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Obituaries this week

Carolyn Mae Olson, 85, Burlington, died Sunday, September 18, 2016

Robert (Bob, SOB) Charles Sattler, 69, Burlington, died Sunday, September 18, 2016

Lynda Murray, 73, West Burlington, died Sunday, September 18, 2016

Harold Leon Dowell, 75, Burlington, died Monday, September 19, 2016

Kevin P. Moser, 56, Burlington died Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Robert Leon Polen, 74, Metropolis, IL, formerly Burlington, died Sunday, September 18, 2016

Debra Lynn Bouge, 59, Burlington died Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Marilyn Jean Mertens, 81, West Burlington, died Thursday, September 22, 2016

Darwin Dean Campbell , 79, Mediapolis, died Saturday, September 24, 2016

Janice Lorraine Heyveld, 67, Burlington, died Friday, September 23, 2016

Edna Marie Pratt, 92, Burlington, died Thursday, September 22, 2016

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Russia ‘to revive the KGB’ after Putin wins biggest majority

Click here: Russia ‘to revive the KGB’ after Putin wins biggest majority
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Top 5 Issues Facing Black Americans

VIDEO – What are the five biggest problems facing black Americans? Where do things like racism and police brutality rank? What about the absence of black fathers? Taleeb Starkes, author of Amazon #1 bestseller “Black Lies Matter,” lists the five. They may surprise you.

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Presidential Debate Rules Being Set by Hillary Donors

Click here: Campaign contributions from ‘bipartisan’ debate commissioners given exclusively to Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton
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Nation’s largest police union endorses Trump

Click here: The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) gave Donald Trump its endorsement after he received support from more than two-thirds of the group’s national board.
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Donald J. Trump
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Philadelphia Police Union President: Hillary “Blew the Police Off”

Click here: “[Hillary] just disregarded and blew the police off. You can’t go in and expect to get respect when you didn’t give it to us. We gave a very fair process, we thought. We put out a questionnaire and she [Hillary] absolutely refused…outright refused, with a nasty campaign rebuttal to why she wouldn’t. Simple as that, we went in and we participated with the candidate {Trump] that cooperated. He filled it out. We met with him.”
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15 Facts About Poverty the Government Hides

Click here: On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its annual poverty report declaring that 43.1 million Americans lived in poverty in 2015. Here are 15 facts about poverty in America that may surprise you.  (All statistics are taken from U.S. government surveys.)
Click here: [full article] Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America’s Poor  
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Falcons down Ft. Madison, 33-0

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Isaiah Trousil (28) carries the flag as the Falcons enter the field for the contest against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Isaiah Trousil (28) carries the flag as the Falcons enter the field for the contest against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett Emma Mapes of the West Burlington Marching Band unveils the new band uniforms before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
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Emma Mapes of the West Burlington Marching Band unveils the new band uniforms before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett Dalton Machholz (center) of the West Burlington Marching Band unveils the new band uniforms before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
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Dalton Machholz (center) of the West Burlington Marching Band unveils the new band uniforms before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Cheerleaders stand for the National Anthem before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Cheerleaders stand for the National Anthem before the game Friday night in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) puts the Falcons on the scoreboard first with 20-yard run for a touchdown in first quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) puts the Falcons on the scoreboard first with 20-yard run for a touchdown in first quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Kicker Slater Gifford watches his point after attempt get blocked by Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Kicker Slater Gifford watches his point after attempt get blocked by Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Wide Receiver Tanner Snodgrass carries the ball against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Wide Receiver Tanner Snodgrass carries the ball against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Fullback Rodrigo Ramos (32) runs through the hole created by his blockers through Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Fullback Rodrigo Ramos (32) runs through the hole created by his blockers through Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Rodrigo Ramos (32) runs 20-yards for a touchdown in second quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Rodrigo Ramos (32) runs 20-yards for a touchdown in second quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Tight End Tate Snodgrass (center) catches a 32-yard pass between Ft. Madison Defensive Backs Clayton Poe (left) and Shance Redd-Donald (right) that fell 4-yards short of the goal line as the half ended Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Tight End Tate Snodgrass (center) catches a 32-yard pass between Ft. Madison Defensive Backs Clayton Poe (left) and Shance Redd-Donald (right) that fell 4-yards short of the goal line as the half ended Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) is in the grasp of Ft. Madison’s Clayton Poe (3) Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) is in the grasp of Ft. Madison’s Clayton Poe (3) Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) runs 20-yards for a touchdown in fourth quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Brian Brem (44) runs 20-yards for a touchdown in fourth quarter against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Quarterback Drake Day runs in the 2-point conversion against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Quarterback Drake Day runs in the 2-point conversion against Ft. Madison Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Fullback Rodrigo Ramos (32) leaps over a Ft. Madison tackler Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Fullback Rodrigo Ramos (32) leaps over a Ft. Madison tackler Friday night in West Burlington. WBND defeated Ft. Madison, 33-0.
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Journalist Confirms Hillary’s Friend, Blumenthal, ‘Spread the Birther Rumor to Me’

Click here: James Asher, former McClatchy Washington Bureau Chief, says longtime Clinton ally Sidney Blumenthal told him about it and asked him to look into it.
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Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager Admits 2008 Birther Link

Click here: Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign manager until the Iowa caucuses, admitted on Friday that her campaign staffer had, in fact, circulated the Birther conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside the U.S.
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Hillary Clinton