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Mari Culver admits breaking ban by smoking in state SUV
Iowa’s first lady admitted today that she smoked in a state-owned vehicle, breaking a law that her husband signed with fanfare in April.
REGISTER FILE PHOTO | iowa capitol dome
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What would you cut?
How would you do it? State department heads must come up with ideas for how to trim millions.
Register | Curtis Stone
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Celeb chefs star at Food Expo
• The Celebrity Food & Wine Expo starts Friday with Curtis Stone (pictured), Guy Fieri, Sandra Lee and more.
Eric Rowley/Juice | Jeremy Harrington, 31, is the founder of Des Moines Web Geeks, a group of Web programmers, designers and computer hardware geeks.
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The geeks shall inherit the earth
When Web designer Jeremy Harrington moved back to Des Moines last year he was happy about the social interaction Twitter gave him, but also interested in the projects his peers were working on.
What school should I choose?
Find out what Des Moines schools moms recommend and what they're saying about schools like Hanawalt, King and Samuelson.
Share your holiday photos
Show other moms your family's holiday photos!
Huckabee touts book, sidesteps talk of 2012
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insisted today that returning to Iowa was simply the appropriate way to begin a national tour to promote a book that discusses lessons of his bid for president.
Former Agriprocessors leader to remain jailed
Former Agriprocessors leader Sholom Rubashkin must remain in jail, a federal judge ruled today.
Iowa men's basketball: Follow the Iowa-Citadel game live tonight at 6 p.m.
Get live in-game scoring and chat with other fans during tonight's game between Iowa and Citadel at McAlister Field House in Charleston, S.C.
John Gaps III/The Des Moines Register | Obama staffer Jackie Norris speaks to the speaker phone as fellow staffer Chelsea Kammerer looks on during their morning conference call at the Obama headquarters, 420 Watson Powell Jr. Way, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.
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Iowan Jackie Norris chosen for Michelle Obama chief of staff
Jackie Norris of Des Moines is expected to become chief of staff to incoming first lady Michelle Obama, according to media and Democratic source reports.
H.S. Insider: Preseason girls' basketball rankings announced
Springville in Class 1-A is the lone defending champion ranked No. 1 in the preseason basketball rankings released today by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
WDM community center seeks donations
The Eddie Davis Community Center's food pantry — already trying to meet increased need and slowing donations — is struggling to provide Thanksgiving dinner gift boxes for upwards of 400 families.
New report: More English-language learners in Iowa schools
The number of Iowa students with limited English-speaking skills has skyrocketed over time but their test scores have fallen.
Today's Inbox: Dreaming of investigating AARP, Farm Bureau…
Sen. Charles Grassley gets attention and praise for probing AARP’s nonprofit billion-dollar business ties, starting with its sponsorship of deceptively promoted United Health Care plans.
The Register | Gene Chizik
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ISU football: Recruits stand firm on playing for Cyclones
Iowa State coach Gene Chizik talked this week about rival colleges continuing to recruit prospective players, but Boffeli remains solidly in the Cyclone camp.
Register file photo | Kirk Ferentz
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Iowa Football: Hawkeyes' Ferentz favors change in signings
At least 14 high school stars have accepted Ferentz's scholarship offer, of which 13 are expected to make it official during the February signing period.
AP | Smokin' Joe Frazier, who's sitting ringside at Prairie Meadows tonight during a six-bout boxing card, is a less wealthy man who walks with a cane, a bum knee, and a lower back that's held together by tiny metal pins.
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Keeler: Ring legend Smokin' Joe simmers as winter nears
There is no bitterness in the voice and only a drop of pity. "I pray for him every night," Joe Frazier says of Muhammad Ali, the man he once wrote that he wanted to beat up, piece by piece, and mail back to Jesus.
Doug Wells/The Register | The Northern Iowa broadcast team of Gary Rima, right, and Scott Peterson will call the Panther football team's last regular-season game Saturday at Southern Utah. Rima is beloved by Panther fans for various clichéd catch-phrases, such as “I love this team!”
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Gary Rima, UNI's 'The Sports Guy,' voices Panther passion
Meet the radio voice of the Northern Iowa Panthers, Gary Rima.
| Photo illustration by Mark Marturello/The Register
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Wrestling in Iowa: 10 things to watch this season
This season gets into full swing this week at all levels - from high schools holding their first practices to the Hawkeyes and Iowa State competing in dual meets Friday.
Kin ties Newton shooting to feud over home
Keith "Randy" Van Dusseldorp claims he shot his big brother, Ray Lee, in the chest with a 20-gauge shotgun in self-defense. "He got what he deserved," Keith Van Dusseldorp told investigators earlier this month.
REGISTER FILE PHOTO | Loaded grain trucks line up to enter the Verasun Energy plant earlier this year in Albert City.
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VeraSun asks to nullify contracts on buying corn
The ethanol maker's bankruptcy filing makes the action legal; Iowa farmers stand to lose money.
Register | Celebrity Food & Wine Expo
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Welcome Guy, Sandra and Curtis to town
 Celebrity Food & Wine Expo serves up star chefs | Winter Market
Live chat at 10 a.m. Friday: Curtis Stone at the Food & Wine Expo
Chat with Curtis Stone and Jason Simon.
