2008 Woodie Awards
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards said on Thursday night that one of his top priorities, if elected, would be to rebuild the diplomatic relationships that he contends President Bush destroyed.
In an abbreviated appearance before more than 400 at hotelVetro, 201 S. Linn St., Edwards slammed the president at almost every opportunity while laying out his plan to right wrongs both international and domestic through trade.
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An agricultural commodity other than corn has sprouted from Iowa soil and is twisting its slender vines around the state's tourism industry.
The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail, set to launch officially in January, springs up as the fifth tourism venture of its kind in Iowa, a state in which the wine industry is booming, said Jessica O'Riley, a communications manager for the Iowa Tourism Office.
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State Republican officials maintain that their math skills are just as adept as those of their Democratic counterparts. They just don't have to use them as much.
The two parties' distinctive caucus-tallying methods, in which the Democrats involve percentages and second chances, result in different strategies for presidential-nomination candidates.
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Alice Davison described her cancer as an armed mobster. Clearing her throat before nearly two dozen audience members, in a smooth and firm voice, she conjured a burly man dressed in tweed "with a hard face like a gangster."
The man slid a knife in her back - the same place where the surgeons had cut to remove part of her esophagus, said Davison, a UI associate professor of linguistics.
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Iowa City native and City High graduate Sue Simon argued for increased rights and an end to negative stereotyping for sex workers around the world Thursday afternoon at the Congregational United Church of Christ in an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council-sponsored event. (0) comments
The state of Iowa raked in $26.5 million between Sept. 4 and Oct. 31 in a tax-amnesty program, said Mark Schuling, the head of the Iowa Department of Revenue.
When Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed the bill in May, the projected earnings from the program were $16 million, according to a statement from the department.
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Iowans can chalk up its first-in-the-nation voting status to chance.
"It was totally an accident that Iowa ended up being first," said Cary Covington, a UI political-science associate professor. "They just wanted the state [convention] when it was warm."
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Running shoes weren't part of Wondergirl's costume, but for the upcoming Wondergirl 5k, they will be more useful than any cape.
The Wondergirl 5k, scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. in Lower City Park, will be the finale of the first session of Girls on the Run Johnson County. A 12-week after-school program for third- to fifth-grade girls, Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K run with lessons designed to build self-esteem and promote healthy lifestyles.
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UI English Professor Barbara Eckstein was appointed UI interim associate provost for academic administration on Thursday.
UI interim Provost Lola Lopes selected Eckstein, who will begin the 18 month job on Jan. 1.
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