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Rand Paul in Iowa today amid 2016 chatter
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Paul's presidential coming-out begins on Friday in early-voting Iowa. The senator is billed as the main speaker at the state Republican Party's annual spring fundraising event - called the Lincoln Day Dinner - in Cedar Rapids.
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University of Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application
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The University of Iowa announced Wednesday that its new application asks students whether they identify with the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer community. The application also offers transgender as a gender option.
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Stuck accelerator causes wild ride in Missouri
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Missouri troopers made a daring rescue after a driver’s accelerator got stuck – causing her SUV to reach speeds of up to 110 miles per hour.
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Iowa man charged with drunken driving with zebra, parrot in car
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An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.
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Iowa Caucus: GOP field still fluid
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In a fluid race that has elevated and then discarded a dizzying assortment of front-runners, many of Iowa's GOP voters still hadn't settled on a favorite candidate just hours before they cast the first ballots of the 2012 presidential contest.
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Iowa caucuses 2012: Voters head to polls in Iowa
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With just hours to go until tonight's hotly-contested Iowa GOP caucuses, many voters are still undecided as they participate in one of America's most influential political contests.
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2012 Iowa caucuses: Mitt Romney says he'll win, then backs off prediction
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Mitt Romney on Tuesday backpedaled a bit from his earlier prediction of a first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses as he made his final pitch to voters here
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No clear winner day before Iowa caucus
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With a day to go before the Iowa caucus, the GOP field is still fluid. ABC7's Scott Thuman is in Des Moines.
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Iowa caucuses reach home stretch as contest winds down
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It's the last full day of campaigning before the caucuses that kick off state-by-state voting in the fight to pick a Republican to challenge President Obama next fall.
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Fate of GOP hopefuls rests with undecided voters
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Underscoring the unpredictability of the race, a new poll shows that a remarkable 41 percent of likely caucus-goers say they were undecided or still might change their minds.
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Iowa caucuses: GOP race gets nasty as contest nears
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In a state whose Midwestern civility usually extends to politics, the Republican presidential campaign has become a reflection of the crowded GOP field and the volatile race to emerge as the Republican challenger to President Obama.
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Iowa caucuses: Mitt Romney returns for final push toward Jan. 3
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With just four days to go until caucus day, Mitt Romney is looking at Iowa with optimism while Newt Gingrich gets choked up recalling his late mother's struggle with depression and mental illness.
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Romney making push in Iowa
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Mitt Ronney on Thursday announced an aggressive schedule of campaign events for the days leading up to next week's caucuses.
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Iowa caucuses draw near as GOP race reaches breakneck pace
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With still no clear front-runner in the race to become the 2012 GOP candidate for president, the candidates are stumping throughout Iowa as the pivotal Jan. 3 caucuses await.
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How do the Iowa caucuses work?
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The caucuses — essentially community meetings — have served as a launching pad to the nomination, and often to the White House, for the past 40 year. They've been around since the 1840s.
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WATCH: Occupy Iowa Caucus video by Anonymous
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The hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a video encouraging people to disrupt January's Iowa caucuses.
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Is Tracey Roberts heroic mom or a shrewd killer?
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Is accused murderer Tracey Roberts a master manipulator or an innocent mother of three?
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Daniel L. Valencia, Secret Service agent, charged with DUI in Iowa
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Daniel L. Valencia was off duty when he was arrested Saturday in Decorah. President Barack Obama visited the northeast Iowa city on Monday as part of his three-day Midwestern bus trip.
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