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  • January 2008
    • Iowa Farm Town Meditative About Caucuses

      Iowa Farm Town Meditative About Caucuses

      (Newser) - To win over likely caucus-goers in Fairfield, Iowa, candidates need to tap their spiritual sides, the Wall Street Journal reports. Roughly a third of the little farm town practices transcendental meditation, and citizens have elected a meditation devotee mayor. The candidates are pandering accordingly—Barack Obama, for instance, pointed his podium east (the direction gurus say energy flows), and won over said mayor. More »

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      Barack Obama   Fred Thompson   Iowa caucus   Iowa City   Fairfield

  • August 2007
    • Immigration Raid Targets Ohio Plant

      Immigration Raid Targets Ohio Plant

      (Newser) - Immigration agents raided a poultry-packing plant in Fairfield, Ohio, and arrested some 160 undocumented workers yesterday. The raid was part of a 2-year investigation into Koch Foods, which officials call an "egregious violator" of immigration laws, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. "We’re going to look wherever the evidence takes us," said an immigration and customs enforcement official. More »

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      immigration   Ohio   illegal immigrant   raid   illegal employment   Fairfield

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