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Gingrich Returns As Frontrunner to Iowa City

  IOWA CITY – Four months after his eighth place finish in the Ames Straw Poll, Newt Gingrich is now riding out a wave of momentum, complete with dozens of cameras and keyboards following his every word and move. Same … Continue reading

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Occupy Cedar Rapids Planning To Protest “Drone” Production

CEDAR RAPIDS – As The Cherry Building in the New Bohemia district of Cedar Rapids sits, basking in the late afternoon December sun, Occupy Cedar Rapids members plan to protest outside the building on Saturday in what the group is calling “The … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids Occupation starts Saturday

CEDAR RAPIDS -Occupy Cedar Rapids announced tonight they will begin their occupation at First Street and M Avenue NW Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. Occupy member Greg Vail, registered agent with civil rights group People’s Support, said 20 have committed, … Continue reading

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City: Occupy I.C. protesters will not be allowed to construct building deemed ‘permanent’ at park

Occupy Iowa City protesters met with Iowa City Parks and Recreation Director Mike Moran on Monday to discuss the construction a wooden structure that several members of the group began to build at College Green Park last week. The frame … Continue reading

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Occupy Cedar Rapids continues with protests, but still not camping in Green Square

CEDAR RAPIDS – A group of Occupy Cedar Rapids members marched briefly around the downtown area early Tuesday evening, mainly in protest of the major banks, they said. That particular phrase was used most, 39-year-old Daniel Reed noted, to denounce … Continue reading

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UPDATED: Group marches for Occupy Cedar Rapids movement downtown

Updated (in bold) at 8:10 p.m. CEDAR RAPIDS – After the initial meet-and-greet and loosely organizing an agenda, nearly 40 Occupy supporters marched for 30 minutes in downtown Cedar Rapids late this afternoon before setting a general assembly meeting for … Continue reading

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Protestors gather for Occupy Iowa City

Story by Chris Earl, SourceMedia Group News IOWA CITY – A gathering of about 25 people in the early evening at College Green Park swelled to about 250 by sunset as the “Occupy” rallies reached Iowa City on Friday night. … Continue reading

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Protesters gather to rally for job creation and tax reform in Iowa City

The melody of the 1978 Village People hit “Y.M.C.A.” rang out in Iowa City at 9:00 a.m. Friday morning as protesters sang their rewritten lyrics expressing frustrations about the American job market. “Congress, you must act like a team, because … Continue reading

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UPDATED: Arizona’s “Toughest” sheriff endorses Rick LaMere, who came in second tonight

Updated October 4, 2011 at 9:49 p.m. by Kathleen Serino Polls closed at 9 p.m. tonight for the Jones County Sheriff special election, unofficially resulting in a landslide number of votes for Democratic candidate Greg Graver. The Jones County chief … Continue reading

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Perry makes campaign stop at Cedar Rapids company

“I’m going to be spending a lot of time in your state,” Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry told workers at D.C. Taylor Roofing Company in northeast Cedar Rapids this morning. Perry, 61, toured the company’s offices and warehouse, then spoke … Continue reading

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