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