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Records show Culver's fundraising focus
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A review of Gov. Chet Culver's financial disclosure records shows a candidate focused on fundraising who never stopped raising money even in the months after he won election in 2006.
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For Iowans, abortion becomes lightning rod in health-care debate
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An abortion-related provision added to the House health-care bill over the weekend has roused Iowans on both sides of the controversial issue and placed yet another obstacle to passing a reform package.
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Poetry, photography exhibit opens at Neihardt Site
BANCROFT, Neb. -- A poet and photographer who combined their skills will talk about their work on display at the John G. Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft on Sunday.
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Affordable housing projects across Iowa gain grants
DES MOINES - Communities across Iowa are slated to receive a total of nearly $1.2 million for affordable housing projects through Gov. Chet Culver's I-JOBS infrastructure improvement program.
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Barnes & Noble gearing up for Palin book signing
SIOUX CITY -- Managers at Barnes & Noble Booksellers here were just as surprised as many Siouxlanders to learn Monday that 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in the house Dec. 6 to promote her memoir.
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Welcome center to host Plains Indian presentation
ST. JAMES, Neb. -- Historian James Horn will present "Material Culture of the Plains Indian" during this weekend's Corps of Discovery Welcome Center Fall Fund-raiser.
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Marine apologizes for stoning zoo ducks in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — One of the two men accused of stoning 50 ducks to death last year at the Bever Park petting zoo area in Cedar Rapids is making a a very public admission and apology. Shayne Smalling has written a letter to the editor to be run in Wednesday's editio…
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Granville man severely injures hand in farm accident
LE MARS, Iowa -- A Granville, Iowa, man severly injured his right hand Tuesday in a combine accident.
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Former Nebraska teacher guilty of giving minor alcohol
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A former Kearney school teacher and coach has been found guilty of giving alcohol to a 17-year-old Sidney girl. Shane Nordby was convicted of a misdemeanor charge of procuring alcohol for a minor on Tuesday, but a Buffalo County jury cleared him of cont…
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Rounds thanks Herseth Sandlin for 'No' vote on health care bill
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Rounds says he thanks Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for her Saturday vote against a health care bill that passed the House. Herseth Sandlin was one of 39 Democrats to oppose the measure. Rounds says he talked …
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Dance to celebrate unity, culture in Fremont, Neb.
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Organizers of a Fremont campaign are inviting the community to dance in celebration of culture and unity. A dinner and a dance are set for Saturday in Fremont as part of the local Nebraska Is Home campaign. Authentic Mexican food is on the menu and volu…
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Rural Nebraska schools could feel budget pinch under proposed changes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Rural Nebraska schools could feel the most pain under a plan being discussed by state lawmakers to deal with the budget crisis. Senators discussed proposed changes to the complicated school-funding formula on Tuesday. Their goal is to keep overal…
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S.D. attorney general warns of debit card scam
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says people should watch out for a scam that is targeting bank customers. Jackley says law enforcement officials across the state have reported cases in which people receive fraudulent phone calls from someone …
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Suspicious death being investigated in central Iowa
TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death at an apartment complex in Toledo in central Iowa. Officers went to an apartment on Tuesday after a 911 call from a resident at the complex. No other information was immediately relea…
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S.D. GOP lawmaker to pass on run for US House
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Rep. Shantel Krebs of Renner says she has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for South Dakota's lone seat in the U.S. House. Krebs says she will instead seek to switch from the state House to the state Senate in next year's election beca…
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Nebraska care providers claim state hypocrisy as budget cuts loom
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Pay at some state-funded programs where people with mental disabilities are cared for in Nebraska is so low that McDonald's workers make a higher hourly wage. "Why would you work here?" said Linda Redfern, director of the Scottsbluff-based Region I Offi…
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Cedar Rapids man may have died of meningitis
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Public health officials are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man as a probable case of bacterial meningitis. Linn County Public Health Director Curtis Dickson says reports had not confirmed meningitis in Monday's death, but he …
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Orthodox Jews flock to S.D. to support leader on trial
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In the musty conference room of a South Dakota hotel, Sholom Rubashkin helps a disheveled man in a hooded sweat shirt wrap black bands around his left arm and head. Attached to each is a black box containing inscriptions from the Torah. "It's on you…
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Corps sets meeting on Missouri River's purposes
OMAHA -- The first meeting in a series of nine public and tribal focus group meetings in support of the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Kansas Public Library in Kansas City Kan.
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That's not the venue
SIOUX CITY -- I wonder if the literary genius who used a black Sharpie pen at the riverfront plaground to vividly describe his carnal desires would care to explain to my 6-year-old daughter why he chose not only to deface public property, but to use words that even she knows you are not s…
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'Bring on the referendum'
AKRON, Iowa -- The recent vote in Maine repealing a same-sex marriage law is a victory for liberty and a reaffirmation of the ideal that we are a self-governing people. And the message couldn't have been more clear: The adults said "no, you can't have it" to the spoiled children of Americ…
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Health care debate 'isn't a game'
SERGEANT BLUFF -- I watched Rep. Steve King as he voted against reform of the health care system. He obviously listened to the louder voices of the minority and the dollars of private insurance, meanwhile ignoring the majority of the citizens of the United States.
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You have a right to complain
This is in response to a recent Mini Editorial which read, "If you don't vote, don't complain." I agree that people should try to get out and vote. But even if you don't, go ahead and complain. It is your First Amendment right, after all.
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Kalin Scholar to speak Friday at Beth Shalom
SIOUX CITY -- Brian Amkraut, 2009 Sidney and Geraldine Kalin scholar-in-residence, will speak at 6:30 pm Shabbat services Friday at Congregation Beth Shalom, 815 38th St.
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NECC offers 3-hour class on Facebook
SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- Northeast Community College will offer a one-session class on online social network Facebook from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday in Room 109 of the Northeast Community College Education Center, 3309 Daniels Lane in the Westside Business Park.
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