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Here’s your earworm: Colbie Caillat — “Bubbly” Thanks to everyone who came out and watched Hairspray last night. What a terrific, feel-good flick! What a great time with friends! And, in honor of the messages in Hairspray, go read why Kate Harding thinks BMI is a crock. Pete Abel has an excellent post about freedom [...]

David Barnhart has joined the presidential campaign of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as Iowa caucus director. As a part of his duties, Barnhart will devise and implement the campaign’s get-out-the-caucus strategy. “I am honored to be joining Senator Clinton’s Iowa campaign,” Barnhart said in a prepared statement. “She understand the change Iowans and [...]

Neither the folks who advocate abstinence-only education nor those who support comprehensive sex education were pleased when a re-authorization of abstinence-only funding through Title V was not a part of the compromise Children’s Health Insurance Program bill. It seems Congress could only respond by sticking to the status quo. As Wendy Norris of Colorado Confidential [...]

If you’re expecting to see SpongeBob SquarePants this Saturday, you’ll have to tune in to Nickelodeon a little later than usual. The children’s broadcaster will be suspending programming on all of its networks — Nick, Noggin, Nick GAS and Nicktoons — for three hours in honor of the fourth annual Worldwide Day of Play and [...]

An opinion released by the Iowa Supreme Court this morning affirms the decision of the district court that videotaped statements from Jetseta Gage, then 10, can not be used in a sexual abuse trial against the brother of her convicted murderer. In its opinion, the court holds that James Bentley, a former resident of Vinton, [...]

Half a year ago Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller made public his request for increased funding for drug treatment. Saturday, thanks to the federal government, at least a portion of his wishes will be coming true. A new federal grant will help the Iowa Judicial Branch fund three new family drug courts and expand two [...]

Iowa Rep. Roger Thomas, D-Elkader, has become the tenth member of the Iowa legislature to endorse Delaware Sen. Joe Biden for president. Crediting Biden’s successful Senate passage of an Iraq federalism plan yesterday, Thomas says he believes Biden to be the best choice to lead the nation. “Sen. Biden showed true presidential leadership yesterday with [...]

Although a meeting with Iowa’s senior citizens began with Rep. Tyler Olson providing an overview of accomplishments from the last legislative session, it ended with him gaining insights into elder abuse. “People not only came, but they had a lot of questions and comments,” said Olson, a Democrat who represents Cedar Rapids. “I hadn’t heard [...]

So, let’s get the big question out of the way right up top: Strongest performance came from former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. A close second was Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd. Following equally close in third was Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. Edwards did well for himself on several occasions. The one that stood out to [...]

The U.S. Senate voted 75 to 23 today to pass Delaware Sen. Joe Biden’s amendment that provides for regional autonomy within a federal system. The amendment also calls for the support of the United nations and Iraq’s neighbors to help implement an end to the civil war. Speaking on behalf of his eight colleagues in [...]