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4.2 M - ARKANSAS Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 4.2 M Date-Time 20 Nov 2010 19:06:35 UTC20 Nov 2010 13:06:35 near epicenter20 Nov 2010 13:06:35 standard time in your timezone Location 35.319N 92.301W Depth 4 km Distances 3 km (2 miles) E (101 degrees) of Guy, AR 10 km (6 miles) SW (227 degrees) of Quitman, AR 11 km (7 miles) E (89 degrees) of Twin Groves, AR 65 km (40 miles) N (2 degrees) of Little Rock, AR 411 km (255 miles) SSW (207 degrees) of St. Louis, MO Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.5 km; Vertical 0.5 km Parameters Nph...

Tweet from WHO Radio, Des Mines, Iowa: All five Iowa incumbent Congressmen win re-election Branstad defeats Cuvler. 3 Supreme Court justices lose retention vote.

Iowa GOP Files Formal Complaint: Did AG Miller Violate Federal Law? Party also files public records request regarding campaign loans from Miller’s staff DES MOINES – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today filed a formal complaint regarding Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s potential violations of the federal Hatch Act, which makes it illegal for an official like Tom Miller to use his official authority or influence to interfere with or affect an election, and also forbids an official from coercing or ordering a state employee to contribute anything of value to his campaign. The federal law covers Miller...

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Commie Gannet Rag Link Only: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/09/27/nra-will-urge-iowans-to-vote-for-democrat-chet-culver/

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Des Moines police said Wednesday that they do not believe fights near the state fairgrounds were racially motivated or connected. Officials discussed the fights at a news conference held Wednesday afternoon. Police said officers and detectives are looking into three major incidents during the 10 days of the Iowa State Fair. Officials said the incidents are not connected.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced.

Favre en route to MN per ESPN & Twitter #Favre

Central Iowa getting flooded - 4" to 5" of rain - Ames, Iowa is almost totally cut-off, no way in, or off - some reports saying this is worse than 1993. I-35 closed South of Ames, both directions - US 30 closed in Ames area... ISU football players sandbagging - one photo has the stadium looking like an island...

South Central Minnesota getting nailed - been a tornado on the ground for more than 90 minutes - still on the ground. TV reports massive damage near town of Kiester, MN - several other tornadoes reported near Clarks Grove, NW of Elendale.

ALLISON --- Mark Becker has been found guilty in the June 24 shooting death of Coach Ed Thomas. Jurors began deliberations at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday following closing arguments. After going home for the night, they returned at 9 a.m. Tuesday and at 10:49 a.m. announced they found Becker guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying at the Aplington-Parkersburg High School weight room. A first-degree murder conviction is punishable by a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. Sentencing will be at a later date.

Who's good with Photoshop or something similar? Picture this: In the 'motivational poster' style... A smiling Barry0 at a podium with a caption: "Eloquence" "It's no substitute for substance"

TOLEDO, Iowa - An Illinois man was arrested after police chased a stolen delivery van loaded with doughnuts across two Iowa counties at speeds of up to 100 mph. The van, owned by Donut Delite, of Moline, Ill., was stolen early Thursday while the driver was making deliveries at a hospital in nearby Rock Island. More than 100 miles later in Iowa, a Benton County sheriff's deputy spotted the van about 9:30 a.m. _ and the chase was on. Other officers joined in, and the chase stretched into Tama County. Authorities finally cornered the van in Toledo and arrested the...

<p>Sources tell CBS NEWS that Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) will be indicted this afternoon on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption. Jefferson has been the subject of a ongoing probe in which FBI agents allegedly found more than 90-thousand dollars in cash in his freezer. The Justice Department is expected to unveil the charges later today... Developing...</p>

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to announce his withdrawal from the Democratic race for president in 2008 in a press conference later this morning.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 776 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 510 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 510 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Australian company plans to buy a 60 percent interest in Midwest Grain Processors LLC, a farmer-owned ethanol production company in Iowa, officials with the co-op said. It appears to be the first time a foreign company has bought controlling interest in an ethanol plant operated and owned by Iowa farmers, said Ron Ginder, an Iowa State University Extension economist. Interest in the ethanol industry from outside investors has risen in the past 18 months as profits have increased, he said. "One of the things that has been happening is that the nature of the...

Little Melissa comes home from first grade and tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine's Day. "Since Valentine's Day is for a Christian saint and we're Jewish," she asks,"will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine? Melissa's father thinks a bit, then says "No, I don't think God would get mad. Who do you want to give a valentine to?" "Osama Bin Laden," she says. "Why Osama Bin Laden?" her father asks in shock. "Well," she says, "I thought that if a little American Jewish girl could have enough love to give Osama...

NBC's "The Book of Daniel" may have launched to great controversy and hoopla. But, today, the show ended with a whimper – pulled unceremoniously from NBC's Friday night schedule, effective immediately, with no more of an announcement than an entry on an NBC blog by creator Jack Kenny.

IT'S OFFICIAL: US WEEKLY MAG TO CLAIM JESSICA SIMPSON AND NICK LACHEY SPLIT, SAY REPS... DEVELOPING...FLASH: NBCNEWS CUTS STAFF ON EVE OF HOLIDAY: LAYOFFS EARLIER IN WEEK, SAYS SOURCE. AT LEAST 15 STAFFERS CUT FROM 'DATELINE', CUTS REACHED CNBC FOREIGN BUREAUS... DEVELOPING...