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Thursday Dec 3 | Salt Lake City Weekly

10. Boom Boxes on Wheels

Boom Boxes on Wheels By Roland Sweet Curses, Foiled Again Two men lacking masks when they broke into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa, used a Sharpie marker to draw on masks.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

Travel Weekly

NTA elects 2010 board

The National Tour Association's newly elected board of directors will be led by Chairman and CEO Cathy Greteman of Star Destinations, a Carroll, Iowa-based company specializing in student, agricultural, group and corporate travel.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

MinnPost.com

Pioneer Press readers blast 'Metrodome sex" update, and a reporter reflects

By David Brauer Published Mon, Nov 23 2009 2:30 pm What is wrong with the Pioneer Press? Saturday's rehash of the Metrodome sex story was not "news." It was trash.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

TwinCities.com

A year after Iowa-Minnesota sex-in-the-Metrodome incident, a small Iowa town would like to forget

One year ago, Lois Feldman and Ross Walsh were hauled out of a handicapped toilet stall at the Metrodome, "upset," "drunk" and "uncooperative," according to a police report, their coitus interrupted by security officers.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

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Free land the key to small towns' growth?

A drive down Manilla's main street looks all too familiar in depopulating rural Iowa: Empty storefronts passed only by the fall's dusty harvest winds.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

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Charges dismissed against 2 in marker case

A Carroll County judge has dismissed attempted burglary charges against two men who painted their faces with permanent black marker.

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Pickled Politics

The perfect disguise

In a scene reminiscent of Team America , two burglars were apprehended in America after their cunning disguises failed to fool the police: Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man's home in Carroll, Iowa.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Huliq.com

Burglars Use Permanent Markers as Disguise

Two men who attempted to break into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa made sure they would get caught.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

POE News

'Dumb' American criminals attempt robbery with 'permanent marker pen disguises'

Latest matches for: Britain West Indies Calling This is what the British seem to like.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Cops: Suspects had 'guilty' written all over their faces

Police had no trouble identifying two men suspected of trying to break in to an apartment in Carroll, Iowa, thanks to the "worst disguise ever." The two men had colored their faces -- badly -- to disguise themselves.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Irish Independent

'Dumb' American criminals attempt robbery with a permanent marker pen disguisesa

Two hapless robbers in America , Matthew McNelly and Joey Miller , have been arrested with the "worst disguises ever" after trying to hide their faces with permanent marker pen.

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Telegraph Herald

West Carroll plans comedy/fantasy play

The West Carroll High School Drama Department will present the comedy/fantasy "The Clumsy Custard Horror Show " Friday-Saturday, Nov.

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Rational Review

IA: Suspects drew "masks" with marker pen

IA: Suspects drew "masks" with marker pen Source: Ananova [UK] Posted on 10.29.09 by Mary Lou Seymour "Two burglary suspects who drew 'masks' on their faces with a permanent marker pen have been arrested .

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

CNN

Worst disguises ever?

Matthew Allan McNelly, left, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, still had the permanent marker on their faces when they were booked.

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The Asylum

Drunk Burglars Attempt Shoddy Black Marker Disguise

We've seen a lot of half-assed Halloween costumes in our lives, but none as pitiful as this pair of drunken thieves who tried to disguise themselves by drawing on their faces with black permanent marker .

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects

In this Oct. 23, 2009, police mug photo provided by the Carroll, Iowa, Police Department, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, is shown in Carroll, Iowa.

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Freerepublic.com

police arrest burglars wearing magic marker masks

Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Arizona Daily Star

Black-painted faces don't help 2 accused in Iowa burglary

CARROLL, Iowa a ' Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Clackamasreview.com

Putnam drama teacher Quinn remembered

Steve Quinn was born in the small town of Carroll, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 1950, to Eddie H. and Ethel E. Quinn.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Des Moines Register

Bloggers share tips and ideas at group's monthly meetings

Shortly after 6 a.m. on the first Friday of the month, Mike Sansone arrives at the Panera on University Avenue in West Des Moines.

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