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Fed Gov’t Paid Out $2-Trillion in Benefits

Click here: The federal government paid $2,007,358,200,000 in benefits and entitlements in fiscal year 2013

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Just How Bad is it at the Border?

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New Ban Hits School Bake Sales

Put Down the Cupcake: New Ban Hits School Bake Sales
New Requirements May Squeeze Out Gooey Fundraising Fare; Fat Standard
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Obituaries this week

James “Jim” Arthur Nagel, 87, Burlington, died Friday, August 1, 2014

Deanne Arleen Jackson, 68, Burlington died Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Steven M. Timmerman, 53, Lomax, Illinois died Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Verna Arlene Haase, 92, Burlington, formerly Scottsbluff, NE, died Saturday, August 9, 2014

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Middle Class Poorer Now than in 1984

Click here: Middle Class Poorer Now than in 1984

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German to serve as U.S. Army Europe’s chief of staff

Click here: German officer to serve as U.S. Army Europe’s chief of staff
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Milton Friedman’s 7 Most Notable Quotes

Milton Friedman’s 7 Most Notable Quotes

Here’s a look at some of Friedman’s most notable quotes:

  1. “The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.”
  2. “Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.”
  3. “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”
  4. “When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the Soviet Union—like public housing in the United States—look decrepit within a year or two of their construction…”
  5. “Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”
  6. “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”
  7. “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”
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Mystery Solved: Why the Moon isn’t Round

Click here: The lunar lemon: Mystery of why the moon isn’t round solved as scientists say tides gave our satellite its lozenge shape

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Electricity Cost Climbs to All-Time Record

Click here: Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record
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Businesses Hidden Behind Trees

Roosevelt Avenue trees should be trimmed so visitors can find one of the largest commercial districts in SE Iowa.
Photo by Dan Hockett You wouldn’t know it, but there’s a casino, hotel and restaurants hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking south from Mt. Pleasant Street.
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You wouldn’t know it, but there’s a casino, hotel and restaurants hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking south from Mt. Pleasant Street.
Photo by Dan Hockett Restaurants, an Auto Parts Store, Retail Shopping Center and Gas Stations are hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking south from Agency Street.
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Restaurants, an Auto Parts Store, Retail Shopping Center and Gas Stations are hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking south from Agency Street.
Photo by Dan Hockett Banks, Retail Businesses and an entire private Elementary, Middle School, and High School are hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking north from West Avenue.
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Banks, Retail Businesses and an entire private Elementary, Middle School, and High School are hidden behind the trees in this view of Roosevelt Avenue looking north from West Avenue.