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U. Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application
The University of Iowa has become the nation's first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on ...
Watchdog: US should explain probe of halal company
A national civil rights organization called on U.S. authorities Wednesday to explain their investigation into a leading maker of food for observant ...
No. 17 Nebraska beats Iowa 13-7
Winning five straight games mostly without him, didn't mean Nebraska doesn't need Rex Burkhead. On a cold and blustery afternoon with a spot in the ...
Police: 2 Iowa wrestlers hunted rabbits for hats
Two University of Iowa wrestlers were suspended from the team Wednesday after they admitted to illegally hunting rabbits on campus in hopes of making ...
U. of Iowa leader issues apology in athletics case
University of Iowa President Sally Mason apologized but offered few answers Friday for the school's failure to protect athletes and employees in its ...
Trial in 1977 killing asks: Were suspects framed?
Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them ...
A public law school faces trial over liberal bias
Praised by colleagues as smart, friendly and passionate about the law, Teresa Wagner was a leading candidate when two jobs came open to teach writing ...
Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage
Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins isn't well known outside the legal community of his state, and even inside that group, isn't particularly ...
Campaigns pick Iowa poll sites for favored voters
In the weeks before Election Day, University of Iowa students will have a dozen places on campus to vote for President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt ...
Central Michigan stuns Iowa 32-31 on late FG
Central Michigan's David Harman drilled a 47-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and the Chippewas scored nine points in the final 45 seconds and ...
Central Michigan stuns Iowa 32-31
Central Michigan's David Harman drilled a 47-yard field goal with three seconds left, and the Chippewas scored nine points in the final 45 seconds and ...
Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers $1.4M
A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the ...
Judge: Peregrine CEO should be released from jail
A disgraced Iowa businessman should be released from jail while he awaits sentencing for a "reprehensible" 20-year fraud scheme that bilked customers ...
Judge: Mom convicted in Iowa slaying must see kids
A mother serving life in prison for murder must be allowed to see her children, who were in the rural Iowa home during the execution-style killing of ...
APNewsBreak: FDA warns Iowa egg firm over bacteria
A company that promised to clean up Iowa's egg industry after a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 said Friday that a recent government safety ...
Obama rally to add to Iowa rivalry weekend chaos
The hotels were completely booked, people from all over the state would be pouring into town and University of Iowa students and the city's police ...
Feds: Iowa woman's 'loans' cost friends $730,000
Investigators say a $730,000 swindle started with a sweet pitch: an Iowa woman sent friends hand-written notes asking for loans so she could surprise ...
U. of Iowa rejected Colorado shooting suspect
The University of Iowa rejected the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shooting rampage from a graduate neuroscience program last year after he ...
Drug charges dropped because of too much evidence
A fugitive doctor charged in the nation's largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies is getting off in part because there's just too much evidence: ...
Iowa brokerage CEO indicted in $200M fraud scheme
The founder of a bankrupt Iowa-based brokerage was indicted by a federal grand jury Monday on 31 counts of making false statements to regulators in ...
Iowa RB Johnson suspended after 2 police run-ins
Iowa running back De'Andre Johnson has been suspended after two run-ins with police in the past week. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz issued a statement ...
Station to submit video in Iowa missing girls case
The news director of an Iowa-based NBC affiliate said Thursday that the station would turn over footage of its interview with the mother of one of two ...
Dad of missing Iowa girl faces trial amid search
The father of one of the two missing Iowa cousins could learn Friday whether he must stand trial next week on domestic abuse or drug charges, raising ...
Grandma: No idea how Iowa cousins biked to lake
The grandmother who was babysitting two Iowa cousins when they disappeared nearly two weeks ago after going for a bike ride said Tuesday that she has ...
Mom of missing Iowa girl says she passes polygraph
After submitting to a second polygraph test, the mother of one of two missing Iowa cousins said Monday the results should prove that she had nothing ...