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David Frum says President Obama and Congress are at a stalemate over policies to speed job creation

The Warren County Auditor’s Office has been a popular place to be Monday, as residents vote early on a proposal to build a casino near Norwalk.

Owners of the Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg want to build a casino that would also include a hotel and events center. They say it would create 450 full time jobs.

Critics say there is already a casino in nearby Altoona and they don’t want to see the negative aspects of gambling come to Warren County.

Monday is final day voters can cast their ballots early. The auditor’s office says as of about noon on Monday, there have been 3,772 ballot requests and 2, 948 early ballots have been cast either by mail or at the auditor’s office.

Early voting can be done at the auditor’s office in Indianola until 4:30 p.m. Monday. Ballots requested by mail must be postmarked Monday. Polls will be open Tuesday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

If voters approve the plan, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission would still have to grant a license to the casino before it could be built.

A fan rushes on stage during Justin Bieber's performance in Dubai and grabbed the singer before security detained him.

The almost entirely plastic weapon fires .22-caliber bullets. Critics fear it will make such guns too easy to make and too hard to detect. The designers say it's already possible to make your own firearms and that they're just creating another way.

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The almost entirely plastic weapon fires .22-caliber bullets. Critics fear it will make such guns too easy to make and too hard to detect. The designers say it's already possible to make your own firearms and that they're just creating another way.

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Amanda Brand is gay. Her family is conservative Catholic, and when she was a teenager, her parents were convinced she was only going through a phase. Recently, Amanda sat down with her mother and father in Queens, N.Y., in the same house she grew up in, to revisit her tumultuous teen years.

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PUBLIC SAFETY: A Waukee man's Facebook comment in April about leaving an unattended backpack near the start line at the Drake Relays prompted a visit to his home and office by police, Des Moines police Chief Judy Bradshaw told council members this morning.

Amanda Brand is gay. Her family is conservative Catholic, and when she was a teenager, her parents were convinced she was only going through a phase. Recently, Amanda sat down with her mother and father in Queens, N.Y., in the same house she grew up in, to revisit her tumultuous teen years.

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The Times’s Brian Stelter discusses the broadcaster Cumulus Media ahead of its earnings report and whether it sees a future beyond conservative talk shows.    

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - A woman fell out of a bachelorette party bus onto a busy freeway in Kansas and died when she was struck by at least three vehicles on Saturday, the same night five women in a bridal party reportedly died in California when their limousine caught fire.

Strikes that Syria attributed to Israel hit an area around a research facility near Damascus, raising concerns of a widening conflict.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians demanded an end to President Vladimir Putin's long rule and said they would not let him "turn the country into another GULAG" at a rally on Monday intended to revive flagging protests.

Robel Phillipos will remain under home confinement and wear a monitoring device. Phillipos is accused of lying to federal agents investigating the Boston bombings.

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Robel Phillipos will remain under home confinement and wear a monitoring device. Phillipos is accused of lying to federal agents investigating the Boston bombings.

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The Prairie City woman charged in a deadly dog attack pleaded not guilty to all charges in Jasper County Court Monday afternoon.

Twenty-four-year-old Jena Wright issued a written arraignment on charges of child endangerment resulting in death, neglect or abandonment, and assault on a peace officer.

Police say wright was babysitting four-year-old Jordyn Arndt last month, when Wright’s American Staffordshire terrier attacked the girl. Jordyn died the following day.

According to the complaint against Wright,  while she was being arrested she tried to get away and kicked an officer in the chest.

Two Israeli airstrikes outside of Damascus in one weekend signal escalating tensions between Syria and its neighbors. The Syrian government has said the attacks "open the door to all possibilities," giving rise to concerns that the conflict could spill over the border.

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Mothers sacrifice cherished rituals so they can get the household up and running each day, but maintaining a routine that makes you feel confident about yourself is important, too.

Eric T. Schneiderman, New York’s top prosecutor, is poised to accuse Wells Fargo and Bank of America of violating the terms of a $26 billion national mortgage settlement, his office said.    

Eric T. Schneiderman, New York’s top prosecutor, is poised to accuse Wells Fargo and Bank of America of violating the terms of a $26 billion national mortgage settlement, his office said.    

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forecasts of a steady deterioration in profit at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo Advisors and UBS Wealth Management Americas are highly exaggerated, analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co declared in a new report on Friday.