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News for Monday,
December 31, 2007:
DAVENPORT, IOWA (AP)- DAVENPORT POLICE SAY A 22-YEAR-OLD MUSCATINE WOMAN WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ROBBERY AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A 91-YEAR-OLD MAN SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY KIMBERLY LYNCH GOT INTO THE MAN'S VEHICLE AND ASKED FOR A RIDE. LYNCH ALLEGEDLY ASKED THE MAN IF HE WANTED TO DIE AND IMPLIED THAT SHE HAD A GUN POINTED AT HIM FROM UNDER HER COAT. ARREST DOCUMENTS SAY LYNCH OVERPOWERED THE MAN AFTER A SHORT STRUGGLE AND TOOK HIS WALLET. LYNCH ALLEGEDLY TOOK MONEY FROM THE WALLET AND FLED ON FOOT, ONLY TO BE CAPTURED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SHE WAS BEING HELD SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SCOTT COUNTY JAIL ON 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.
NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA (AP) - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SECOND NORTH LIBERTY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A FRIDAY NIGHT INCIDENT. IT INVOLVED THREE MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY TAPED ANOTHER MAN TO A CHAIR AND ASSAULTED HIM, TRYING TO PERSUADE HIM TO JOIN A GANG. POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM. POLICE SAY HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS INSIDE A RESIDENCE WITH THREE OTHER MEN WHO BOUND HIM WITH DUCT TAPE TO A CHAIR. THE VICTIM SAYS THEY PUNCHED AND KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD AND UPPER TORSO. POLICE SAY THE MEN THREATENED TO KILL THE VICTIM AND HIS FAMILY IF HE DIDN'T JOIN THEIR GANG. THE VICTIM ESCAPED. POLICE REPORTS SAY HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT OF HEAD TRAUMA AND A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A THIRD MAN REPORTEDLY AT THE SCENE.
"We have an epic fight on our hands." That's what Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards told a crowd of around two hundred Saturday morning at the Holiday Inn. The former North Carolina Senator says the fight is not with politicians -- but with special interests that have been entrenched for decades. Edwards says there's a very good slate of Democratic Presidential candidates, but there are also very clear differences between them. He says he's proud he's never taken money from a Washington lobbyist or a special interest PAC. He says America needs to send a President into the epic fight arena who is ready for the fight. Edwards says by standing up to special interests, Americans can build on the sacrifices made by their parents and grandparents and build for the future of their children and grandchildren. Edwards predicts that his supporters in Thursday night's caucuses will start a wave of change from the heartland of America that can't be stopped. Roxanne Conlin chaired the Edwards campaign in Iowa in 2004 -- and in 1982, she was the Democratic nominee for Governor. She told Saturday morning's audience John Edwards is a genuinely good man who has shown the quality of his character by everything he's done in his life. She says a recent C-N-N poll shows Edwards as the only Democrat who beats every Republican. And State Representative Nathan Reichert of Muscatine told the audience the nation needs a President who gets things done -- and John Edwards puts words into action.
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he wants to meet the nation's challenges by strengthening America's families, economy, and military. Nearly one hundred people crammed into the banquet hall at the Cove Restaurant north of Moscow yesterday afternoon. Romney told them the nation faces extraordinary and unprecedented challenges -- like a global Jihad movement, a new healthcare crisis, education, the economy, and illegal immigration. He predicts more change in the next ten years than in the last ten centuries. Romney says everything he has touched has resulted in change -- from his 25 years in the business world to his management of the 2002 Winter Olympics to his term as Governor of Massachusetts. He says he eliminated a nearly three billion dollar budget shortfall -- not by raising taxes, but by cutting back on government. He says he's ready to go to Washington, D-C to overcome partisan bickering and promote innovative ways to solve problems. Romney says he can't predict how he'll fare in Thursday night's caucuses, but he believes he will be the Republican Presidential nominee and the next President. Mitt Romney's wife of 38 years -- Ann Romney -- introduced him yesterday by encouraging supporters to caucus for him Thursday night. She quipped others should stay home and enjoy the Orange Bowl.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON IS MAKING A RETURN TRIP TO MUSCATINE TODAY. SHE'LL APPEAR AT WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 5:00 THIS EVENING. MATERIAL CIRCULATED EARLIER GIVES DIFFERENT TIMES FOR HER APPEARANCE, BUT THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN SAYS THE CORRECT TIME IS 5:00 P-M.
DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) - A BIT OF BUBBLY, A FEW VERSES OF AULD LANG SYNE AND CANDIDATES, CANDIDATES AND MORE CANDIDATES.
IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. WITH THE CAUCUSES AND PRIMARY JUST DAYS AWAY, MANY PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ARE SPENDING EVERY PRECIOUS MINUTE CAMPAIGNING. NO CANDIDATE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE TIME OFF, EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR A SIP OF CHAMPAGNE. THE CLINTONS - HILLARY AND BILL - EACH WILL ATTEND TWO EVENTS IN IOWA AND MEET FOR A ``NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS CELEBRATION'' IN DES MOINES. JOHN EDWARDS PLANNED TO CELEBRATE WITH STAFF, SUPPORTERS AND UNDECIDED CAUCUS-GOERS AT HIS CAMPAIGN OFFICES IN MASON CITY. BARACK OBAMA WILL WRAP A LONG DAY OF CAMPAIGNING AT AN EVENING RALLY IN AMES. BILL RICHARDSON PLANNED TO JOIN VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS AT A PARTY IN DES MOINES. FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE AND HIS WIFE, JANET, WILL HOST AN EARLY EVENING CELEBRATION AT THE WAUKONDA COUNTRY CLUB IN DES MOINES.
BURLINGTON, IOWA (AP) - AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY INTO A GAS LEAK IN DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON THAT FORCED AN EVACUATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY THE ASPHALT ABOVE A GAS MAIN SPLIT OPEN, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF A CITY BLOCK, INCLUDING 15 HOMES.
MARTELLE, IOWA (AP) - AN EASTERN IOWA MAN IS DEAD IN AN ACCIDENT ON HIS FARM IN RURAL MARTELLE. JONES COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY RONALD PARK WAS USING A TRACTOR TO MOVE HAY BALES SATURDAY MORNING AND ONE OF THE BALES FELL ON HIM.
DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) - BUNDLE UP IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT FOR NEW YEAR EVE'S. FORECASTERS SAY OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY, HIGHS WILL BE ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.
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