Rain eases harvest fire danger across Eastern Iowa
Timely rains reduce open burning risk as farmers in Eastern Iowa harvest. Western Iowa fights dry conditions with sparks from equipment and a train blaze near Moorland Guthrie. 38 percent corn and 49 percent soy harvested statewide as of Sunday with early progress in Linn County.
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Guthrie
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Bud Beedle
Iowa State Extension
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Berlin hosts Picasso Embrace exhibit at Neue Nationalgalerie
The Embrace features 130 works from Picasso tracing human relationships across his career. Claude Picasso notes the pieces read biographically, with mother child, friend, and kiss motifs. The Berlin show runs through Dec 10 as a gift from Spain marking Germany reunification’s tenth anniversary.
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Berlin
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Neue Nationalgalerie
Germany
France
Communist Party
Bailey appeals disbarment ruling in Florida Supreme Court
Attorney F Lee Bailey asks the Florida Supreme Court to review a Collier County judge Cynthia Ellis recommendation that Bailey be disbarred for misusing about 6 million dollars in stock from a former client to cover his legal costs. The July misconduct finding and the failure to admit expert testimony are central issues. If upheld, Bailey could retake the bar in five years. His past clients include O J Simpson.
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Minnesota First Lady Promotes Spa Ad for Charity
Minnesota first lady Terry Ventura appears in a Dayspa ad for Spa Central showing in a hydrotherapy tub. Spokesman says the ad is in exchange for a Jade Foundation donation tied to the governor, though Ventura will receive personal compensation.
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Minnesota
Terry Ventura
Dayspa
Spa Central
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World Wrestling Federation
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Wodele
Performers Rally Native Voters at Browning High School
Indigo Girls Bonnie Raitt and Joan Baez headlined a Browning Montana concert on the Blackfeet Reservation to mobilize American Indian voters for November. About 800 attendees heard Raitt urge happiness on Election Day and artists frame voting as civic town criers addressing environmental and community issues. The Montana leg included Bozeman Missoula and the Flathead Reservation with further reservations planned.
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Joan Baez
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Browning
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Montana
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Missoula
Flathead Reservation
Emily Saliers
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