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RoundUp: governor's race, arson & War on Drugs
Posted: 06.02.2010 at 8:09 AM
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Terry Branstad camp rips ad donor anonymity

The donors behind some of the most aggressive ads attacking Republican governor candidate Terry Branstad will be kept private until more than a month after next week's primaries, prompting calls for more reform of so-called 527 tax-exempt organizations.

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Middle school student dies in boating accident

By Monday, almost every Fairfield Middle School student with a computer or a cell phone knew a seventh-grader had died in a boating accident Sunday evening.

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Schmidt honors those now serving

When Jim Schmidt gave the Memorial Day address on the Crooked Creek Bridge on Monday, he encouraged the people present to remember those still serving.

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Authorities identify missing man

MORAVIA — At approximately 2:50 p.m. Monday, May 31, the body of 23-year-old Michael J. Copeland, of Glen Dale Heights, Ill., was recovered from Rathbun Lake near the Prairie Ridge Park area.

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Arson at Still Mansion

Police are looking for two teenagers seen leaving the scene, after a fire at the Still Mansion in Kirksville Monday night was ruled an arson.

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War on Drugs

QUINCY, ILL. -- No doubt you've heard the term 'war on drugs.'
 It's been a fight in this country for forty years, and some say America is not winning this war.

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Gov. Jay Nixon to sign bill, sweeping reforms of MO DWI laws

Gov. Jay Nixon will sign a bill that will enact sweeping reforms of Missouri's DWI laws.

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