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Her oldest son, who graduated last year, often came home with bruises. One form of bullying would stop only to be replaced by another. "I've been picked on a lot, too, and I'm sick of it," said daughter Desiree, a sophomore at East High School. 'You... Full Article at USA Today

Election 2012 App A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. More Politics News The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney By JODI KANTOR Mitt... Full Article at The New York Times

One of the boats was carrying a single person and the other 11, investigators said. Both were jon boats, flat-bottomed aluminum boats used by hunters and fishing parties. Three of the missing are men and one a woman, all believed to be in their 20s,... Full Article at United Press International

CITY, Iowa, May 19 (UPI) -- Winnebago Industries officials in Iowa said they were highly skeptical of a private equity firm's offer to buy the firm even at a significant premium. The latest offer from North Street Capital of Greenwich, Conn. , is to buy... Full Article at United Press International

Romney wrapped up a very busy week (Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire) with a very short speech (barely nine minutes) Friday afternoon in New Hampshire. On Saturday, the former Massachusetts governor will spend the day opening his Wolfeboro, N.H. , home on... Full Article at The Washington Post

(UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco) License photo ASHTON, Iowa, May 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Iowa said there may be "a few stragglers" among the more than 200 escaped bison that were rounded up. Osceola County sheriff's deputy Lt. Seth Hofman said the more than... Full Article at United Press International

On Tuesday, Romney invoked Clinton’s name in a speech about debt in Iowa. “Even a former McGovern campaign worker like President Clinton was signaling to his own party that Democrats should no longer try to govern by proposing a new program for every... Full Article at The Washington Post

MOINES, Iowa, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Submittal Exchange, a division of Textura Corporation, announces the market launch of MyShopDocs, its new subcontractor-focused document management tool. MyShopDocs is a web-based software system that allows... Full Article at PR Newswire

VEGAS (AP) — Boyd Gaming said Wednesday that it would buy Peninsula Gaming for $1.45 billion, increasing Boyd’s presence in the Midwest and Louisiana. The deal will add five casinos to Boyd’s operations. One is in Kansas, two are in Iowa and two are in... Full Article at The New York Times

Okay, let’s call Rand Paul cynical — but not because of his playground taunt of the president a few days ago at a gathering of religious conservatives in Iowa. Let’s call him cynical because of the monstrous proposal the Kentucky Republican offered on... Full Article at The Washington Post

President Obama, he said, “tucked away the Clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas.” So you might assume that Romney likes Clinton. But that would be wrong. Scrambling during the GOP primaries this year to explain why he had voted in... Full Article at The Washington Post

MONICA, Calif. , May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today welcomed an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa) into Google's use of NASA's Moffett Federal Airfield in Santa Clara County, California, near Google headquarters. Full Article at PR Newswire

The report presents new evidence linking the 2008 flooding to extreme storms, showing that in areas with the worst flooding, 48 percent of the local precipitation came from extreme storms. In 2010, which ranked fourth among years in regional... Full Article at PR Newswire

But while he assumed the role of a tough CEO who is going to streamline, cut and reorganize government like one of his Bain businesses, he never strayed far from a message rooted in values. He warmed up with this paean to middle America: “Iowa is a... Full Article at The Washington Post

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina announced the total Wednesday in a video to supporters. Crossroads GPS, a pro-Romney super PAC advised by Karl Rove , announced Wednesday that it would match Obama’s $25 million ad spending this month. The first... Full Article at The Washington Post

I’m not sure about that, but in his blog post he makes a good point that everyone should heed: “presidential elections are increasingly a series of state-wide elections” His message is that the national unemployment rate doesn’t matter as much as the... Full Article at The Washington Post

Neibergall/AP) “When you add up his policies, this President has increased the national debt by five trillion dollars.” In a speech in Iowa, the former Massachusetts governor on Tuesday pointed the finger at President Obama’s policies, naming in... Full Article at The Washington Post

It's the same company the Obama campaign will feature tonight in a two-minute campaign ad airing briefly in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado and Iowa. "When the company finally filed for bankruptcy, they reneged on their contract with the workers. Full Article at USA Today

“A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and our nation,” Mr. Romney said, “and every day we fail to act we feed that fire with our own lack of resolve.” The Boehner comments, made at a fiscal summit meeting in Washington, were the first public... Full Article at The New York Times