The Iowa caucus isn't just a political exercise. It's also a very big business.
The winning ticket for a $16.5 million lottery jackpot was turned in Thursday less than two hours before it expired, the head of the Iowa Lottery said.
The 2012 Republican primary campaign has already produced its share of carefully crafted messages, political drama and mudslinging.
What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across major cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth.
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum claimed Saturday that he has been a loyal soldier in the fight against abortion and questioned the conservative bona fides of his primary rivals.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is under fire from opposition lawmakers over his use of a state police helicopter to travel with his wife to his son's high school baseball game.
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time.
In a northeast suburb of this capital city, more than 250 politically active Iowans gathered Saturday to talk about hunters' rights and wildlife conservation.
You ever wonder how families are selected to host President Obama's personal visits? It might all come down to your backyard.
The president addresses a woman's concerns, during a small group conversation, about how health care reform impacts her.
Some of the fastest thumbs in the country will pound mobile phones at lightning speeds Tuesday for a chance to win $100,000.
Dear Annie: I graduated from college in May and was hired in July as a trainee with a major consulting firm. This is a great opportunity and I'm really excited about it, with one reservation: Starting soon, I'm going to be traveling -- always with a senior associate, in the beginning -- about three weeks out of every month. I've never flown for a job before, only for vacations, and my new boss told me I should watch the movie Up in the Air to get an idea of what he calls "the road warrior subculture," even though, unlike George Clooney, I won't be firing anybody. Anyway, I'm just wondering, do you and your readers have any suggestions on how to make constant air travel less of a hassle? --Junior Birdman
Jeremy Hellickson was a Derek Jeter fan growing up. A big one. Hellickson grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, but rooted for the New York Yankees. He wore No. 2 at Hoover High, where he was a shortstop and pitcher for the Huskies. The name of the Yorkshire terrier he got a few years back: Jeter.
Republican leaders meeting in Des Moines on Saturday were hoping to close the book on a bitter primary battle for governor that pitted conservative-against-conservative in a struggle for control of the Republican Party.
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray's death two months ago was from an accidental morphine overdose, the Polk County, Iowa, medical examiner said Monday.
When you think of the words "safe income," a savings account probably doesn't spring to mind.
No signs of foul play or significant trauma were found during the autopsy of Paul Gray, the bassist for the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, the medical examiner said Tuesday.
The autopsy of Paul Gray, the bassist for the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, will be conducted Tuesday, authorities said.
Paul Gray, the bassist for the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, was found dead Monday morning in his Des Moines, Iowa, hotel room, according to police. He was 38.
Prices at the pump are up nearly 4 cents in the past three weeks, continuing a trend of rising prices since mid-February, according to a survey published Sunday.
Officers blame bad weather for several accidents in Des Moines.
Consumer confidence took a dip in July and stocks fell on the news Tuesday.
The art of dodging tossed wedding bouquets had been mastered by Cindy Pollard. At 52, and with plenty of experience celebrating the big day for others, she'd learned how to back into corners and disappear when brides sent those flowers flying.
Retirement accounts already battered by a steep market decline may get hit again as several companies suspend or reduce their 401(k) match to save cash
After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room -- a converted storage area under a staircase -- where she was left alone for three hours
The Iowa attorney general's office filed child labor charges Tuesday against the owner and managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, the site of one of the nation's largest workplace immigration raids
Fireworks start a massive fire that destroys eight buildings and causes around $5 million in damages.
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street
Fewer college students are pursuing computer-related degrees at a time when demand is increasing and thousands of baby boomers are retiring from technical jobs
Orangutans and bonobos in one of North America's leading ape research centers are spending time high in their habitats to escape Iowa floodwaters, officials said Monday.
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes
TIME's reporter in Des Moines reports on the calamities of seemingly biblical proportions that have pushed the stoic state to the breaking point
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets
At least four people were killed and another 40 injured Wednesday when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, a state safety official said.
