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Garza strong in Iowa, likely to pitch for Cubs next week
Matt Garza worked six shutout innings Thursday night for Triple-A Des Moines, allowing two hits, walking none and striking out six in a 1-0 win over Tucson. Barring the unexpected, he should make his 2013 Cubs debut next week. “I don’t...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Matt Garza
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Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today
Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Cocoa Beach, Journalism, Detroit Free Press, The New York Times
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Clock ticking on Ian Stewart's return from Iowa
The clock is ticking on Ian Stewart, who must be recalled by the Chicago Cubs from his minor league rehab stint by Friday. “He’s got to start swinging the bat better, having more consistent at-bats,” manager Dale Sveum said Tuesday....
Tags: Dale Sveum, Luis Valbuena, Spring Training, Chicago Cubs, Ian Stewart
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Iowa jury returns record $240-million judgment in ADA abuse case
A jury has awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled former workers at a turkey processing plant in Iowa, in what officials on Wednesday said was the largest such judgment in a federal abuse and discrimination case. After a week-long trial, the...
Tags: Turkey (animal), Employment, Discrimination, Employment Opportunities, Justice System
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Facebook to build data center near Des Moines, Iowa
Reuters* Fourth such facility since 2010 * State offering tax breaks * Will seek renewable energy to power site By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is building a data center near Des Moines, Iowa, to bolster its computing...Tags: Google Inc., Duke Energy Corporation, Environmental Issues, New Products, Social Media
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Facebook to build data center near Des Moines
ReutersOfficials in Altoona, Iowa, on Tuesday approved Facebook Inc.'s plan to build a data center there, just northeast of Des Moines. The center, estimated to cost $1.5 billion by sources of the Des Moines Register, will be the fourth since 2010 for the...Tags: Google Inc., Environmental Issues, Duke Energy Corporation, New Products, Amazon.com Inc.
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Facebook construirá un centro de datos en EEUU
ReutersPor Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc está construyendo un centro de datos cerca de Des Moines, Iowa, para impulsar su poder de procesamiento en la medida en que lanza nuevos servicios y mientras el creciente uso de teléfonos...Tags: Social Media, Facebook
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Cal Thomas: The 2012 choice
This election will tell us what kind of America we believe in. Is it the one our Founders bequeathed, of limited government, or is it the one re-made in the image of liberal, paternalistic government? The choice, as President Barack Obama has said, could...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate
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Land of Linkin'
Change of SubjectA weekly listing of intriguing, wacky, useful, provocative and otherwise interesting links that readers and I have come across and think you might want to see. Look for Land of Linkin' first thing every Monday morning and click here to...... -
Beyond human error on Romney, Bain
Most candidates — Republican, Democrat or Independent — inevitably say things during their campaigns that are wrong, stupid or deceptive. President Barack Obama, I'm sure, wishes that he could take back his boast during his 2008 run that he...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Vice (movie), Finance, Human Mishaps, Dan Quayle
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Obama's second act
Second terms have rarely been kind to American presidents. Our last two-term leader, George W. Bush, ended his tenure with a financial crash so disastrous that his own party has tried to erase him from memory. Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was more...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Religion and Belief, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan
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Girl Scout cookie thieves leave crumbs all over the country
There's a terrible crime wave sweeping the nation! Well, OK, there's probably not a crime wave targeting Girl Scout cookies, per se. But when it comes to a few recent cookie-related mishaps, terrible is a pretty good word to describe each of them....Tags: Girl Scout Cookies, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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