AP Wire News en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:09 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:09 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/36d42c18-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that a convicted former kosher slaughterhouse manager must remain in jail until his sentencing. AP News www.kgan.com-36d42c18 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ed42a94-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting three more swine flu-related deaths. AP News www.kgan.com-3ed42a94 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3fd42a8b-www.kgan.com.shtml JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) -- Former Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt is pushing for an expanded focus on public health, saying medical innovation is the key to cutting costs and finding cures to deadly diseases. AP News www.kgan.com-3fd42a8b http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2dd42a10-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- Dozens of protesters, including students and faculty at the University of Northern Iowa, gathered to protest a recent string of vandalism and harassment on campus. AP News www.kgan.com-2dd42a10 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/28d429ad-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports fur harvesters are nearing their quota in the bobcat hunt. AP News www.kgan.com-28d429ad http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/36d42974-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa City woman is facing multiple charges in connection with a number of crimes. AP News www.kgan.com-36d42974 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2fd42933-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud is asking for an acquittal or a new trial. AP News www.kgan.com-2fd42933 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/26d42907-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An investigation into prostitution by Des Moines police has led to the arrests of three suspects. AP News www.kgan.com-26d42907 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ed428d5-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a state law allowing landlords to notify tenants of eviction hearings by certified mail is unconstitutional. AP News www.kgan.com-3ed428d5 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/23d428b9-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Unemployment in Iowa showed a slight increase to 6.7 percent in October, compared to the previous month's 6.6 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate in October was 10.2 percent. AP News www.kgan.com-23d428b9 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/20d427e6-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Former Iowa State University wrestling coach Jim Gibbons is entering the political arena with a run for the Republican nomination in Iowa's 3rd congressional district. AP News www.kgan.com-20d427e6 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32d42669-www.kgan.com.shtml HULL, Iowa (AP) -- The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-32d42669 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/33d4265c-www.kgan.com.shtml DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say eight cows that escaped from a trailer after a collision in northeast Iowa have been rounded up. AP News www.kgan.com-33d4265c http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2dd4263a-www.kgan.com.shtml HULL, Iowa (AP) -- The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-2dd4263a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/21d4261d-www.kgan.com.shtml FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) -- A Webster County jury has convicted a Fort Dodge man of killing his wife. AP News www.kgan.com-21d4261d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ed425f1-www.kgan.com.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- For the third straight month, a survey of rural bankers in the Midwest and Plains suggests the weak economic conditions are strengthening, if slowly. AP News www.kgan.com-3ed425f1 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/35d422b8-www.kgan.com.shtml ELK HORN, Iowa (AP) -- The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of charging stations -- if an electric car can make it there. AP News www.kgan.com-35d422b8 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38d41ed0-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Polk County couple, Casey and James Dotzler of Bondurant, are the proud parents of quadruplets, the first born at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines since 1999. AP News www.kgan.com-38d41ed0 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/27d41a29-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Gov. Chet Culver is ordering a review of 30 tax credit programs administered by six state agencies to determine if they are meeting goals established when they were enacted. AP News www.kgan.com-27d41a29 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ad416ce-www.kgan.com.shtml ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages from 4.6 million digitized volumes. AP News www.kgan.com-3ad416ce http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2fd4164c-www.kgan.com.shtml DAKOTA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A medical examiner says the estranged wife of an accused killer and her friend died from close-range shotgun blasts on a rural highway near Marshalltown. AP News www.kgan.com-2fd4164c http://www.kgan.com/