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- BUDGET CUTS: The city of Norwalk is looking to avoid raising property taxes by cutting law enforcement and fire department budgets
- SEASON OVER: The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is done for the season after losing in the first round of the Big Ten tournament
- HOME SALES: A new report says home sales in the Des Moines metro are increasing
- REVENUE ESTIMATE: Iowa's tax revenue is expected to be flat for the rest of the fiscal year but grow slightly in the next year
- EDUCATION PROTEST: Students from local districts packed the Capitol Thursday to protest possible cuts to arts programs
- FLOODING PREPS: The University of Iowa is taking precautions against possible spring flooding
- SUSPENSION SHORTENED: A Southeast Polk basketball player will get to play in one more game with his team after a suspension was shortened
- SUSPECT DIES: A man charged with attempted murder in the beating of his girlfriend has died from injuries sustained in a suicide attempt
- RIVER WATCH: Forecasters continue to monitor central Iowa rivers as rain and melting snow cause water levels to rise
- COMBAT PAY: Hundreds of Iowa National Guard soldiers are finally getting paid for their extended combat tours in Iraq
- Senate Approves Domestic Abuse Gun Bill
- CNN - 28 Schools Closing In Kansas City
- New Projections Released On State's Future Finances
- SNEAK PEEK: Will Cuts Send More Kids To Private Schools?
- Students Protest Education Funding Cuts
- Official: Overseas Hacker Hit Iowa Web Site
- Man Sentenced In 4-Year-Old's Sexual Assault
- Democrats To Trim Tax Credits By $115M
- Business Record: WDM Stein Mart Store To Close
- Video-Cast: Rain Chances Stretch Into Weekend
- Bomb planted outside store kills 4 in NW Pakistan
- Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US
- EU condemns Cuba for rights violations
- More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
- Biden steers past spat over Israel settlement plan
- Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
- Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
- Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide
- Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger
- 43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare
- Money for Nothing - On February 23 the New York Times reported ... (Eric Alterman/The Nation)
- Wired Magazine, Conde Nast Scoop Breitbart, the 'Bigs' ... (Michael Walsh/Big Journalism)
- Pelosi goes over health bill, leaves March 18 vote possibility open (The Hill)
- SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN THROWS A CURVEBALL.... House Dems have a fear ... (Steve Benen/Washington Monthly)
- Beck: Fox News executive told me 'you are the key' ... (Alex Seitz-Wald/Think Progress)
- 'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years (Eamon McNiff/ABCNEWS)
- Obama not setting a good example? (Chris Frates/The Politico)
- Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations (Danny Hakim/New York Times)
- Senate Liberals Dissed on Health Bill (Roll Call)
- Did Focus On The Family Board Force Dobson Out? (Justin Elliott/TPMMuckraker)
- Capuano Suggests He's Leaning No On Health Care (Brian Beutler/TPMDC)
- Reid to McConnell on healthcare: 'We will finish the job' (Michael O'Brien/The Hill)
- Divided appeals court rules Pledge of Allegiance doesn't violate Constitution (Amanda Covarrubias/L.A. NOW)
- Conservatives urge Holden to oppose reform bill; Holden says he's ... (Ben Wolfgang/Republican Herald)
- Bernie Sanders: I'm Prepared To Introduce Public Option Amendment (Greg Sargent/The Plum Line)
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- Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap
- Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
- Greece hit by strikes, clashes over austerity plan
- Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth
- More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
- Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
- Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
- Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics
- Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
- Football star and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69
- Sen. Reid's family injured in car accident
- Democrats move closer to healthcare deal
- Toyota discounts boost sales, U.S. mulls "black box"
- Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes jolt Chile
- Obama lobbied on black unemployment, immigration
- Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo
- U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009
- Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud
- Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
- Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts
Database Systems: The Complete Book (2nd Edition)
My Own Private Idaho - Criterion Collection
Operational Art of War: Century of Warfare
Livy: The Early History of Rome, Books I-V (Penguin Classics) (Bks. 1-5)
Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics) (Bks.6-10)