Local Headlines
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Ames housing market avoiding national trends
Jun 3, 2008 | via Ames Tribune
Housing crisis? What housing crisis? If you've been shopping the market here in Story County, you probably know that the national news just doesn't ring true.
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Faces and Places for April 29, 2008
Apr 29, 2008 | via Des Moines Register
NEW JOBS Dennis Earhart has been promoted to senior vice president of commercial banking at First American Bank.
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Iowa State professor asks: Are you in touch financia...
Apr 12, 2008 | via Des Moines Register
Tahira Hira emphasizes each word with a small clap: Consumers need to behave responsibly.
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Faces & Places for March 21, 2008
Mar 21, 2008 | via Des Moines Register
NEW JOBS Monica Abbas has joined Episciences Inc. as an account manager and educator for the Midwest region.
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Iowa not feeling depth of foreclosure crisis
Mar 6, 2008 | via Des Moines Register
Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series looking at Iowa's foreclosure situation and how it relates to Ames.
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Regional Headlines
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John Lewis closure spells trouble, some fear
Wednesday | via Quad-City Times
Lorelie Pfautz pulled no punches Wednesday as she told a room full of community and social service agency leaders that John Lewis Community Services destroyed relationships with those who could help and was "so ...
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First-of-its-kind Iowa resort prepares to open doors
Saturday Aug 23 | via Http
Honey Creek Resort State Park opens next month on the shore of Rathbun Lake, Iowa's first resort park venture and the result of decades of planning.
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Friday Aug 22 | via Telegraph Herald
The search of an Iowa City park for a missing University of Iowa professor accused of asking to fondle female students in exchange for higher grades was suspended Thursday night.
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Wonkette Weekette! August 21, 2008
Wednesday Aug 20 | via City Beat
John Edwards Also Ruined Hillary Clinton's Life! Oh goody, we are now at the "blame John Edwards for pretty much everything" stage of the Edwards Was a Baby Mamma scandal.
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Flood Recovery Efforts in Iowa Slowed by Government ...
Wednesday Aug 20 | via Insurance Journal West
Victims of record flooding are paying mortgages, taxes and repairs on houses that might need to be destroyed, and some are blaming federal and state officials for a slow response.
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National Headlines
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4 min ago | via Times Leader
"We're getting pushed out because all these huge homes are going up by people who have money," she said.
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5 min ago | via Cleveland Ohio Real Estate Blog
Realtors throughout history have not had the best public image or national reputation.
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5 min ago | via Cleveland Ohio Real Estate Blog
On my previous post, Why Realtors Aren't Liked , I made mention of what some agents do and what some don't. Why Realtors have a lingering stereotype and why there are some misconceptions that haunt us.
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Blame Congress for housing mess
7 min ago | via Gothenburg Times
A $300 billion bailout for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 400,000 defaulted homeowners? Who are Fannie and Freddie? They are stockholder-owned corporations, sponsored by the federal government.
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Canada Needs a National Water Policy That Bans Bulk ...
9 min ago | via Auburn Journal
There is little doubt that NAFTA has brought about the loss of Canadian sovereignty over its own resources and further threatens its water supply.
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