Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines ⁱ/dᵻˈmɔɪn/ is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is named after the Des Moines River, which may have been adapted from the French Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 203,433 as of the 2010 census. The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 91st in terms of population in the United States with 599,789 residents according to the 2013 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

Des Moines is a major center of the U.S. insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. In fact, Des Moines was credited as the "number one spot for U.S. insurance companies" in a Business Wire article and named the third largest "insurance capital" of the world. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, Athene USA insurance, the Meredith Corporation, Ruan Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto and Pioneer Hi-Bred have large operations in or near the metro area. In recent years Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Facebook have established data processing and logistical facilities in the Des Moines metro. Forbes magazine ranked Des Moines as the "Best Place for Business" in both 2010 and 2013. In 2014, NBC ranked Des Moines as the "Wealthiest City in America" according to its criteria.

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessperson and media personality. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's career, branding efforts, personal life, wealth, and outspoken manner have made him famous throughout the country. Since 2015, he is also a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

Trump is a native of New York City and a son of Fred Trump, who inspired him to enter real estate development. After two years at Fordham University and while studying at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Trump worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son. Upon graduating in 1968 he joined the company, and in 1971 was given control, renaming the company "The Trump Organization". Since then he has built hotels, golf courses, and other properties, many of which bear his name. He is a major figure in the American business scene and has received prominent media exposure. The NBC reality show The Apprentice bolstered his fame, and his three marriages were extensively reported in tabloids.

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(CNN)Astronomers engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) are training their instruments on a star around 94 light years from Earth after a very strong signal was detected by a Russian telescope. An international team of researchers is now examining the radio signal, and star HD 164595, in the hopes of determining its origin ... Advanced civilization? ... Read More ... Photos. Where life might live beyond Earth ... Hide Caption ... ....

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--> Tue, 30 Aug 2016-10.07am , Seoul , Reuters. A South Korean newspaper reported North Korea executed former agriculture minister Hwang Min, and a senior official at the education ministry, Ri Yong Jin ... Kim took power in 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, and his consolidation of power has included purges and executions of top officials, South Korean officials have said ... ....

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EU orders Ireland to recoup up to €13bn in unpaid taxes from Apple

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Ireland has been ordered to recoup up to € 13 billion from US tech company Apple in unpaid taxes in a landmark ruling by the European Commission this morning. The EU’s powerful competition arm said on Tuesday that Apple had been granted selective treatment by Ireland through two tax rulings granted to the company in 1991 and 2007 by Irish tax authorities ... It is expected the monies will be held in a frozen account ...   . . ....

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Kyrgyz police officers look at the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. A suspected suicide bomber on Tuesday crashed a car through the entrance of the Chinese Embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, detonating a bomb that killed the attacker and wounded three embassy employees.

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Beijing. China on Tuesday strongly condemned the suicide car bomb attack at its embassy in Kyrgyzstan, the first of its kind on a Chinese diplomatic mission, as an extreme and violent act. The attack has sent shock waves as Beijing probed the involvement of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an al-Qaeda affiliated separatist outfit, blamed for a number of violent attacks in the restive Xinjiang, home of Uyghur Muslims ... ....

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Supreme Court Announces 2016-2017 Adjudicative Term (Iowa Judicial Branch)

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Des Moines, August 30, 2016- The Iowa Supreme Court today announced its 2016-2017 adjudicative term calendar, including a special evening session in Des Moines and four special sessions in communities around the state to hear oral arguments ... The court will hear special evening sessions of oral arguments in Ankeny, Keokuk, Spencer, Des Moines, and Charles City ... Iowa Judicial Branch Building, Des Moines ... Des Moines, IA 50319....

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The company building an oil pipeline across Iowa is asking a federal judge to issue a restraining order against two protest groups and their leaders. Dakota Access filed the action in Des Moines on Monday against Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Bold Iowa and their ... ....

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Edit The Washington Times 30 Aug 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A representative for one of the insurance companies overseeing Iowa's newly privatized Medicaid program says it has lost money during the system's implementation. Kim Foltz, CEO for UnitedHealthcare's Iowa operations, cited information in a new quarterly report in telling a legislative oversight committee on Monday ... ....

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Spotlight Innovation Research Collaborator Prof. Hengli Tang Publishes Landmark Study in Nature Medicine

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LA Times Tracking Poll: Trump Captures Six Point Swing, Leads Clinton by Three

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on August 27, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by" />. The USC Dornsife/LA Times Presidential Election Daybreak survey questions 3,000 voters each day about who they support ahead of the election on Nov. 8. Trump earns 45. 1 percent support in the poll, while Clinton is at 42.3 percent ... ....

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Is Trump Flip-Flopping On Immigration? Yes Or No, It's Sure Been Confusing

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Enlarge this image. Donald Trump speaks at the 2nd annual Joni Ernst Roast and Ride event on August 27 in Des Moines, Iowa. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images. Donald Trump speaks at the 2nd annual Joni Ernst Roast and Ride event on August 27 in Des Moines, Iowa. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images. Donald Trump will give a speech Wednesday outlining his immigration stance ... Aug ... Aug ... Aug ... Aug ... ....

Poll: Donald Trump chips away at Hillary Clinton's national lead

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