Headlines from the Associated Press

Poll shows Iowans worry about economic downturn - September 17, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A poll finds that 80 percent of Iowans are seeing the effects of the nation's economic downturn or feeling the effects themselves....
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Officials report 1st human trafficking conviction - September 17, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa attorney general's office says the state has had its first conviction of human trafficking under a law that took effect in 2006....
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First West Nile death of 2008 in Iowa confirmed - September 17, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- State health officials have announced the first death this year in Iowa caused by the West Nile virus....
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Opening arguments begin in Dubuque stabbing trial - September 17, 2008

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Opening statements have begun in the second-degree murder trial of a Clinton man accused of stabbing another man outside a Dubuque bar....
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Police identify victims of rollover accident - September 17, 2008

FARRAR, Iowa (AP) -- Police have identified a woman who died when a van rolled over on U.S. Highway 65 in Polk County....
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Documents explore motive in girls' slaying - September 17, 2008

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Recently filed court documents explore revenge over a wife's alleged affair as a possible motive of a Sioux City man accused in the ritual slaying of his two stepdaughters....
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Suspect found in fatal accident in Council Bluffs - September 17, 2008

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a Nebraska man suspected in a deadly hit-and-run in Council Bluffs that killed a motorcyclist....
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Sentencing delayed in frying pan attack - September 17, 2008

GARNER, Iowa (AP) -- Sentencing has been delayed for a Ventura woman accused of trying to kill her 81-year-old mother with a frying plan....
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UNI players suspended after arrest - September 17, 2008

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- University of Northern Iowa officials say two football players who were arrested after a car accident have been suspended indefinitely from the team....
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Man pleads guilty in Council Bluffs slaying - September 17, 2008

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A man accused of killing his former landlord in Council Bluffs a month ago has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder....
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