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PETA video shows pigs abused at Iowa farm (CNN.com) (Cached page) WASHINGTON (AP) -- An undercover video taken at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters. Iowa Great Lakes area loves its water, clearly (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) (Cached page) Last in a series. DES MOINES --- Like many around the Iowa Great Lakes region in Dickinson County, Mike May's livelihood depends on the water and the tourists who come to enjoy it. PETA video shows workers slamming piglets at Iowa farm (Chicago Tribune) (Cached page) WASHINGTON (AP) _ An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters. Iowa Poll: More feel downturn’s effects, yet worries about jobs, housing ease (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) The number of Iowans who say they’ve been affected by tougher economic times has risen this year, the Register’s latest Iowa Poll found. Slightly more people also say they worry about their investments, compared with a poll from February. Vision Iowa's back (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) MASON CITY — Vision Iowa got a stay of execution Tuesday night when the City Council voted 4-2 to regroup with stakeholders and put together a new proposal to negotiate. VW Jetta: Iowa round five preview (Motorsport.com) (Cached page) NEWTON, Iowa (Sept. 16, 2008) -- The Jetta TDI Cup will make its first appearance in Iowa this weekend at Iowa Speedway for the fifth race of the VW Jetta TDI Cup on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. (CDT). The race will mark the beginning of a demanding schedule for the final half of the series that will have the drivers racing three consecutive weekends until the finale at Road Atlanta. Iowa City Brewfest happening Saturday (The Gazette) (Cached page) Doug Alberhasky's lucky number is 13. This year's Iowa City Brewfest is the 13th celebration. And its location is at a business that was underwater several months ago.Coincidence?This year's festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Old Chicago parking lot. This is the restaurant's sixth year of playing host for the event.Three months ago, no one considered Old Chicago would be ... Iowa 80 Trucking Museum to Host MotorIoway Vintage Vehicle Road Rally (TruckingInfo.com) (Cached page) 9/17/2008 The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum has been chosen as a lunch stop by MotorIoway 1000, an Iowa vintage vehicle road rally. Greene County, Iowa, sheriff to investigate pig-abuse video made by PETA (Chicago Sun-Times) (Cached page) WASHINGTON — An Iowa sheriff said Wednesday he has launched an investigation into a videotape showing abuse of pigs at a farm. PETA video: Workers slamming piglets at Iowa farm (Chicago Tribune) (Cached page) WASHINGTON (AP) _ An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters. Iowa State engineer works to clean and improve engine performance (EurekAlert!) (Cached page) ( Iowa State University ) Iowa State University's Song-Charng Kong and his students are working to reduce emissions in diesel engines, develop a computer model of a gasoline engine and optimize new engine technologies. The results could be cleaner, more efficient engines in our cars and trucks. UNI, Iowa Valley colleges streamline transfer process (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) (Cached page) CEDAR FALLS --- Students admitted to Iowa Valley Community College District, including Marshalltown Community College and Ellsworth Community College, who plan to pursue a bachelor's degree at the University of Northern Iowa now can sign up for the admissions partnership program to streamline the transfer process. Health officials confirm first West Nile death of 2008 in Iowa (Quad-City Times) (Cached page) DES MOINES — State health officials have announced the first death this year in Iowa caused by the West Nile virus. VIDEO: Iowa workers abusing pigs at farm owned by Fairmont, Minn., company (Pioneer Press) (Cached page) See the undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm that shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters. Caution: Video contains graphic content Iowa State (2-1) at U-N-L-V (2-1) (The Kansas City Star) (Cached page) FACTS & STATS: Site: Sam Boyd Stadium (36,800) -- Las Vegas, Nevada. Television: The Mtn. Home Record: ISU 2-0, UNLV 1-0. Away Record: ISU 0-1, UNLV 1-1. Neutral Record: ISU 0-0, UNLV 0-0. Conference Record: ISU 0-0, UNLV 0-1. Series Record: Iowa State leads, 4-0 Iowa Man Convicted For Human Trafficking (KETV 7 Omaha) (Cached page) The Iowa attorney general's office said the state had its first conviction of human trafficking under a law which took effect in 2006. Iowa Man Killed In Logan County Rollover Crash (CBS4 Denver) (Cached page) Driver fatigue is being investigated as a contributing factor in a one-vehicle crash in Logan County that killed an Iowa man. Video shows pig abuse at Iowa Hormel supplier (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) An undercover video shot at an Iowa farm shows workers hitting sows and bragging about otherwise hurting the animals. 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