Campaigns boost Iowa activity and lodging as caucus season grows
In Iowa campaigns fill Cedar Rapids offices and draw spending from New York hotels as caucus activity expands. Local realtors note temporary space use by campaigns, while Hamburg Inn No 2 markets to political crowds and locals through a Coffee Bean Caucus poll. Revenue is limited but awareness and visitor traffic rise.
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Hotel Metro
Jay Leavesseur
Leavesseur
Cedar Rapids
Scott Olson
Skogman Realty Commercial
Swenson
Iowa
Hamburg Inn No. 2
Iowa City
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Panther
Steven Lake
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Clinton faces wary insiders as superdelegates loom
Political scientist Rohde notes party insiders back Clinton cautiously due to her weak general election image. He says a strong Iowa New Hampshire showing could win them over. Obama aide Psaki expects superdelegates to tilt after early-state results as Democrats need about 2,000 of 4,000 delegates.
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Duke University
Clinton
Rohde
Iowa
New Hampshire
Obama
DNC
Jen Psaki
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Dakota the dinosaur reveals astonishing skin detail and gaps between vertebrae
Researchers in North Dakota nicknamed Dakota, a 65 to 67 million year old fossil, note astonishing skin detail and a centimeter gaps between vertebrae suggesting a flexible spine and greater length than museum displays. The fossil is being scanned in Boeing's large CT scanner to study soft anatomy and fossilization.
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Manning
North Dakota
Matthew Carrano
Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History
Dakota
Escape and wide chase tied to hospital transfer and Missouri vehicle crashes
Jamerson escaped from a hospital room during a transfer for withdrawal treatment. He fled with a guarded deputy present, stole a University Hospital snowplow truck, and led a multi‑jurisdictional chase across Iowa and Missouri, colliding with law enforcement and injuring a state trooper before crashing near Hannibal. Autopsy planned. investigation ongoing.
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Mike Smith
Johnson County
Quiles
Lonny
Pulkrabek
Jamerson
University Hospital
Missouri Law
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Palmyra
Highway
Missouri State Patrol
Missouri
Hannibal
Bernhardt
Iowa City
Marion County
Marion
Bet
Division of Drug and Crime Control
Winter storm moves into Northeast delays flights and traffic
A storm system swept the Northeast with snow sleet and freezing rain causing road disruptions and widespread air travel delays. At least 10 deaths tied to weather related crashes backed the warning actions across Vermont New Hampshire Maine New York and Michigan with forecasts of heavy snowfall in northern New England and upstate New York. Airline hubs including O Hare Des Moines and Milwaukee faced extensive cancellations as lake effect snow and high winds affected western New York and Michigan.
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New Hampshire
Maine
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Michigan
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New England
New York
Chicago
O’hare International
Des Moines
Milwaukee
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