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Cell Phone Ban; Apes & Oleo Bandit: 12/14 Urbandale Morning Report
Directing Urbandale readers to the most relevant or entertaining news on metro sites this morning.
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- The stomach flu is running through Urbandale schools, reports KCCI.com.
- Junior Denny Agic of Urbandale boys basketball team has been named player of the week by the Iowa News Service.
- No phones, no Blue Tooths, no headsets while driving, period. That's the recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board. What do Iowans think? Read Dan Finney's story in the Des Moines Register.
- The new political director for Newt Gingrich is out after comments he made about Mormonism, according to DesMoinesRegister.com.
- Soccer Connections store in Urbandale is moving at the end of the month, reports Joanne Boeckman of the Des Moines Register.
- The search is on for an oleo bandit. A thief stole a semitrailer filled with about $50,000 of margarine near Cedar Falls according to KCCI.com. Not sure what the black market value of that is without the toast.
- There's a bonobo brouhaha brewing at the Great Ape Trust. Lead researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has sued the trust, claiming the apes have been abused and are to be moved out of Iowa, according to DesMoinesRegister.com.
- Some volunteer Santas came to the aid of the Des Moines mom and her two daughters whose Christmas presents were stolen, reports WHOtv.com.
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