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On Immigration, a Hawkeye in No Hurry
If the push for immigration reform falters this year, Iowa's Chuck Grassley may bear some of the blame. The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee...
No Powerball Winner; Jackpot Soars to $475 Million
(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- So you didn't win Wednesday's $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else. A message early Thursday on the multistate...
GOP Faces Senate Recruitment Woes in Key States
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the...
Powerball: 1 Winner in NJ Drawn for $338M Jackpot
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Powerball and the New Jersey Lottery say on their online sites that one winning ticket was sold in New Jersey for Saturday night's $338.3...
At More Colleges, Classes on Genetics Get Personal
Bakir Hajdarevic at the University of Iowa took an honors seminar on personal genetics in which students had the option of sending saliva samples so a testing...
Storm Slows Midwest Commute, Buries Plains in Snow
A snowstorm that blanketed parts of the Plains and Midwest in snow and ice and forced truckers to take a night off made commuting a grind Friday morning as it...
Storm Promises Messy, Dangerous Commute in Midwest
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — A major snow storm that shuttered airports in Missouri, stranded truckers in Illinois and buried parts of Kansas in knee-deep powder was...
Bacon Enthusiasts Converge in Iowa for Festival
The smell of bacon was in the air Saturday as thousands converged on Iowa's capital city for an increasingly popular festival celebrating all things connected...
Head Shot
The Army has issued some 1.2 million of its Advanced Combat Helmets to troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. One of them stopped an AK-47 round and likely...
Blizzard Barrels Through the Midwest [Photos]
The idea of snow at Christmastime usually evokes warm and fuzzy feelings: chestnuts roasting, fires crackling, beverages steaming. That is, until the stuff...
Why the Importance of Early Voting Is Here to Stay
The gradual shift toward early voting has big political implications.
Be Mine with a Bullet: Iowa Jeweler Gives Away Free Shotgun with Ring Purchase
Shotgun weddings aren't exactly what they sound like, but this shotgun engagement stands pretty true to its name.
RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Sahara Davenport Dead at 27
Antoine Ashley, better known as the drag queen Sahara Davenport from the Logo network’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, has died at age 27. Ashley competed on the second...
Romney’s Move to the Middle
Mitt Romney’s tack toward the political center continues apace. During a campaign swing through Iowa and Ohio on Tuesday, Romney made several overtures to key...
Obama’s Booze Strategy: Four More Beers!
Dubuque, Iowa The first sign of Barack Obama’s barley and hops strategy came Monday night at the Iowa State Fair, when a lady offered the President of the United...
Liang Chow’s Gymnastics Coaching Journey: From Beijing to West Des Moines
Liang Chow spends practically his entire life in a gym. Trained in gymnastics ever since the district club where he lived in Beijing plucked him, at the age of...
Flip Artist
Start with a talented, headstrong, African-American gymnast from Virginia Beach. Let her watch the 2008 Olympic Games and become obsessed with the idea that a...
33rd Annual Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, Iowa
For 33 years, truckers and families have gathered at the Iowa 80 Truckstop — billed as the largest truck stop in the world — to enjoy food, music, and an...
First There Was Silicon Valley. Then Silicon Alley. Now, the Case for Silicon Prairie
Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City are among areas in the midwest that are creating a new entrepreneurial ecosystem in America's breadbasket.
Lap Children: The Most Unsafe Passengers on a Plane
Some parents were indignant when a father was tossed off an Alaska Airlines flight in Seattle after his unruly 3-year old refused to be buckled in and sit...
