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 Flood Recedes, But
 Only 1 Well Remains 

Cedar Rapids restricts water use for next few days

Jun 14, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Floodwaters receded today after 24,000 people fled Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but only one well is uncontaminated to service the city, CNN reports. Officials say it will run down if people take showers and flush toilets over the next 3 or 4 days. "Water is still our primary concern,... More »

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Iowa • storm • flood • Cedar Rapids • flooding • Federal aid • natural disaster • fresh water

 Floods Breach
 Des Moines Levee 

Authorities call for mandatory evacuation of area

Jun 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Floodwaters breached a levee and a temporary barrier today near a residential neighborhood in Des Moines, forcing authorities to call for a mandatory evacuation of 270 homes, the AP reports. “There’s not anything else we can do,” said a city official. Storms throughout the region have killed... More »

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Iowa • water • Cedar Rapids • flooding • levees • Des Moines

 Grain Prices Surge
 With Midwest Floods 

Water inundating heartland expected to drive food, oil prices still higher

Jun 14, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The floods inundating the Midwest are pushing grain prices to new highs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corn prices jumped 10% to a record high last week as farmland flooded. The domino effects will hit the ethanol industry, hog farmers, and even owners of catfish ponds who rely on corn... More »

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Iowa • Midwest • ethanol • corn • flood • flooding • crops • farmland • grain • farm • commodities

Even As Neb. Honors Fallen Scouts, Floods Pound Iowa

Hospital evacuated in downtown Cedar Rapids, where 100 blocks are submerged

Jun 13, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “We have to make sure people remember," said a 13-year-old who pulled a dead fellow Boy Scout out of the rubble left by Wednesday's fatal tornado. Last night's vigil in Omaha, Neb., was among several for the four teens killed in the Iowa maelstrom; “This is probably... More »

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Iowa • Nebraska • flooding • Missouri • Mississippi River • disaster • Boy Scouts of America

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 Floodwaters Engulf
 Iowa's 'Flood-Proof' City 

'500-year flood' swamps Cedar Rapids' defenses

Jun 13, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cedar River has burst its banks and deluged Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports. About 9,000 people have been evacuated—including more than 170 from a hospital—and most of the city's downtown is under water. The river is still rising and is expected to... More »

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Iowa • severe weather • flood • Cedar Rapids • flooding • levees

 Levees Crumbling,
 Midwest Struggles
 to Stem Tide 

Aging infrastructure is barely coping with severe weather

Jun 12, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The worst flooding in 15 years has exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the Midwest's aging infrastructure, the Chicago Tribune reports. Levees, bridges, and dams, some a century old, are barely coping with severe storms—while some are collapsing completely. Dikes and levees broke in several states last week after torrential... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Midwest • severe weather • Indiana • flood • flooding • Illinois • bridge • infrastructure • levees

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Iowa Tornado Kills 4
at Boy Scout Camp

At least 40 others are injured

Jun 11, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four people were killed and at least 40 others were injured when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports. A Scout spokesman said about 100 youths ages 14 to 18 were at the camp along with adult supervisors, but it wasn't immediately... More »

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Iowa • tornado • storm • Boy Scouts of America

Midwest Storms Threaten Worst Flooding in 15 Years

Communities work to repair damage from weekend waters

Jun 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As climbing rivers knocked out an Iowa bridge and flooded Illinois farms, communities along the Mississippi River are bracing for what could be its biggest overflow in 15 years, the AP reports. The National Weather Service warned of crests of 10 feet above flood stage and higher over the next... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Midwest • severe weather • Michigan • Indiana • flooding • Illinois • Missouri • Mississippi River

Storms, Floods in Midwest and East Coast Kill 8

Hundreds evacuated as water rises

Jun 9, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Storms across the Midwest and East Coast this weekend forced hundreds to evacuate, destroyed homes, and killed 8 people, the AP reports. More than 10 inches of rain in much of Indiana caused flooding; more floods in Iowa were some of the worst in years. Falling trees, high winds, and... More »

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Iowa • Midwest • tornado • severe weather • Omaha • Nebraska • Indiana • flooding • East Coast

 Storms Pummel Midwest, 
 Scare Visitors 

Kansas tornadoes smash homes, spook elephants

Jun 6, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Severe weather lashed the Great Plains yesterday after forecasters warned of a possible tornado outbreak as bad as the 1974 one that spawned 39 twisters, AP reports. At least four tornadoes touched down in Kansas, causing widespread damage and spooking a pair of runaway circus elephants. Heavy rains caused rivers... More »

