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Branstad Signs Laws Restricting Distracted Driving in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has signed into law enhanced penalties involving the use of cellphones while driving. Branstad signed the bills Monday surrounded by law enforcement. Both pieces of legislation take…
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Offbeat News For 04-17-17

Police Use Carrots To Capture Loose Horse Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best solutions. What do you do when a horse gets loose and enjoys a nice gallop around Philadelphia? Get out the carrots.…
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Suspect in Iowa Slaying Picked Up Near Canadian Border

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say customs officials near the Canadian border have taken into custody a man suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend in a suburb of Des Moines. The man was picked up…
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Offbeat News for 04-14-17

OFFBEAT NEWS: United Airlines Passenger Gets Stung By Scorpion United Airlines can't catch a break. Just days after the airline came under fire for the way it savagely handled a customer on an overbooked flight,…
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LISTEN: Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie's New Single

As Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie prepare to release their new album, the duo has put out their first track "In My World". The song has a Fleetwood Mac feel, which isn't surprising since the…
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Bob Seger System’s First Single Will Be Rereleased on Record Store Day

Record Store Day has snagged another classic record for April 22nd. 2+2=?, the first single from Bob Seger System will return to vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years. The new vinyl single…
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Offbeat News for 04-13-17

OFFBEAT NEWS After 57 Years, "Paperboy" Retires At 87, Mel Rulison is hardly a boy. Regardless, he's the best paperboy in Gloversville, New York and after 57-years of delivering the Leader-Herald, Mel is retiring. While…
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Neal Schon's Theory on Why Steve Perry Didn’t Sing With Journey at Hall of Fame

Steve Perry didn't perform with Journey at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction last week. Neal Schon thinks he knows why. Schon says that all of the emotion from the event kept Perry…
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J. Geils Passes Away At 71

John Warren Geils Jr passed away at the age of 71. The guitarist and leader of The J Geils Band was found unresponsive at this home Tuesday afternoon.   ABC’s WCVB5 reported that Geils body was…
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Offbeat News for 04-12-17

OFFBEAT NEWS: Dog Escapes Animal Hospital When Travis Campbell and his family went on vacation, they boarded their 10-year-old Great Pyrenees named General at the Aquia-Garrisonville Animal Hospital in Stafford, Virginia. General didn't appreciate that.…
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