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20071211
• Barack Obama - Ron Paul - Illinois - Davenport - Iowa - Law - 2008 Election - Politics - "Yepsen: Parties, candidates must make sure [Iowa] caucuses are clean." ... "Maybe we should call these the Illinois caucuses." ... "Officials and campaigners in both parties are worried that zealous out-of-state staffers and non-Iowa supporters of candidates may try to vote in the [2008 Election] caucuses, thereby skewing the results." ... "On the Republican side, GOP officials are watching precincts in Council Bluffs [Iowa] and Davenport [Iowa] to make certain people aren't driving across the state line to participate. They are particularly concerned about [Republican Presidential Candidate] Ron Paul's over-caffeinated backers." ... "On the Democratic side, [Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama's campaign is telling Iowa college students they can caucus for him even if they aren't from Iowa." ... "However, both laws and practical considerations are in place to help ensure the integrity of the Iowa caucuses:" ... "- Falsely registering to vote is fraud in Iowa. Someone from Illinois who thinks voter fraud is a way of life in that state will find a much different attitude from Iowa prosecutors." ... "- Credibility. It's not going to do Obama or Paul any good to have a showing in Iowa that is tainted. Obama has worked hard in Iowa. He has built an impressive organization and can win this on the legit. He doesn't need to give opposition spinners a way to discredit a victory." -By David Yepsen -DesMoinesRegister

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20040111
• -  - ELECTION 2004 - Des-Moines - QC - "Des Moines Register Endorses Edwards." ... "Iowa's largest newspaper endorsed North Carolina Sen. John Edwards for the Democratic presidential nomination while three other Iowa newspapers went for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in weekend editions[.]" ... "The Des Moines Register backed Edwards and called him a cut above several well-qualified candidates despite the fact that he doesn't have as much experience as other Democrats." ... "The Quad-City Times in Davenport, the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Hawk Eye in Burlington endorsed Kerry, saying his foreign policy experience makes him the best candidate to face President Bush in the fall election." -Contributions by David Tirrell-Wysocki, Kate McDann, and Nedra Pickler -AP via -Guardian.co.uk 

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20030502
• -  - "Eastern Iowa counties had highest ozone levels [in Iowa], [American Lung Association] study shows." -AP via  -WQAD

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20021003
• Quad Cities -  -  - "Leach says he will not back Iraq resolution." ... "U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, said Wednesday he will break with the Bush administration and oppose a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq." ... "The Davenport native said there is too great a danger of such action resulting in a biological weapons attack against Israel and an Israeli nuclear counterattack. “This is a circumstance we should step back from,” he added." -By Ed Tibbetts -QCTimes 

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• Committee on International Relations.

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• House.gov/leach 

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