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Thirteen people on cleanup-duty at a flood-damaged building in Cedar Rapids ended up at the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.

After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official as yet faces any charges — something critics say is typical of the federal government.

U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen.

Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if Hillary Clinton is not the nominee, and suggested some were trying to "push and pressure and bully" superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely.

Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island.

A Sears electronics salesperson has generously offered to share some insider knowledge of how the game is played at Sears

Foursquare meets FarmVille meets Monopoly is a smash hit.

I haven't had power for a week. The Iowa Guard goes to Iraq and Afghanistan and maybe Haiti.

There are more verses on money and finance in the Bible than there are verses on prayer. In 1905, Max Weber, a German sociologist who studied religions, identified what he called “the Protestant work ethic” as the driving force behind modern capitali

Drunks, drug addicts and people who are too lazy to keep a job..."For most of us, all it takes is to get sick and not be able to work. That could happen to anybody." .. a few stories from a shelter

Absurdities in right wing radio

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Obama doesn't want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway. Sources tell NEWSWEEK that Holder is now leaning toward appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's brutal interrogation practices.

Why? ..."They're not nicer. They're not prettier. They're not anything else. But they've sort of gotten a halo in society at this point." ..

An FBI informant and an undercover Minnesota sheriff's deputy spied on political activists in Iowa City last year before the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

Become an anonymous stick figure in a small virtual world. Try to draw something with the balls and see if other people will help you or hinder you. Or just chat with other people.