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  • Grad student pays homage to area with related film 6 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
    ... of the country, over the course of history. In addition, it will also focus heavily on architectural ... Phillips has compiled a vast collection of historical photographs, blueprints and archetypes that display evidence ... trucking, as well as projects in both Iowa and Montana. Although Phillips has only been ...

  • Omaha utility says power back on after storm 6 Jul 2008 21:15 GMT
    ... of the worst storms in the utility's history. Winds of up to 115 miles per hour ... and killed two teenagers in Council Bluffs, Iowa, when a tree fell on their car. ...

  • BRISCOE WINS PEAK MOTOR OIL POLE AT WATKINS GLEN 6 Jul 2008 17:30 GMT
    ... Firestone Fast Six sessions in IndyCar Series history. Helio Castroneves failed to participate in the Firestone ... was third at St. Petersburg 1 and Iowa. * Pablo Donoso finished fifth, his third ...

  • Sens. McCain, Obama hoping to make gains on enemy turf Candidates visit S.D. 6 Jul 2008 17:16 GMT
    ... in 2004: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Iowa. But his campaign team also talks of ... said. “But if you focus on the history of states voting, you see it's not a ...

  • Younger collectors beginning to get involved in antique tractors 6 Jul 2008 16:15 GMT
    ... for having a piece of a farm history. And the Internet is another thing that has ... it restored. The tractor was located in Iowa and trucked back to California. "He messed ...

  • Local re-enactors rescue 1812 sister site besieged by flood 6 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT
    ... 19th-century landmark - Old Fort Madison in Iowa - because the Mississippi River flooded the ... have significant places in War of 1812 history and a former Fort Meigs historical interpreter, Eugene Watkins, now runs the Iowa ...

  • Scenes from Civil War come to life at Carlisle 6 Jul 2008 11:15 GMT
    ... the Civil War era Saturday. The Carlisle Historical Society presented a Civil War style show, ... in 1907 on land used to train Iowa soldiers heading to the Civil War. Visitors ... extended celebration of Independence Day, to commemorate history and to help with vacations being stifled because of ...

  • Potomac Fever: Politicians parade into news stories 6 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT
    ... the more surprising insults in my military history." Freedom of speech - it's not just for ... Included are some particularly stunning photographs of Iowa's landscapes and its people, shot by Iowa ...

  • Making book on floods, remodeling with style and ruling out common sense 6 Jul 2008 10:32 GMT
    ... easy for the rest of their lives. History reveals a 500-year flood can hit twice in ... from the American Institute of Architects of Iowa, West Bank and other businesses, the plan ...

  • A journalist reflects on a middle-class boyhood, mingling with powerbrokers and politicians 6 Jul 2008 08:38 GMT
    ... It's a marvelously ambitious book, a pointed history lesson and a timeless meditation on fate and ... who is on the faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and author of the novels ...

  • Weld County's national convention delegates prepare for spotlight 6 Jul 2008 08:14 GMT
    ... This year, for Democrats, it means making history in selecting Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the first ... part of John Edwards' presidential campaign in Iowa before shifting her sights to Obama. Shaddock ...

  • Sens. McCain, Obama hoping to make gains on enemy turf 6 Jul 2008 07:57 GMT
    ... in 2004: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Iowa. But his campaign team also talks of ... said. “But if you focus on the history of states voting, you see it's not a ...

  • Vacuum aficionado 6 Jul 2008 06:53 GMT
    ... boy who has been featured on the History Channel and “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” ... about 155 members worldwide. Frazer lives in Iowa. “Most don’t realize they collect,” Frazer said ...

  • Meredith Corporation - SWOT Analysis - New Research Report on Companies and Markets 6 Jul 2008 06:51 GMT
    ... the companys key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its ... The company is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa and employs 3,000 people. The company recorded ...

  • Troops split on the candidates 6 Jul 2008 06:15 GMT
    ... stabilized; respect for one candidate's storied military history is weighed against another's relative youth; concern about ... where Marine Cpl. Brett Sobaski, 20, of Iowa City, Iowa, sits, the political landscape is ...

  • WLSC releases wrestling recruits 6 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... II National Wrestling Tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where two of his wrestlers Doug Surra ... decorated high school wrestler in West Virginia history. Smith, who wrestled for Ripley High School, was ...

  • Outdated law hurts N.C. 6 Jul 2008 05:31 GMT
    ... my greatest passions is the study of history — and occasionally the chance to play a ... in U.S. history from the University of Iowa in 2007. She has taught history at ...

  • U.S. In A Bad Mood 6 Jul 2008 05:15 GMT
    ... at a destroyed convenience store in Parkersburg, Iowa, a day after a tornado struck the ... anything about it.” In 1931, when the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase “The ... to ability or achievement.” In 2008, using history as a yardstick, life actually is better ...

  • Olympic Track and Field Trials: Come of age, it's time for Lolo Jones 6 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT
    ... just stride.' " April 23, 2000 Jones owned the fastest 100 hurdles time in Iowa prep history (13.4 seconds), but was unable to compete in her best event at the Drake Relays, ...

  • From Buckley to Reagan (1960 - 1988) 6 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... to Reagan (1960 - 1988) A brief history of conservatism: Part 13 July 4, 2008 Fred Hutchison ... However, I am appreciative of the remarkable historical achievements of fusionism. It is impossible to ... In contrast, corn in a silo in Iowa is the ultimate commodity for which price, ...

  • 'Advance fee' loan: Crunch fules schemes 6 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... lenders who are uninterested in your credit history, don't disclose fees clearly or won't put their ... Business Bureaus serving Nebraska, South Dakota, southwest Iowa and Maryland say they recently shut down ...

  • American heritage on display at show 6 Jul 2008 02:56 GMT
    ... Bourbonnais Saturday. And a portion of Bradley history was on display as well. "This is ... the state and from far away as Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Simpson said. ... blue 1963 Ford 4,000 row-crop tractor. Local historian Vic Johnson wrote a book on Bradley ...

  • Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong' 6 Jul 2008 01:14 GMT
    ... anything about it." In 1931, when the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "The ... to ability or achievement." In 2008, using history as a yardstick, life actually is better ... at a destroyed convenience store in Parkersburg, Iowa, a day after a tornado struck the ...

  • Taxpayers' cost to keep arrested workers in jails: $590,000 a month 5 Jul 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... the largest single-site workplace raid in U.S. history, Reyes is a native of Guatemala who pleaded ... to Guatemala during his three years in Iowa. After past raids, workers like Reyes were ...

  • Festival organizer aims high for bands 5 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
    ... Music Festival, the 39-year-old Des Moines native again is looking to be ahead of Iowa's curve. He hopes the city's first progressive music festival will put Des Moines among the ...


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