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You really have to wonder why Ron Paul can't win the Republican nomination. Consider this: He's the only candidate who tells the truth.

After finishing second to Mitt Romney in a straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., presidential candidate Rick Santorum insinuated on Sunday that Romney had gamed the vote.

Several years ago, my friend Jeffrey Zaslow sent me a chapter from a book he was writing about lifelong friendships among a group of women from Ames, Iowa.

The Iowa professor who won a 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry is returning to the state this week.

We have the best burgers in town! For 21 years we've won Cityview's "Best Of" readers' poll and are proud to serve these burgers at more than seven locations throughout the metro.

Well, Romney won the CPAC straw vote but what the media does not report is the extent to which Romney rigged the vote.

The meet, which began Thursday and ended Saturday, was held at the Lied Recreation Center in Ames, Iowa.

If they had said City Most in Love with Football, we wouldn't have batted an eye, but a Most Romantic City? Hmmm ... Redbox has ranked Titletown No.

The Iowa Republican Party has a new leader. AJ Spiker was elected as chairman today by the Iowa GOP Central Committee.

JeffreyZaslow.com Wall Street Journal columnist and best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow died in a car crash Friday.A The Journal's Douglas Belkin and Stephen Miller write that Zaslow, who wrote the Journal's "Moving On" column, had a "rare gift for writing about love, loss, and other life passages with humor and empathy." They highlight some of his ... (more)

Some argue that a bill now in the Iowa Legislature could infringe on privacy rights.

You really have to wonder why Ron Paul can't win the Republican nomination. Consider this: He's the only candidate who tells the truth.

Iowa 4-H'ers can pack their overnight bags for a night of fun and education at the Science Center of Iowa April 27.

The snapshot image above of the famed Sparrow 40-Horse Hitch during its 1993 Threshing Days Parade appearance in Waukon was taken from a YouTube video recently uploaded by videographer Helen Gunderson.

Students, from left, Gaby Dempsey, 12, Kate Murray, 13, and Mackenzie Grewell, 13, read in the Red Room of the White House after setting up their science fair exhibit, Feb.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason told the Board of Regents in Ames on Tuesday the school is reviewing policies for sports camps and other programs involving minors to prevent abuse.

The presidents of Iowa's three public universities say they are taking steps to better protect minors on campus after the sexual assault scandal at Penn State.

We have the best burgers in town! For 21 years we've won Cityview's "Best Of" readers' poll and are proud to serve these burgers at more than seven locations throughout the metro.

You really have to wonder why Ron Paul can't win the Republican nomination. Consider this: He's the only candidate who tells the truth.

Mary L. Hill, 85, of Stanhope, died Thursday, February 2, 2012 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames.