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You don't want to miss the interesting post at Century of the Common Iowan about the child custody disputes our soldiers are having to deal with as they serve overseas. It was also picked up by JHoward at Protein Wisdom.

Check out desmoinesdem's viewpoint about moving the Iowa Caucuses on Bleeding Heartland.

The folks at Donkey Rising believe Democrats have a mandate to help the poor.

Woodbury Democrat wants to know: Have we lost the war?

Did you notice Pres. George W. Bush's approval rating hit 28%?

If you haven't learned anything new in the last day, head over to Cathy's blog where you'll get an education on soap.

Lance Lange guest blogged Sen. Chris Dodd at the 21st Century Forum on Iowa True Blue.

Popular Progressive covered the NAMI Walk in Iowa City.

Former Iowan Dorothy laments growing up without diversity in a post over at Blogher. She also offers resources for parents who want to help their children be more comfortable with diversity.

Click over to Durham-In-Wonderland for commentary about the latest in the Duke/Nifong case. He links over to an article about the police chief in Durham which quotes Iowa State psychology professor Gary Wells.

Davenport is seeking a $453,000 refund from traffic camera companies.

Blogger News Network has a quote from Rudy Giuliani while he campaigned in Iowa about how history will view Bush.

Check out the photo memories of Greensburg, Kansas over at The Lope.

There are also lots of aerial photos showing tornado damage at Kansas.com.

And there's a post at Just Bee-Cause about the tornado and area too.

Reuters Blog has a speculative piece on the weather and corn futures.

Looks like Romney is working on the evangelical vote and will be sending a representative into Iowa.

In case you were wondering no tractor parts have been used to make music at the U of I (no matter what you received in email).

There's a very disturbing piece about the Iowa City VA at Alternet (which was originally posted as dKos dairy.