http://www.mail.com/locations/14766-iowa.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/14766-iowa.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086562-numbers-drawn-360m-powerball-jackpot.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The winning numbers have been drawn for the $360 million Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night: 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball of 32. The jackpot is considered the third largest in Powerball history and the seventh largest overall. There was no immediate indication whether any tickets matched the winning n... Thu, 16 May 2013 03:18:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086562-numbers-drawn-360m-powerball-jackpot.html 2013-05-16T03:18:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be given only to "a person of the Caucasian race" from Iowa. Roberts left Columbia most of her $509,000 estate when she died in 1920 and created the highly restrict... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html 2013-05-15T23:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088442-apnewsbreak-mailbox-bomb-suspect-to-face-hearing.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the terrifying campaign is mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett informed attorneys in March that he intends to order a competency... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088442-apnewsbreak-mailbox-bomb-suspect-to-face-hearing.html 2013-05-15T21:15:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081990-landmark-240m-eeoc-verdict-to-slashed-to-16m.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Henry's Turkey Service agreed in legal briefs filed late... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:44:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081990-landmark-240m-eeoc-verdict-to-slashed-to-16m.html 2013-05-13T15:44:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076120-gops-rand-paul-raises-profile-with-eye-2016.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul is doing much more than "considering" running for president. The Kentucky Republican is clearing a path to seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with a series of upcoming early primary state visits, a beefed-up political operation and a plan to raise his profile. His national coming-ou... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:56:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076120-gops-rand-paul-raises-profile-with-eye-2016.html 2013-05-10T07:56:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up Thursday in the form of sweeping overhaul legislation. "There can be no shortcuts to citizenship f... Thu, 09 May 2013 07:09:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html 2013-05-09T07:09:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2072128-lady-honors-outstanding-libraries-museums.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says the nation's libraries and museums are creating better, more informed citizens and doing it with fewer resources. The first lady commented Wednesday at the White House as she helped award public service medals to 10 institutions. Recipients of the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service are the: — Boston Ch... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:12:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2072128-lady-honors-outstanding-libraries-museums.html 2013-05-08T19:12:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069130-wet-spring-brings-troubling-start-to-corn-planting.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he'll get to plant. Like so many other Midwest growers who were praying for rain during the recent drought, he's now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry out his soggy fields as the deadline approaches for deciding what he can even plant this yea... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:39:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069130-wet-spring-brings-troubling-start-to-corn-planting.html 2013-05-07T21:39:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2066384-judge-sammy-hagars-memoir-defame-woman.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar filed by a former Playboy bunny who claims he fathered her child has been dismissed, and the former Van Halen frontman is pleased with the result, his attorney said Monday. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled April 30 that Hagar did not defame the woman — identified as Jane Doe in court doc... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:51:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2066384-judge-sammy-hagars-memoir-defame-woman.html 2013-05-06T19:51:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058484-juror-landmark-eeoc-verdict-iowa-sends-message.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A juror says she wanted to send a message by supporting a historic $240 million verdict for 32 mentally disabled men who faced decades of abuse by a Texas company: Never again. Juror Robin Griebel outlined her rationale for awarding $7.5 million to each former employee of Henry's Turkey Service, while the men, their attorney and rel... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:05:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058484-juror-landmark-eeoc-verdict-iowa-sends-message.html 2013-05-02T19:05:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054940-lee-enterprises-refinances-94-debt.html DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Newspaper publishing company Lee Enterprises Inc. said on Tuesday that it has refinanced $94 million worth of debt with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., avoiding an interest rate increase that would have gone into effect next year. As part of the debt financing deal, Lee added as collateral its 50 percent stake in TNI Partn... Wed, 01 May 2013 00:03:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054940-lee-enterprises-refinances-94-debt.html 2013-05-01T00:03:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048324-gop-faces-senate-recruitment-woes-key.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. It's admittedly early, with more than 18 months before the November 2014 elections... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048324-gop-faces-senate-recruitment-woes-key.html 2013-04-27T08:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044186-drought-eases-places-fields-turn-to-mud.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As spring rains soaked the central United States and helped conquer the historic drought, a new problem has sprouted: The fields have turned to mud. The weekly drought monitor report, released Thursday by National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb., showed the heavy rains that also caused some flooding in the last week brou... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:15:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044186-drought-eases-places-fields-turn-to-mud.html 2013-04-25T18:15:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039942-lee-enterprises-posts-smaller-2q-loss.html DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Lee Enterprises Inc., the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, reported a smaller loss for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday. Lee said it lost $6 million, or 12 cents per share, in the January-March period. That compares with a loss of $26.6 million, or 54 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:49:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039942-lee-enterprises-posts-smaller-2q-loss.html 2013-04-23T19:49:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Over the last five years, American hospitals have sent at least 600 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries to avoid paying for long-term care after serious illness or injury. The Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University has documented "medical repatriation" cases in 15 states involving pati... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:14:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html 2013-04-23T07:14:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038420-us-hospitals-send-hundreds-immigrants.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. The men had health insurance from jobs at one of the nation's largest pork producers. But neither had legal perm... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:11:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038420-us-hospitals-send-hundreds-immigrants.html 2013-04-23T07:11:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037540-pup-named-huckleberry-crowned-beautiful-bulldog.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who was crowned Monday as this year's "Beautiful Bulldog." Huckleberry competed for the title in 2010, only to walk away empty-pawed. That changed this year, when he strutted down a blue runway at Drake University in Des Moines d... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:32:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037540-pup-named-huckleberry-crowned-beautiful-bulldog.html 2013-04-22T21:32:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2037460-eeoc-seeks-damages-disabled-iowa-plant-workers.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A now-defunct Texas company that put mentally disabled men to work at an Iowa turkey plant for decades is due in court to defend itself against allegations that it subjected the men to physical and verbal abuse. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Henry's Turkey Service, of Goldthwaite, Texas, on behalf of 32 f... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:21:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2037460-eeoc-seeks-damages-disabled-iowa-plant-workers.html 2013-04-22T20:21:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest on Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend. The massive system was wreaking havoc from the Rockies to the Rust Belt, and offic... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:16:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html 2013-04-19T03:16:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026306-rain-prompts-flood-worries-mo-ill-iowa.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River, so low for much of the winter that barge traffic was nearly halted, could reach up to 10 feet above flood stage by the middle of next week in parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, National Weather Service hydrologists said Wednesday. The weather service is predicting 3 to 4 inches of rain — and perhaps more — from K... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:30:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026306-rain-prompts-flood-worries-mo-ill-iowa.html 2013-04-17T22:30:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for glitches. But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:32:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html 2013-04-17T21:32:24Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2011814-iowa-state-ncaa-case-started-with-basketball-aide.html Iowa State released fresh details Wednesday of its internal investigation into NCAA recruiting violations, saying it found "a significant number" of impermissible calls and text messages made by coaches in football, men's basketball and several other sports. The report said Iowa State's two-year investigation started with the discovery of improper contact... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:09:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2011814-iowa-state-ncaa-case-started-with-basketball-aide.html 2013-04-10T23:09:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007280-museum-exhibitions-to-movie-theaters.html NEW YORK (AP) — From the people who brought live Metropolitan Opera performances to a movie theater near you comes the next big-screen cultural attraction: museum art exhibits from around the world. It begins Thursday with a retrospective devoted to the portraits by Edouard Manet from the Royal Academy of Arts in London, screened to 450 theaters across th... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:51:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007280-museum-exhibitions-to-movie-theaters.html 2013-04-09T16:51:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001404-iowa-museum-tortoise-was-stolen.html DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied to keep up the story about her theft, the museum announced Friday. In a bizarre move, the employee who found the 18-pound reptile named Cashew put her into a building e... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:04:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001404-iowa-museum-tortoise-was-stolen.html 2013-04-05T22:04:57Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999692-baylor-wins-nit-title-iowa.html NEW YORK (AP) — Pierre Jackson made the National Invitation Tournament his own. The Baylor senior finished his college career in style with his fourth straight double-double, putting up 17 points and 10 assists to lead the Bears to the first NIT title in school history with a 74-54 win over Iowa on Thursday night. "You can put his numb... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999692-baylor-wins-nit-title-iowa.html 2013-04-05T04:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999468-iowa-museum-finds-missing-tortoise-elevator.html DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An 18-pound African leopard tortoise who went missing from an Iowa museum has been found alive in an elevator in the building. KWWL-TV (http://bit.ly/Zb7sED) reports that officials at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque believe the tortoise named Cashew was stolen, but that the thief quietly returned the animal... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:54:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999468-iowa-museum-finds-missing-tortoise-elevator.html 2013-04-05T01:54:28Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1996806-iowa-set-to-face-baylor-nit-championship.html NEW YORK (AP) — Pierre Jackson is one win away from capping his stellar Baylor career with the Bears' first NIT championship. To do that, he'll have to break down Iowa's defense in the title game of the 76th National Invitation Tournament on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes have faced plenty of good point guards this season in the Big Ten, though none quite p... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:10:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1996806-iowa-set-to-face-baylor-nit-championship.html 2013-04-03T23:10:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996512-republican-sen-rand-paul-to-speak-nh.html BOSTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul is set to appear in New Hampshire next month, becoming the first potential 2016 presidential candidate to deliver a formal speech in the state likely to host the nation's first presidential primary. The New Hampshire Republican Party confirmed Wednesday that the first-term senator from Kentucky will deliver the keyn... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996512-republican-sen-rand-paul-to-speak-nh.html 2013-04-03T21:42:21Z