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weather • Iowa • Great Plains • tornado • severe weather • storm • Nebraska • Kansas • twister • thunderstorms

 8 Killed as Tornadoes 
 Hammer Midwest 

Storms in Iowa and Minnesota chew up towns

May 26, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Midwestern tornadoes killed seven people in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota yesterday as they tore paths of destruction through communities, CNN reports. The southern half of a town in Iowa was unrecognizable after a twister demolished the local high school, commercial areas  and some 200 houses. At least 50... More »

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Iowa • tornado • Minnesota • natural disaster

297 Illegal Immigrants Get
Jail in Federal Crackdown

Stiff sentences signal tougher federal line on immigration

May 24, 08 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 270 illegal immigrants have been sentenced to 5 months in federal prison in a sign that the Bush administration is taking a much harder line on undocumented workers, the New York Times reports. Busted for using fake IDs, the workers were among 389 swept up at a kosher meat-packing... More »

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Iowa • illegal immigrant • deportation • illegal immigration • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

ANALYSIS

 Obama Won't
 Declare Victory
 Tomorrow 

Change shows sensitivity to alienating Clinton fans

May 19, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reversing earlier plans, Barack Obama will not declare the Democratic race over tomorrow night—in a move Carrie Budoff Brown, on Politico, sees as concern about “appearing presumptuous or antagonistic” toward Hillary Clinton. Hillary fans are sensitive about disrespect, so Obama will boast he’s won a majority of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Democratic nomination

 Obama Plans 
 'Victory' Trip to Iowa 

Senator hopes to move closer to nod in state that started it all

May 18, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama plans a primary-day early victory trip to Iowa, where he won the Democrats’ first contest, Reuters reports. He anticipates grabbing a majority of pledged delegates after the Oregon and Kentucky vote that will help clinch the race —though neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates to lock... More »

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Barack Obama • Iowa • Iowa caucus • campaign stops • pledged delegates

Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family

Shame 'too much to bear' for suicide dad facing money trial

Mar 26, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges,... More »

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Iowa • murder • Iowa City • embezzlement • killings • beatings

Mother and 4 Kids Killed in
Iowa Home

Fatal car crash
nearby linked
to husband

Mar 25, 08 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mother and her four children were found dead in their Iowa City home yesterday by police who received an anonymous tip, reports the Daily Iowan. Minutes later, cops responded to a nearby highway crash involving a car belonging to the father of the family, Stephen Sueppel. The dead driver... More »

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Iowa • crime • theft • cocaine • murder • car crash • Iowa City • embezzlement • killings • shooting • Stephen Sueppel

Obama Wins
in Iowa, Again

He nets 7 delegates over Clinton as Edwards backers shift in second-round voting

Mar 15, 08 10:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama netted seven more delegates in Iowa tonight, two months after the state held its caucuses, the AP reports. How so? Some of the delegates who originally backed John Edwards shifted to Obama during the state's county conventions, the second part of Iowa's election process. These are generally of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • convention delegates

ANALYSIS

 Which Will Change 
 Color in November? 

Post's Cillizza pegs Iowa as most likely to flip

Mar 14, 08 7:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are bragging about which states they might flip. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza has a top-10 list, ranked in order (only New Hampshire and Minnesota appear headed red):
  1. Iowa: The Democrats get “HUGE” points for their diligence in primary season, while John
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Bill Richardson • Iowa • New Mexico • Tim Pawlenty • Election 2008

Ex-Gov. Helps Obama Sling Mississippi Mud

Mabus deplores divisiveness, Clinton's 'derogatory' statements

Mar 7, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A Barack Obama radio ad airing in Mississippi ahead of Tuesday’s primary features the ex-governor arguing that Hillary Clinton looks down on the state, CNN reports. Entitled “Respect,” the ad refers to remarks Clinton made about a lack of elected female officials in Iowa, when she said,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Mississippi • Democratic presidential primaries • attack ad • Ray Mabus • women in office

Star Gymnast Attracts Fans and Sponsors

Coke, Adidas love 16-year-old gold
medal favorite

Mar 1, 08 7:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Corporate sponsors like Adidas and Coca-Cola are latching onto a tiny gymnast with a towering talent named Shawn Johnson, the Washington Post reports. The smiling 16-year-old shares "brand attributes" with Coca-Cola like "genuine" and "fun," one exec says. She is also the world's reigning gymnastics... More »

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Iowa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • gymnastics • gymnast • Shawn Johnson • gold medal

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