Fired UI official files $2.25M claim
A former U of I official has filed a $2.25 million wrongful termination claim after being fired for mishandling a high-profile sexual assault case.
Harkin predicts Clinton will be next secretary of state
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin predicted New York Sen. Hillary Clinton would become secretary of state in the Obama administration.
Fleeing driver arrested on third drunken driving charge
An impaired driver led Cedar Rapids police on a chase through the city about 1 a.m. today, officials reported.
Iowa driver dies in collision with farm equipment
A Coon Rapids woman was killed Wednesday night when the car she was driving struck an anhydrous ammonia applicator and tank being pulled by a tractor.
MARY CHIND/THE REGISTER | Dolly Parton performs Wednesday night at the Civic Center in downtown Des Moines.
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Concert review: Parton outshines sunrise in Des Moines show
Parton stepped out smiling, with hair piled high and silver-spangled fringe dripping off her yellow dress.
Woman claims she contracted gonorrhea at Des Moines hospital
An 82-year-old West Des Moines woman told police this week she believes she picked up a sexually transmitted disease while she was a patient at a Des Moines medical center.
Body in car identified as missing Illinois woman
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Davenport police say a body found in the backseat of a car has been identified as a missing Illinois woman.
Two more businesses with game machines report break-ins
Burglars hit two more Des Moines businesses on Wednesday, apparently seeking money from game machines.
Des Moines woman robbed after traffic accident
A woman told police Wednesday that she was robbed after being involved in a traffic accident on the north side of Des Moines four days earlier.
Bill Neibergall/The Register | Drake'ss Josh Young drives the lane past Morehead State's Kenneth Faried on Wednesday at the Knapp Center. Young scored 34 points in the Bulldogs' victory.
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Young hits career-high 34; Phelps nets first Drake win
Mark Phelps played it cool.
Iowa State University: Former Cyclone softball coach Rowe testifies in termination case
Ruth Crowe's controversial ending to her nine-year tenure as Iowa State's softball coach - which included objecting to a pregame prayer at Baylor and branding Texas A&M fans "dumb farmers" - is on trial.
Women's basketball: Injured Panther women host in-state rival ISU
Iowa State and Northern Iowa have separate challenges to meet in today's 7 p.m. women's basketball game at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls.
Today's Drake women's basketball game
WHO: Drake (1-0) at Wisconsin (0-1)
Today's Iowa men's basketball game
Iowa at The Citadel.
Iowa State men's basketball: Rivals Top 100 guard Colvin signs with Cyclones
Chris Colvin, a national Top 100 point guard at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, announced live on a national Chicago television station Wednesday that he had signed a letter of intent with Iowa State.
UNI football: Tip led police to ex-players' residence
Waterloo, Ia. — A tip from a citizen led Cedar Falls police to search the trash outside the residence of former Northern Iowa football players Johnny Gray and Victor Williams at least three times between April and mid-November.
Northern Iowa men's basketball: Illinois-Chicago stops Panthers in second half
Northern Iowa went nearly seven minutes without a basket in the second half and host Illinois-Chicago held off a late rally for an 84-77 men's basketball victory on Wednesday night.
Drake faces UNI in volleyball today
Northern Iowa will play at Drake at 7 p.m. today at the Knapp Center.
Iowa Scene: DMACC women ranked No. 1 in NJCAA division II basketball poll
Des Moines Area Community College is ranked No. 1 on the season's first National Junior College Athletic Association Division II women's basketball poll released Wednesday. The Bears are 5-0.
Buffer ready to rumble after cancer
Thanks to successful cancer surgery, Michael Buffer is ready to rumb-l-l-l-l-le again.
Today's Iowa State-Northern Iowa women's basketball game
WHO: Iowa State (1-0) at Northern Iowa (1-0)
State to cut up to $40 million
Iowa's state government is cracking down on spending. However, layoffs are unlikely, an official says.
REGISTER FILE PHOTO | Former Madison County Attorney Marty Ramsey, 49, died Tuesday.
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Hansen: Ramsey lived a life filled with passions, surprises
When Marty Ramsey came out of brain surgery, the doctors threw a few basic questions at him to see how he was functioning.
Group: Beef up water protection
State environmental officials and county supervisors should be given more power to protect drinking water and heavily polluted waterways from livestock manure, an Iowa City think tank said Wednesday.
Register | wrestling
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2008 mat preview
10 things to watch this season 
DOUG WELLS/THE REGISTER | Young soccer players work out on the northeast end of the Prairie Ridge Sports Complex in Ankeny.
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Des Moines area suburbs kick around sports complex ideas
Leaders examine income-generating potential, residents' costs and benefits.
MARY CHIND/THE REGISTER | Josh Schooley, a junior at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, tests the ice Tuesday night at Brenton Skating Plaza in downtown Des Moines. Friday is opening day of the season at the plaza, with free skating from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and appearances by the Des Moines Buccaneers.
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Des Moines skating rink: Take a spin in the new season
D.M. skating plaza adds broomball and college nights - and raises weekend rates.
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