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Iowa Congressman Boswell to seek re-election (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â Democratic U.S. Congressman Leonard Boswell will seek an eighth term in office. Suspicious death investigated in Iowa City (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) â Authorities in Johnson County say they are investigating a suspicious death at a mobile home park located outside Iowa City. Former Iowa City musician gains exposure (The Iowa City Press-Citizen) (Cached page) The popular CBS crime procedural "Cold Case" featured the music of a former staple in the Iowa City live music circuit during a recent episode. Iowa menâs basketball: Two Hawkeyes named honorable mention all-Big Ten (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Iowa sophomores Aaron Fuller and Matt Gatens were named honorable mention all-conference by the coaches. Hawkeye Eric May was named to the Big Tenâs five-member all-freshman team, which is selected by league coaches. Iowa House OKs cell phone ban for young drivers (AP via Yahoo! Finance) (Cached page) The Iowa House voted to ban any cell phone use by the state's youngest drivers. The measure, approved 55-41 on Monday, is a stricter version of a measure approved by both the House and Senate that only banned sending and writing text messages and e-mails but still allowed talking on cell phones while driving. Iowa Sen. Grassley announces $3 million in grants (AP via Yahoo! Finance) (Cached page) U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded eight grants totaling more than $3 million to Iowa through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program. Iowa Congressman Tom Latham receives Champion of Agronomy Award (EurekAlert!) (Cached page) ( American Society of Agronomy ) Recognizing his strong support for agriculture and the conservation of Iowa and the nation's lands, Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA-4th), received the 2010 Champion of Agronomy Award presented by the American Society of Agronomy on March 9. Iowa approves $12 million for road maintenance (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) AMES, Iowa (AP) â The Iowa Transportation Commission has authorized $12 million in additional funding for statewide roadway maintenance. Teen-only texting ban rejected by Iowa Senate (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) The Iowa Senate today rejected a version of a ban on texting while driving that would affect only teenagers. Now the Iowa House must make the next move, said Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Waterloo. Iowa DOT OKs money for Chicago-Omaha passenger rail study (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Plans for a study of proposed railroad passenger service between Chicago and Omaha will move forward with a $1 million state match approved today by the Iowa Transportation Commission. Iowa DOT boosts pothole repairs by $12 million (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) The Iowa Transportation Commission authorized spending an additional $12 million to fix the stateâs deteriorating roadways. Legislation relieves ADM plant in eastern Iowa from double tax (Sioux City Journal) (Cached page) DES MOINES - The Iowa Senate approved legislation Tuesday thatwould allow the Acher Daniels Midland Co. co-generation plant inClinton to avoid a double taxation. Iowa calls target Santorum (The Politico) (Cached page) As former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum returns to Iowa to address a Christian conservative group, he's being greeted with robocalls accusing him of being a "pro-life fraud." News courtesy of 
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