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RoundUp: Facebook Faux Pas, Culver's friends & IPads
Posted: 04.06.2010 at 8:42 AM
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Facebook Faux Pas

I secretly read my friend's mean messages about me and now I don't know how to act around her.

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Culver finds friends at wind group

Ames, Ia. – Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has had a rough few months recently, with shaky poll numbers, a balky legislature and some state spending gone awry for movie tax credits and to school boards.

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Cut corporate income tax, Branstad says 

Terry Branstad proposed on Monday cutting the state's corporate income tax in half. He contended that business tax cuts helped spur job growth when he was governor in the 1980s.

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Hamilton Illinois couple adopts 4-year-old girl, 2-year-old boy from Taiwan

HAMILTON, Ill. –– A Hamilton, Ill., couple traveled more than 7,000 miles last month to complete their family of six.

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Congressman Dave Loebsack embarks on child nutrition tour of 2nd District

CENTERVILLE — Congressman Dave Loebsack will embark on a child nutrition tour of the 2nd District, meeting with students, teachers, and administrators to discuss upcoming child nutrition legislation.

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Weather, Habitat and Predators reduce pheasant count in Iowa - sending those hunting dollars elsewhere

At the National Pheasants Fest in Des Moines several weeks ago, among the topics for education was the drop in the number of pheasants.

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The Maplewood Barn Theatre in Columbia burns down

A piece of Columbia history was completely lost to towering flamesMonday night. Columbia Firefighters responded to the scene of 2900 East Nifong at approximately 8pm to find the Maplewood Barn Theatre fully engulfed.

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Four arrested for Jefferson City burglary, assault

JEFFERSON CITY -- Just before 5 a.m. Monday Jefferson City police responded to a burglary in progress at 3821 Candlelight Drive.


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