http://www.mail.com/locations/38102-des-moines.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/38102-des-moines.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie Cou... Mon, 20 May 2013 05:01:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html 2013-05-20T05:01:54Z 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/news/us/1991478-iowa-boy-school-attack-left-disabled.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenager is suing his southwest Iowa school district, several administrators and his former high school football coach, claiming they didn't do enough to protect him from bullying that culminated in an attack during a fall practice that left him with severe brain injuries and permanent disabilities. The boy and his grandmother, w... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:03:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991478-iowa-boy-school-attack-left-disabled.html 2013-04-01T22:03:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1960870-rapper-tone-loc-collapses-stage-iowa.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rapper Tone Loc didn't want to be hospitalized after collapsing on stage during a weekend performance in Iowa. Loc, whose real name is Anthony T. Smith, collapsed after finishing a song during a Saturday night concert on a downtown Des Moines bridge. The concert ended abruptly while the 47-year-old was treated. Three employees of t... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:06:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1960870-rapper-tone-loc-collapses-stage-iowa.html 2013-03-18T00:06:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1949128-iowa-officer-pulls-unconscious-driver-flames.html URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa police officer has rescued an unconscious driver by pulling him from his burning car. Urbandale police spokesman Randy Peterson said Tuesday that Officer Zac McDowell wasn't injured Sunday night when he saved 18-year-old Ian Waseskuk (wa-SEHS'-kuh). The officer's dashboard camera shows McDowell opening the car's passenger do... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:28:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1949128-iowa-officer-pulls-unconscious-driver-flames.html 2013-03-12T16:28:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1915850-counties-cope-indigent-burials-increase.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kate Hopkins didn't know the man in the casket, never met him or his family. Yet, Hopkins stood watch over 48-year-old Francisco Carmona's funeral on a gray, cold day at a county-owned cemetery in south Louisville. Hopkins joined a group of high school students, a few county employees and a deputy coroner on Feb. 6 to ensure that Ca... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:05:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1915850-counties-cope-indigent-burials-increase.html 2013-02-26T10:05:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1905318-midwest-swaddled-blanket-snow-travel-tough.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Powdery snow bombarded much of the nation's midsection Thursday, leaving as much as 17 inches in some places, shutting down airports, schools and state legislatures. The storm system swirled to the north and east Thursday night, its snow, sleet and freezing rain prompting winter storm warnings from Kansas to Illinois. Forecasters say the ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:04:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1905318-midwest-swaddled-blanket-snow-travel-tough.html 2013-02-22T04:04:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1880592-bacon-enthusiasts-converge-iowa-festival.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The smell of bacon was in the air Saturday as thousands converged on Iowa's capital city for an increasingly popular festival celebrating all things connected with the meat. Some people wore Viking hats and others walked around with makeshift snouts for the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. The annual event featured more than 10,000 poun... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1880592-bacon-enthusiasts-converge-iowa-festival.html 2013-02-09T21:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878922-iowa-governor-pardons-pig-bacon-festival.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa's popular bacon festival is about to begin. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pardoned the 30-pound, 2 ½-month-old Berkshire pig named Bonnie on Friday morning. The pardon took place outside the governor's mansion in Des Moines in a ceremony ahead of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festi... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878922-iowa-governor-pardons-pig-bacon-festival.html 2013-02-09T03:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into parts of the system as the financial realities of their states' medical costs begin to counterbalance the fierce election politics of the issue. This week, Michigan's Rick Snyder became ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html 2013-02-08T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846522-water-utilities-share-105m-herbicide-settlement.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 1,000 communities that have spent millions of dollars over many years filtering a common agricultural herbicide out of their drinking water are welcoming their shares of a $105 million settlement with the weed-killer's maker. The varying payouts end more than nine years of wrangling in a class-action lawsuit over Syngenta's atra... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846522-water-utilities-share-105m-herbicide-settlement.html 2013-01-25T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year's shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen. The reversal is especially jar... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html 2013-01-23T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800426-body-iowa-house-was-kidnapping-suspects-mom.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman found dead in a western Iowa farmhouse during an investigation into the alleged abduction of another woman was the kidnapping suspect's mother, a prosecutor said Friday. Sac County Attorney Ben Smith said Marilyn Schmitt, whose son Kirk Riley Levin was arrested Thursday in the alleged kidnapping of a 21-year-old female acqu... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800426-body-iowa-house-was-kidnapping-suspects-mom.html 2013-01-05T01:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1787380-polarized-nation-iowa-finds-oddly-split.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in state capitals across the country are talking ambitiously about what they'll do next year with the unchecked power they amassed in the fall elections. In more states than not, one party now has full control of government. But you won't hear much brash talk in Des Moines. Here, party leaders are warning ... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1787380-polarized-nation-iowa-finds-oddly-split.html 2012-12-26T22:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1778504-snow-midwest-leaves-travelers-scrambling.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first widespread snowstorm of the season plodded across the Midwest on Thursday, as whiteout conditions sent drivers sliding over slick roads and some travelers were forced to scramble for alternate ways to get to their holiday destinations. The storm, which dumped a foot of snow in parts of Iowa and more than 19 inches in Wisc... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1778504-snow-midwest-leaves-travelers-scrambling.html 2012-12-21T03:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1774302-iowa-lottery-winners-fund-football-stadium.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa couple who won a $202 million Powerball jackpot in September is donating $3 million to their son's high school for a new football stadium — but the gift comes with a catch. The stadium visitor's locker room must be painted pink. The Bondurant-Farrar school district accepted the $3 million donation from Brian and Mary Lohse ... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1774302-iowa-lottery-winners-fund-football-stadium.html 2012-12-18T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750282-snow-savvy-midwest-cities-breaking-no-snow-records.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No snow boots needed in Milwaukee. Chicago commuters aren't dodging knee-deep snow drifts frozen along city sidewalks. And children in Des Moines are settling for ice shavings dumped from a Zamboni. Many cities in the Midwest haven't seen any decent snow this season — and some are even setting records for the number of days without... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750282-snow-savvy-midwest-cities-breaking-no-snow-records.html 2012-12-07T10:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1736074-ram-lam-escaped-sheep-captured-iowa.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A shaggy brown sheep successfully dodged police, his handlers and a few cars while trotting through downtown Des Moines after escaping from his trailer. But the ram's freedom only lasted about an hour Friday before he was cornered and tackled by about a half dozen of his pursuers. The Navajo-Churro ram jumped from a trailer near th... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1736074-ram-lam-escaped-sheep-captured-iowa.html 2012-12-01T06:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1726276-record-powerball-result-changes-to-boost-sales.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The historic Powerball jackpot boosted to $500 million on Tuesday was all part of a plan lottery officials put in place early this year to build jackpots faster, drive sales and generate more money for states that run the game. Their plan appears to be working. Powerball tickets doubled in price in January to $2, and while the numb... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1726276-record-powerball-result-changes-to-boost-sales.html 2012-11-27T23:02:00Z