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Romney, Obama converge on Iowa in late scramble for votes
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Reuters) – The presidential race, which has hinged for months on a handful of states, converged on one city in Iowa on Saturday as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each made a last-minute appeal for support…
Paths to victory cross in Iowa
As the presidential race enters its final days, Iowa stands out as a question mark on the electoral map.
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Iowa State halts No. 15 TCU’s 12-game streak
Jared Barnett threw three touchdowns to Josh Lenz, who later had a scoring toss of his own on a trick play, and Iowa State won 37-23 at No. 15 TCU on Saturday to end the Horned Frogs’ FBS-best 12-game winning…
Plane crash at Iowa air show kills pilot
A plane performing at an air show in Davenport, Iowa, crashed and exploded in front of thousands of spectators.
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In new role, Ryan faces Obama in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Newly tapped Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan is facing off against President Barack Obama as the front lines in the battle for the White House shift to Iowa.
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FBI: Missing Iowa girls probably alive
Authorities investigating the disappearance of two young girls in Iowa said Saturday that they believe them to still be alive.
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Dive team to hunt missing Iowa girls
A week after two young cousins went missing near a lake in Iowa, the FBI is set to deploy divers and sonar Friday in an attempt to find them, an agency official said.
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FBI dive team to hunt missing Iowa girls
An FBI dive team is slated to arrive in Evansdale, Iowa, on Thursday as authorities slowly drain a lake where the bicycles of two missing girls were found.
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Scent dogs hunt missing Iowa girls
Searchers are using scent dogs as they look for any signs of two young girls who were last seen on Friday, riding their bikes near a lake in Evansdale, Iowa.
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Iowa girls ‘vanished,’ official says
As the search moved into its fourth day Monday for two girls last seen riding their bicycles near a lake in Evansdale, Iowa, authorities suspended a volunteer effort that drew hundreds over the weekend.
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Insight: The curious case of Iowa broker’s Romanian property empire
NEW YORK/BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Russell Wasendorf Sr., the founder of failed Iowa brokerage PFGBest, had risky investments a long way from the Midwest markets where he built his name.
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In Iowa, Obama to make pitch on tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking an election-year fight over taxes, President Barack Obama is hitting the road to press Congress to extend tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners, framing a debate with Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans over tax fairness.…
Obama’s 2008 magic past, Iowa all-out battleground
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa magic that launched Barack Obama to the presidency four years ago has all but faded.
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Stenhouse rockets to third straight win at Iowa
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led for 209 of 250 laps and won the NASCAR Nationwide race at the Iowa Speedway on Sunday, his third straight win on Iowa’s short oval.
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In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt ‘prairie fire’
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama’s support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility…
Kentucky pulls away from Iowa State after half
Marquis Teague scored a career-high 24 points and top seed Kentucky put together another complete performance with a dominating second-half run in an 87-71 victory over Iowa State in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday night.
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Iowa State spreads scoring, dominates UConn
Chris Allen led four Cyclones in double figures with 20 points, and Iowa State scored their final 14 at the free throw line Thursday night to beat Connecticut 77-64.
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Iowa tops woeful Illini to open Big Ten tourney
Matt Gatens scored 20 points to help Iowa defeat Illinois 64-61 Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten tournament in what might have been the final game for Illini coach Bruce Weber.
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China’s VP goes back to Iowa roots
President Barack Obama welcomed the man destined to become China's next leader with friendly but firm words on playing by the rules and respecting human rights.
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China’s Xi, U.S. officials talk food trade in Iowa meeting
DES MOINES (Reuters) – China’s leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, and U.S. agricultural officials in a gathering in America’s grainbelt on Thursday stressed their shared interests in fostering increased trade in farm goods.
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