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		<title>Agriprocessors bankruptcy auction has only one bidder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Martyn</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The troubled Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville will probably be sold to a company with ties to a Montreal-based businessman.
After an auction in bankruptcy court this afternoon, SHF Industries LLC., a new Iowa corporation tied to Canadian businessman Hershey Friedman, remains the only bidder for the bankrupt kosher meatpacker.
The Des Moines Register has more details:
SHF [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Grassley’s ‘let them eat cake’ moment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Martyn</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Advocates for a public health insurance option available to all Americans have been peppering U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley with comments at his public events for months. Sometimes he deals with the questions well, but for a guy like Grassley who is known for his verbal shots from the hip, a slip-up was inevitable.
Last week in [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fong walks back contributions to Democratic campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[His past donations to Democratic candidates were based on friendships, not on politics, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christian Fong said in an e-mail to the Iowa Independent.
Since entering the race for governor last week, Fong has faced repeated questions surrounding campaign contributions to Democratic state Reps. Tyler Olson and Elesha Gayman in the months leading up [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Considering changes to Iowa’s HIV transmission law may make sense, but hesitation persists</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaIndependent/~3/WfAv0N2ZtD4/considering-changes-to-iowas-hiv-transmission-law-may-make-sense-but-hesitation-persists</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda Waddington</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Iowa man, whose only previous encounter with the law was a 2006 operating-while-intoxicated conviction, was sentenced to the maximum allowed by state law for failing to disclose to a one-time intimate partner that he was HIV-positive. The case, which has not resulted in the one-time partner actually contracting HIV, has been used as evidence by some who say it's time that state criminal...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Culver: GOP misleading Iowans on budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Republicans are not being honest with Iowans about the state of the budget and have chosen to play politics instead of working to overcome challenging economic realities, Gov. Chet Culver said Thursday.<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Blasting the budget blame game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Martyn</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Democrats and Republicans in the state capitol have drawn a line in the sand this summer over whether Gov. Chet Culver should call a special session of the legislature to balance Iowa&#8217;s budget, and the debate shows no signs of quieting down.
The Iowa Constitution requires the state to balance its budget at the end of [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Iowa sisterhood helps new moms get (and count) their kicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda Waddington</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Iowa sisterhood that developed out of shared grief has no interest in increasing its numbers. In fact, the five founding Iowa women are hard at work to decrease their prospective membership pool.

Tiffan Yamen, Kate Safris, Janet Petersen, Jan Caruthers and Kerry Biondi-Morlan discovered one another in 2003 after each had experienced the death of an infant daughter, and their shared...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Vander Plaats calls on South Carolina governor to resign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should resign, not only for the sake of his state but for his family, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats said in an interview with the Carroll Daily Times Herald. Sanford confessed last week to secretly traveling to Argentina to carry on an extramarital affair.
&#8220;I think what it is [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Revenue estimates spark debate over depth of shortfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Iowa could end the 2009 fiscal year with $161 million less in net revenues than expected, according to estimates by the Legislative Services Agency. That could force Gov. Chet Culver to call a special session to balance the budget.<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Blog posts offer window into Fong’s political beliefs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In announcing his candidacy for governor, 32-year-old Christian Fong has managed to shake up an already contentious Republican battle to unseat Gov. Chet Culver.
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