“I really am hopeful that eBay can see that once this is up, that it is not a glorification of violence,” said auction organizer Dave Leach, an abortion opponent from Iowa. “If the auction stays up, it will only be because eBay has been shamed into recognizing the nonviolent nature of the items.” Items organizers said were being donated for the auction include an Army of G... read full post picked by cecilberman 4 weeks ago

Iowa concert honors Holly, other stars in plane crash 50 years ago today.
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Last Tuesday, Lori Mehmen looked out her front door in Orchard, Iowa and this is what she saw. She had a digital camera handy, and somehow managed to take this photo before crapping her pants and taking cover. picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.

*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally. He started taking college courses at 14. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Yellow Cab of Iowa City had to keep a human heart, en route to a tissue processing company in Atlanta, at its dispatch office after an airline refused to keep it overnight at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Let this be a lesson to you pervs. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Health officials in Iowa say a 13-year-old cat tested positive for swine flu - the first feline to come down with the virus.

Two of the three people who live with the cat had the flu before the cat got sick, officials say. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

An eagle-eyed reporter for the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, noticed something missing from Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., lapels... picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A 78-year-old Carroll woman says she's so tired of seeing President Barack Obama on the airwaves that she's selling her television sets - two of them. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

A blind Iowa man scored a perfect 300 game at the Century Lanes bowling alley on Saturday, The Storm Lake Times reported.

“I can’t see the lane or the pins and have a heck of a time finding my ball sometimes,” Davis told The Times. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Jail officials have denied a Des Moines, Iowa, woman's request to be locked up so she can force herself to quit smoking. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The cheering crowd around the bathroom stall attracted the attention of security guards who pried the couple apart. The woman, visiting from Iowa, did not know the man. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Authorities in northeast Iowa say a man faces charges accusing him of cutting a pacemaker out of his father's chest. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Des Moines County jail is considering charging for toilet paper.
*I pay for it...why should criminals get it free? picked by Interesting 10 months ago

An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary." picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Police are looking for these 2 children who were kidnapped by their mom & boyfriend. picked by Moe 2 years ago

When known pranksters Rick and Marilyn Jones left town for a wedding, neighbors seeking payback eyed their property and decided to stick a fork in it _ a few thousand forks, in fact. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

STORM LAKE, Iowa - A 2-year-old boy died after his teenage uncle left him in a car for five hours as temperatures soared, authorities said Friday... In Idaho, a 1-year-old boy was found dead Wednesday evening in a locked car in temperatures topping 95 degrees. He was locked in the car for about five hours when passers-by noticed him, and the boy's stepgrandmother was charged in his death, authori... read full post picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa. Twenty years later, Feldstein decided to do it again. picked by barwench 1 year ago

Iowa company recalling ground beef from 7 states. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago