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Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 6 days ago
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Roberts Graduate Fellowship is, at least on paper, available to white students "of either sex, born in the state of Iowa," according to a Columbia University charter from 1920. The university filed an affidavit in Manhattan Supreme Court last week to
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Wallace named honorary Iowan at ceremony Wednesday
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace just can't seem to contain himself. Obviously being the designer and co-owner of Iowa Speedway gives him a certain amount of stock in the state, but he also state multiple times that Iowa is like a second home to him. On
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Xi a caring listener, says Iowa friend
Hangzhou :: China | 3 months ago
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The news of China's new leadership, led by Xi Jinping, makes Lande, Xi's American friend, "very excited". "I believe it is an exciting time for him and for China. I believe he is the type of person that will foster a stronger relationship with the
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Iowa Supreme Court: Survivors not required to follow a dead woman's funeral wishes
Anamosa :: IA :: USA | 3 months ago
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A deceased former Iowan whose body has been stored at an Anamosa funeral home since June must now be buried in this state against her will, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled, because a 2008 law intended to resolve post-death disputes created no
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Iowa Department on Aging announces search for centenarians
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Iowa Department on Aging is reaching out to Iowans who may be, or know someone, who is 100 years old or older in order to add these special seniors to the Iowa Centenarian Registry and honor them at the annual Centenarian Honors Celebration in
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Who's Sending Out Fake Lesbian Wedding Announcements to Small Papers?
San Marcos :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The only unusual aspect of the Collins-Johns engagement announcement that ran in yesterday's Le Mars Daily Sentinel was that the Iowan news concerned a same-sex marriage: Le Mars' own Candace Leigh Collins was set to marry Maria Ava Johns, a young
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Iowan faces sentencing in Nebraska bank robbery
Dakota City :: NE :: USA | 4 months ago
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Neb. (AP) A 28-year-old Iowa man is scheduled to be sentenced in March for a bank robbery in northeast Nebraska. The Sioux City Journal ( http://bit.ly/ WozpKb ) reports that Robert Thomas , of Marshalltown, Iowa, pleaded no contest on Tuesday to a
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KELLEY: Jobs, middle class focus of 2013 session
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 4 months ago
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The 2013 Legislature opened this week and State Rep. Dan Kelley of Newton was officially sworn in to office in the Iowa House of Representatives. It is a great honor to serve the people of Jasper County in the Iowa House. I'm going to listen and work
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Iowan gets 65 months in prison for robbing 2 banks
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Iowa (AP) An Iowa man has been give 65 months in federal prison for robbing two bank branches in Council Bluffs . Federal prosecutors say 45-year-old William Fiorito Jr., who lives in Pottawattamie County, was sentenced on Wednesday. He must serve
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SuperbTicketsOnline.com Announces Book of Mormon Tickets For Des Moines, Iowa Performances
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 4 months ago
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SuperbTicketsOnline.com keeps Iowa theater fans happy with a plentiful stock of Book of Mormon tickets for the Des Moines run of the production. January 11, 2013 When most people think of Iowa, they think of the state as a big cornfield with
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