Year: 2017

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State News

Regents updated on ISU presidential search

Four public forums will be held in Ames next week as part of the search for a new president of Iowa State University. Luis Rico-Gutierrez, dean of the ISU College of Design, is co-chair of the search committee. He provided an update on the committee’s work at Thursday’s meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents […]Powered by WPeMatico

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State News

‘Challenging’ deadlines in Iowa’s new medical marijuana law

Public Health officials say the timeline legislators set for granting state licenses to businesses that will grow marijuana to manufacture and sell cannabis oil in the state MAY be too “aggressive.” The governor hasn’t appointed the nine-member advisory group that’s to be involved in the licensing process. The state agency given the task to write […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Val Kilmer says he’s got the need for speed for “Top Gun” sequel

Getty Images/wowcelebritytv, Bauer-Griffin(LOS ANGELES) -- It looks like fans of Top Gun aren't the only ones excited for a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster. One of Top Gun's original stars, Val Kilmer, is already preparing for a possible return to his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazanski, the cocky nemesis to Tom Cruise's even cockier fighter pilot, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.The 57-year-old Kilmer tweeted a photo Tuesday showing fans that he still has what it takes. "Still got it... just […]

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Entertainment

Time runs out for “24: Legacy,” but franchise could live on

FOX/ Steve Dietl (LOS ANGELES) -- After one season, Fox has decided to cancel 24: Legacy, starring Corey Hawkins, but the 24 franchise will reportedly live on. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox is looking at another way to revive the 24 franchise after the 12-episode Legacy series ended with just 6.3 million total viewers, following a 17.6 million post-Super Bowl debut. Fox is said to be in discussion with the show's producers, Howard Gordon and Brian Grazer, who are reported to, "be very involved […]

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Entertainment

George Clooney’s dad shares details about his twin grandchildren

(L-R: Nick Clooney, Nina Warren, George Clooney); Getty Images/KMazur(OHIO) -- Just two hours after George and Amal Clooney welcomed twins Alexander and Ella, they introduced the twins to Clooney's parents, Nick Clooney and Nina Warren, via Skype. "They're gorgeous," Nick Clooney told a Cincinnati TV station, spilling the details about the new babies. Both have dark hair, according to the proud grandpa, and one of them looks like Clooney. "Nina swears they have George's nose," Nick said. […]

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Entertainment

“Lethal Weapon” cast reunites 30 years later

Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives(LOS ANGELES) -- The classic 1987 copy buddy film Lethal Weapon marked its 30th anniversary earlier this year, and the cast reunited in Los Angeles for Thursday's edition of ABC's Good Morning America. Lethal Weapon focused on a pair of Vietnam vets-turned Los Angeles detectives: Mel Gibson's suicidal Martin Riggs, and Danny Glover's about-to-retire family man Roger Murtaugh.  The chemistry between the two unlikely partners was so good that the movie was a […]

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Entertainment

“Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” returns with Will Ferrell

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Jimmy Kimmel returned with his prime-time special, Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night, now in its tenth straight year, for Game Three of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. On Wednesday night before the big game Jimmy shared a video of his sidekick Guillermo, who has been visiting the NBA finals on Media Day for the past six years. But, as Jimmy pointed out, […]

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Entertainment

Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand testifies for 7 hours in sexual assault case

iStock/Thinkstock(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Andrea Constand, the former Temple University employee who has accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2004, on Wednesday completed seven hours of testimony over two days at the Norristown, Pennsylvania, court. Constand acknowledged Wednesday that she had initially told police that the alleged sexual assault took place in March of 2004 and not two months earlier, as she testified Tuesday. She also clarified that Cosby had […]

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National

Utah boy captured on camera stopping bike to say Pledge of Allegiance

ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Wyatt Warner takes his patriotism very seriously.The 8-year-old who lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, was captured on surveillance video recently taking a pause during playtime to say the Pledge of Allegiance in front of a flag hanging from a neighbor's house.Wyatt's mother, Jami Warner, said neighbor Emily Zarr had shared the video with her on June 2.Wyatt, a rising third-grader, told ABC News he […]

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