Read more Iowa stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/330/iowa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73318/beer-gets-boozier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStates are raising caps on the alcohol content of beer, setting limits as high as 16% by volume in moves to appease the microbrew industry. Alabama and West Virginia raised their limits this year, while Vermont and Montana adjusted theirs last year; and lobbying is under way in Iowa and...http://www.newser.com/story/73318/beer-gets-boozier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:33:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72873/iowans-recoil-at-prospect-of-paying-for-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Iowa conservative group’s plan to lure Sarah Palin with a $100,000 speaking fee has annoyed fellow right-wingers. This is Iowa, after all, and most political contenders are happy to come for free. One GOP consultant in the state sees the move by the Iowa Family Policy Center as...http://www.newser.com/story/72873/iowans-recoil-at-prospect-of-paying-for-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72548/fast-food-customer-punches-out-zombie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man at a fast food restaurant in Iowa called another customer a zombie and punched him—twice. The victim was slugged in the eye as he stood at the counter to order food near the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. As he called police on his cell...http://www.newser.com/story/72548/fast-food-customer-punches-out-zombie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 2:59:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70918/sleazy-middlemen-stiff-homeowners-trying-to-refi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal mortgage modification program is mired in trouble, with just 12% of the 3 million eligible loans in the process of modification, the "servicers" that helped create the problem tasked with helping to untangle it, and the Treasury Department falling down on the oversight job. In one case, a...http://www.newser.com/story/70918/sleazy-middlemen-stiff-homeowners-trying-to-refi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 15:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70306/red-sox-fan-sprung-from-jail-for-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRed Sox fandom turned out to be a get out of jail free card for one Iowa man. Randy Barker was serving a 20-day jail sentence for violating a protective order, but his lawyer argued that he should be released long enough to attend a Sox game with his dad...http://www.newser.com/story/70306/red-sox-fan-sprung-from-jail-for-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 8:48:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69748/midwest-diva-aims-to-be-next-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall became a self-proclaimed “ce-Web-rity”...http://www.newser.com/story/69748/midwest-diva-aims-to-be-next-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:34:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69327/franken-gets-funny-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a latecomer to the Senate this year, Al Franken’s been playing it straight—but he loosened up enough to venture a few jokes at an Iowa fundraiser yesterday, CNN reports. Discussing Sen. Tom Harkin’s new post as head of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,” Franken said:...http://www.newser.com/story/69327/franken-gets-funny-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 8:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68346/rights-group-films-workers-grinding-chicks-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted male chicks by tossing them live into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video...http://www.newser.com/story/68346/rights-group-films-workers-grinding-chicks-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 14:08:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67044/newbie-farmers-pair-with-old-hands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMatchmaking just might save the family farm, the AP reports. States such as Iowa, Virginia, and Washington have started programs pairing would-be farmers with those aiming to retire, in the hopes of beefing up independent agriculture and keeping rural areas populated. "I thought I may never get a chance like...http://www.newser.com/story/67044/newbie-farmers-pair-with-old-hands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 15:43:01 CDT