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday
A sandbagged levee was preventing a swollen river from spilling over its banks and flooding a northeastern Iowa city, but officials on Wednesday asked for more help
A 5.4 earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people awake as far away as Milwaukee
Of all the surprises during the 2007-08 college basketball season, the one that has to rank at the top of the list is this: It's cool to be Drake.
Maybe it's too many years of Bushes of one sort or another. Perhaps it's the prospect of too many years of Clintons of this type or that. But something has me thinking this way, and I can't be the only person who believes the legacy thing has gotten a little out of hand in college basketball.
Fortune: In the land of womenupdated: Tue Jan 22 2008 16:03:00
Suzanne Vocal wasn't looking for a job. She was working as an agency planning specialist at State Farm Insurance, which had singled out the ambitious 28-year-old brunette as "high potential." The company helped finance her MBA, placed her in the Austin office near her family, and in 2006 tasked her with one of its thorniest problems - coming up with better HR policies to entice State Farmers to stick around. While looking for "model" companies, Vocal came across a Des Moines insurer called Principal Financial Group. It offered enviable perks, like flexible schedules, two onsite gyms, and a soon-to-open early-childhood-education center. Plus, as Vocal looked more closely at the company's website, she noticed that many of Principal's leaders were women, a big draw in her mind. Vocal certainly didn't see how State Farm could beat Principal's offerings, so she decided a different game plan was in order. She joined them, moving halfway across the country to work as a market intelligence
Republican caucus-goers in Des Moines, Iowa express support for their candidates.
All the action this New Year's is in the Hawkeye State, but the candidates -- sprinting toward Caucus Day -- won't be partying much
Oprah Winfrey cheered and praised Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Iowa Saturday, saying it was a personal matter for her to speak out for the first time for the junior senator from Illinois.
The talk show host swung by to introduce her audience to her candidate. So did Barack Obama get a boost?
CNN meteorologist Reynolds Wolf has your Saturday morning weather forecast.
In his new mode, he's challenging the idea of Hillary Clinton's inevitability. But going on offense has put him on the defensive
Want to get a sense of democracy in action? Just pack your parka and head to Iowa before the caucuses
The price of gasoline has jumped another 13 cents in the last two weeks, close to the all-time high set earlier this year, according to a survey published Sunday.
Candy Crowley reports on the gap between promise and poll numbers in the Barack Obama campaign.
FSB: Tower of tilesupdated: Thu Sep 20 2007 22:06:00
Drivers passing Des Moines on the Interstate now have more to admire than the Iowa plains. The Paragon Prairie Tower rises 120 feet in a blaze of colored glass where I-35 and I-80 meet in Urbandale.
Less than two hours after a judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban, two Des Moines men applied for a marriage license
It depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops
The Democratic candidate is reaching out to Latino voters, but that means doing a delicate dance in Iowa
Gas prices tumbled more than 15 cents during the past two weeks, to $2.87 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Nine Egyptian students out of 11 who went missing in the United States two weeks ago are in custody, a government statement said Saturday.
For the second time in less than a week, a police chase turned deadly. This time the pursuit killed a young woman.
Across Iowa on Monday, Democratic presidential hopefuls stormed restaurants, fairgrounds, high schools and just about any place they could find an audience in an effort to bring supporters out to the evening caucuses.
From Deirdre Walsh, CNN political unit:
Fortune: Eat At Shrib'supdated: Mon Apr 30 2001 00:01:00
You've already decided whether you want freshly ground pepper on your salad and how much cholesterol you'll have in your eggs. Now it's time to break the last frontier in dining, to really particip...
Driving at an easy clip along a gravel road that stretches on and on into the horizon, Rich Kay makes a sudden right-hand turn and steers his Chevrolet truck up a steep and bumpy incline. "Here we ...
Sometimes journalists begin reporting a story with a preconceived notion about what they're going to learn. That's what I thought when I heard about a Manhattan-based investment club composed almos...
