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AP - Mitt Romney eagerly pocketed an endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain on Wednesday and bid to convert a single-digit victory in Iowa into a Republican presidential campaign juggernaut. Unimpressed, Newt Gingrich ridiculed the former Massachusetts governor as a...

AP - Newt Gingrich is vowing to fight on after a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses that he blamed on attack ads against him. More...

(CNN) -- A year ago Thursday, someone walked into a QuikTrip in Des Moines, Iowa, picked up a lottery ticket and hit the jackpot: $16.5 million. For the next year, officials with the Iowa Lottery waited for the person or persons to come forward, but that wait ends at 4 p.m Thursday. If the...

AP - Texas Rep. Ron Paul received a welcome befitting a man with a suddenly serious chance to win next week's Iowa Republican presidential caucuses as he arrived in the state Wednesday for a final burst of campaigning. More...

AP - One presidential campaign claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potential supporters and 1,280 events to recruit and train volunteers. More...

AP - Iowa Republicans may be starting to choose with their heads rather than their hearts as the Jan. 3 caucuses approach. More...

AP - More than $1 million in negative advertising — much of it bankrolled by Mitt Romney's allies — has eroded Newt Gingrich's standing in Iowa and thrown the Republican presidential race here wide open two weeks before the first votes. More...

The Twitter account for Fox News was apparently hacked, with six tweets falsely reporting early Monday morning that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot twice in an Iowa restaurant while campaigning. What are your thoughts? Click here to view the original post. Kind Regards, John

The Twitter account for Fox News was apparently hacked, with six tweets falsely reporting early Monday morning that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot twice in an Iowa restaurant while campaigning. More...

By The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa prisons could soon be stocking prison-made toilet paper to save taxpayers money and provide jobs to inmates. The Des Moines Register newspaper reported on Thursday that inmates at two Iowa prisons are testing a single-ply tissue processed at a...

Kyle Busch breezes to Iowa Speedway win NEWTON, Iowa, Kyle Busch had little trouble winning Saturday's U.S. Cellular 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway, dominating for 208 of its 250 laps. Busch temporarily lost the lead after a late-race restart in which he took four tires while...

Police: Man enraged by hug refusal IOWA CITY, Iowa, Police in Iowa said they arrested a drunken man who punched another man and dented a vehicle because he was refused a hug. Iowa City Police said they arrived at Town & Campus Apartments at about 9 p.m. Sunday on a report of an intoxicated man...

Police: Drunk man took mower on highway MADRID, Iowa, (UPI) -- Police in Iowa said they arrested a man who was erratically driving a riding lawnmower on a highway after midnight with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.19. The Boone County Sheriff's Office said Robert Grimstad, 38, was pulled...

Iowa high court legalizes gay marriage in state -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and the first in the...