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Romney says Obama doesn't understand how to create jobs

Last updated Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 8:30am

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed Friday that President Barack Obama has failed to fulfill his promises in part because he does not understand what it takes to ignite a more robust economic recovery.

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U. of Iowa rejected Colorado shooting suspect

Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 1:41pm

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa rejected the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shooting rampage from a graduate neuroscience program last year because he was not considered “a good personal fit,” a spokesman said Thursday.

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OBAMA TSHIRT: Ross Murty, a Republican, serves up supper for reporters on the campaign trail in Davenport, Iowa. Murty's co-owner of his Village Corner Deli is a Democrat, and they agree to disagree. Illustrates OBAMA-TSHIRT (category a), by Amy Gardner (c) 2012, The Washington Post. Moved Thursday, Aug. 16 2012. (MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Nikki Kahn)

Deli owner sports 'Government didn't build my business' T-shirt while catering Obama event

Amy Gardner The Washington Post

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 4:59pm

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Ross Murty likes business, but he doesn’t like President Barack Obama.

And so the co-owner of the Village Corner Deli here agreed to cater Obama’s visit Wednesday - but not before donning a T-shirt blaring the message: "Government didn’t build my business. I did."

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President Barack Obama stops for a beer at The Pump House, a pub and grill, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama drinks beers with voters; Romney scoops ice cream

Amy Gardner The Washington Post

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 9:56am

DUBUQUE, Iowa - When Michelle Obama asked her husband on Wednesday if he’d eaten a fried Twinkie at the Iowa State Fair, President Obama leaned into the microphone to boast: "Pork chop and beer."

"He’s so pleased with himself," the first lady shot back, rolling her eyes to the crowd.

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Vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, gives the thumbs at his a welcome home rally Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Ryan hits the campaign trail running

Ken Thomas, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 13, 2012 - 10:47am

DES MOINES, Iowa — Newly tapped Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan is facing off against President Barack Obama as the front lines in the battle for the White House shift to Iowa.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks with Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey in a corn field in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney attacking Obama on all fronts, not just economy

Philip Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 10, 2012 - 9:33am

DES MOINES, Iowa — For months, Mitt Romney has had one main focus — bludgeoning President Barack Obama on the economy.

Now, the Republican presidential candidate has started poking at Obama from all sides as he looks to gain ground. In recent days, Romney has criticized Obama in TV ads and speeches on topics that include farm policy, transparency, military voting rights, welfare reform and religious freedom.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Central Campus High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney refers to 'that sheik temple’

Philip Rucker The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 10:08am

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Mitt Romney mistakenly confused the words "Sikh" and "sheik" at a fundraiser here Tuesday night when he offered his condolences to the victims of last weekend’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

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Misty and Dan Morrissey a walk out of the command center by DCI agent Jon Turbett, right, Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Evansdale, Iowa. Authorities investigating the disappearance of two Iowa cousins missing for nearly a week said Thursday it is a distraction that one set of parents has consulted an attorney and may not be fully cooperating. (AP Photo/The Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)

Father of 1 of 2 missing girls put under supervision

Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 20, 2012 - 2:10pm

EVANSDALE, Iowa — Authorities in Iowa have taken steps to keep a closer watch on the father of one of two missing cousins, a man with a lengthy criminal history who stopped cooperating with police in the week-old investigation, court records showed Friday.

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This combo made from undated photos provided by Black Hawk County police shows cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, left, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, who have been missing since Friday afternoon, July 13, 2012. The girls were last seen Friday afternoon leaving their grandmother's house. (AP Photo/Black Hawk County Police via Waterloo Courier)

FBI to drain lake in search for missing girls

David Pitt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 10:21am

DES MOINES, Iowa — With the trail apparently cold in the search for two missing Iowa girls, the FBI is sending in tracking dogs and local authorities are draining a lake near where the girls’ bicycles were found.

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Romney calls Obama 'Out of Touch' on economy

John McCormick Bloomberg News

Last updated Friday, June 8, 2012 - 4:27pm

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Mitt Romney mocked President Barack Obama for his comments earlier Friday about the private sector, using a stop in Iowa to cast the incumbent as out of touch with economic reality.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Somers Furniture warehouse in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

What's next for Romney?

Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 10:42am

DES MOINES, Iowa -- What's next for Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential nomination finally in hand, he will spend the next three months trying to undercut President Barack Obama on the economy while portraying himself as Mr. Fix It for a nation with stubbornly and painfully high unemployment.

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Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire'

Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:12pm

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.

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Suspension recommended for ex-coach in stats case

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Last updated Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 3:53pm

SPENCER, Iowa -- A judge has recommended a suspension and an ethics course for a former Iowa high school football coach who altered his daughter's basketball statistics in a statewide database.

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