Every tech CEO has his vision statement: the hubristic phrase that sums up how his company is going to change the world. It usually includes words like "revolution," "reinventing," or "next Yahoo."...
In early February, state and local officials throughout North Dakota and Minnesota issued a warning that every homeowner dreads: Prepare for a flood. Within six weeks, melting snow and ice had caus...
It's hard enough to know what you want in life, and it's especially hard on the cusp of retirement, when the prospect of considering a new home conjures both hopeful fantasies and grim premonitions...
When Andy Cochran began selling pottery as a high school senior, he really knew his market: college students close to his own age who appreciated the $3 to $5 pots on his pushcart at the University...
Fortune: COMPANIES PITCH INupdated: Mon Aug 09 1993 00:01:00
Most big Midwest corporations escaped major damage from the recent floods, so , they're busy sending victims what they know and do best: their own products and services. Contributions range from th...
Just north of Des Moines, on a half-acre plot in the sleepy hollow of Saylorville, Jay ''Canuck'' Knudsen Sr. is waiting for your ''cremains'' -- those six or seven pounds of bone fragments and ash...
At the start of this year, the French Parliament deep-sixed a 1904 law that made the country's funeral industry a virtual monopoly. One prime beneficiary is French entrepreneur Michel Leclerc, who ...
Want to know how overcrowded Tokyo really is? At popular cemeteries, applicants outnumber grave sites by 40 to 1. Shohoji Temple, in downtown Tokyo, is doing its part by taking orders for space in ...
Anyone with money in a bank CD or money market account has new appreciation for the word ''stingy.'' But James Schmidt, manager of the Freedom Regional Bank Fund, is doing just dandy with his bank ...
When the sharp drop in interest rates sent homeowners rushing to trade their old mortgages for new ones starting last November, many lenders responded by adding charges for refinancers only. ''We'r...
An incentive program designed by Principal Financial Group, a Des Moines insurer, gives prizes to second- to fifth-graders at the Longfellow Elementary School for good health care and study habits....
It's one of a worker's worst nightmares: after you retire, your old employer pulls the plug on your health benefits. That's exactly what happened to 93 former Massey-Ferguson employees, including t...
The August advice on how to burglarproof your home did not mention that the screws manufacturers routinely include with the striker plates in deadbolt- lock packages are worthless if a burglar trie...
Feel guilty when you toss out your kids' disposable diapers? Then compost them into the rich mulch shown in the magazine. That was the message behind an ad campaign that Procter & Gamble, maker of ...
If your small business is like most, you spent part of the past 12 months battening down the hatches. The reason, in a word, is recession. When the Gallup Organization polled owners and managers of...
There they go again. Those unscrupulous purveyors of 900-SCAM-OLA phone lines (see Money Update, August 1990) have come up with a new way to suck you in: deceptive sweepstakes offers promising ever...
Fortune: PRODUCTS TO WATCHupdated: Mon Aug 13 1990 00:01:00
SNICKERS ICE CREAM BAR Talk about word of mouth. Since it hit grocers' snack cases nationally in January, Snickers Ice Cream Bar has dislodged longtime frozen favorites Sugar Free Eskimo Pie and Or...
ANAMOSA, IOWA -- The Iowa Men's Reformatory here, the home of about 900 convicted felons, encourages its residents to spend a lot of time reading. But . . . the prisoners complained that there was ...
Here is where to check out whether you are owed any unclaimed treasure from your past. In pursuing such funds, apply not only to your present state of residence but also to all the others where you...
Like a rain shower during a drought, the Iowa Caucus will bring some relief to the battered farm economy of the Hawkeye State. Some $25 million will be pumped into Iowa by February 8, when citizens...
IF YOU THINK inflation has been licked, try telling people in the communications business. Prices paid for publishing and broadcasting properties have skyrocketed over the past five years. In 1981 ...
Buying habits in Los Angeles differ from those in Des Moines, so consumer products companies like Campbell Soup have gained share in mature markets by catering to local tastes (FORTUNE, September 1...
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