Articles filed under Politics
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Tiny Volo looks to join big towns with home ruleDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Normally, it takes a population of 25,000 for a community to achieve home rule status. But, Volo -- with only 1,600 residents -- doesn't want to wait that long. Villag...
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Democrats agree: Tax the wealthiestDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cord...
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Let Gore uncover Venus' warmingDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As explained in the Daily Herald, it seems that Venus and Earth were virtual twins at one time many years ago. Over time as Venus went through changes, its oceans disapp...
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Hopefuls on best behavior during debateDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Republican presidential rivals called for deep cuts in federal spending Wednesday in a debate remarkably free of acrimony and agreed the reductions the...
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Quiet debate, but fierce raceDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination. ...
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Debates grow livelier as Iowa voting nearsDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's crunch time. Nine Republican and six Democratic candidates will meet this week in their final debates before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, and live...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
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Family of AIDS victim seeks talk with HuckabeeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's 15-year-old comments that AIDS patients should have been isolated have so alarmed the mother of Rya...
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Official thinks Link should stay on ballotDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite questions about the signatures on his candidate petition, state Sen. Terry Link should stay on the upcoming Democratic primary ballot, a hearing examiner is reco...
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'Oprahpalooza' arrives at early voting South CarolinaDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey on Sunday told thousands of people in a football stadium in this early voting state to shrug off Barack Obama's detractors an...