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	<title>Entertainment Daily &#187; Des Moines</title>
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		<title>Police: Metal band Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in Iowa hotel; no foul play suspected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Meredith</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Slipknot bassist found dead in Iowa hotel

DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, was found dead Monday in an Iowa hotel room, police said.
A hotel employee found Gray, 38, dead in a room at the Town Plaza Hotel in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, police said in .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2010/05/25/police-metal-band-slipknot-bassist-paul-gray-found-dead-in-iowa-hotel-no-foul-play-suspected-131461/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New program helps Iowa residents dispose of unwanted medication while protecting environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lorentzen</dc:creator>
		
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Effort helps Iowa dispose of unwanted medication

DES MOINES, Iowa — A pilot program launched this month will help Iowa residents who have unused medications stashed in medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers and elsewhere around their homes safely dispose of the drugs for free and in a more environmentally friendly way.
More than 300 pharmacies across the state ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/09/new-program-helps-iowa-residents-dispose-of-unwanted-medication-while-protecting-environment-58688/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : New program helps Iowa residents dispose of unwanted medication while protecting environment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Meredith 1Q earnings fall as political ads dry up, auto slump cuts into other ad revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Meredith 1Q earnings fall as political ads dry up

DES MOINES, Iowa — A $5 million decline in political advertising revenue contributed to a drop in its fiscal first-quarter net income for magazine, TV and radio station owner Meredith Corp. — and it would have been worse without a tax benefit.
The publisher of Better Homes and .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/29/meredith-1q-earnings-fall-as-political-ads-dry-up-auto-slump-cuts-into-other-ad-revenue-54617/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Travel briefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaf-peeping in Iowa: Mississippi River, bridges of Madison County

DES MOINES (AP) — Whether you&#8217;re on a river, in the woods or driving by the famed bridges of Madison County, autumn colors are easy to find in Iowa.
The foliage is pretty anywhere along the Mississippi River but particularly in Pikes Peak State Park in McGregor, about ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/08/03/travel-briefs-21717/">Original article on  : Travel briefs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s not Michael! Iowa fair nixes plans for King of Pop butter statue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/18/i-cant-believe-its-not-michael-iowa-fair-nixes-plans-for-king-of-pop-butter-statue-17317/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie S. Welte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Jesus Christ and his apostles made the cut. So did John Wayne, Elvis and Tiger.

But Michael Jackson will not have his buttery likeness displayed at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this summer, after support for a creamy statue of the King of Pop melted in an online vote.
Kent Lehs, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/18/i-cant-believe-its-not-michael-iowa-fair-nixes-plans-for-king-of-pop-butter-statue-17317/" title="I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s not Michael! Iowa fair nixes plans for King of Pop butter statue">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies building ethanol, fertilizer plants in Iowa offer corn farmers cash for cobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/16/companies-building-ethanol-fertilizer-plants-in-iowa-offer-corn-farmers-cash-for-cobs-16873/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Meredith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash.

Cobs, the refuse left behind after harvest, are now plowed back into fields. But companies from California and South Dakota plan to start changing that by building two plants in Iowa, one to turn the material into ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/16/companies-building-ethanol-fertilizer-plants-in-iowa-offer-corn-farmers-cash-for-cobs-16873/">Companies building ethanol, fertilizer plants in Iowa offer corn farmers cash for cobs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Girls from Ames&#8221; chronicles evolution of longtime friendships of 11 women from Midwest town</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Crumb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — A year before it became a best seller, author Jeffrey Zaslow wondered if all the time he&#8217;d put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted.

The women initially had been eager to talk about their enduring relationship, which began as teens in Iowa and continued decades ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/02/girls-from-ames-chronicles-evolution-of-longtime-friendships-of-11-women-from-midwest-town-13277/" title="&#8220;Girls from Ames&#8221; chronicles evolution of longtime friendships of 11 women from Midwest town">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State Fair to honor Michael Jackson with butter statue of the pop icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Michael Jackson is getting a new tribute. And it&#8217;s in butter.

Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that in addition to their annual butter cow statute, there would be one of the pop music icon. Jackson died Thursday at age 50.
Both the butter sculptures will be on display in a 40-degree cooler ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/01/iowa-state-fair-to-honor-michael-jackson-with-butter-statue-of-the-pop-icon-12938/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Iowa State Fair to honor Michael Jackson with butter statue of the pop icon</a>.]]></description>
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