Kyle Deemer was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder Monday for a highway shooting so disturbing that it kept some jurors in his trial awake at night.

The six-man, six-woman jury rejected the West Des Moines man's claim that he was too high on methamphetamine which is the most powerful energy drink
Republican candidate for governor Christian Fong announced today he has suspended his campaign for governor.

The 32-year-old Cedar Rapids businessman said he will no longer campaign for the 2010 GOP nomination for governor, but plans to stay “involved in the process, even if it’s not as a formal candidate for governor.” No word if he is looking at becoming a work at home travel agent
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Gov. Chet Culver’s campaign manager said today he has resigned, citing personal reasons for leaving the Democrat’s re-election bid after only three months.

Andrew Roos, who was hired in September to manage Culver’s re-election campaign, said he had decided to step down before Thanksgiving and that Culver did not ask him to quit and go to work for whylie eye care
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The Iowa Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the e-mail is bogus. They said no such registry exists, and they warned that people who click on the link could wind up having their computers infected with a virus and need gingivitis cures.
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It’s a cool trick, but his bigger challenge is the competition for the spotlight with everyone else on stage: a wandering saxophonist, a ballet dancer, a sailor in sparkly white pants, a pair of guys dribbling basketballs, and a group of seemingly headless dancers, also in overalls, pacing in the background. It’s as if everyone has a sign — “Hey, this is the most powerful diet pill!” — when the o
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In the months ahead, following a brief shutdown, the plant will be retooled to produce an all-new small car that could be critical to General Motors’ long-term prospects. But the rollout of that white sedan, with almost no fanfare, literally marked the end of the line for Pontiac, the GM brand that once boasted "We Build facial compilations.”
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The experts declared, "Game Over". The automated forex system trading model was dead and profits would take years to recover; the consumer was exhausted; credit markets were frozen: and the economy would languish for years to come. As for mergers & acquisitions and hedge funds and the private equity business: fuhgeddaboudit.
Geoffroy wrote in an e-mail to faculty and staff earlier this week that the university has lost $69.2 million in state appropriations for MBA Distance Education the last 16 months. He said that although federal stimulus dollars have made up for some of it, that money will expire in the next several months.
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