Looking in at Iowa

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From Edmunds Inside Line:

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford reached a major milestone midweek with the announcement that the 9 millionth Mustang — the longest-running nameplate in the Blue Oval brand’s history — had rolled off the line. The Mustang GT convertible is on its way to an unspecified buyer at a “dealership in Iowa,” the automaker said.

Ford noted that the Mustang will celebrate its 45th anniversary on April 17, 2009. …

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UPDATE from KCCI: Nine Millionth Ford Mustang Sold To Iowan

A Story County man is now the proud owner of the nine millionth Ford Mustang ever made.

Thomas Krumm had no idea he would be making history when he first bought the car. It was delivered Tuesday to the Gookin Ford dealership in Story City. …

From The Jewish Daily Forward:

It’s Saturday night in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood, and a crowd of 50 is gathered to hear Matt Bar rap about the Bible. The lanky Iowa City native has achieved a kind of celebrity among young Anglos in Jerusalem with his Bible Raps project, a phenomenon he’s hoping to repeat this summer when he travels to Jewish summer camps across America. …

[T]he fusion between his love of rap and his Jewishness is fairly new. Trying to make it in New York as a folk rapper — his particular blend of folk music and rap — Bar paid the bills by teaching sixth graders at Temple Sholom in Greenwich, Conn. If his students behaved, he’d freestyle about the Bible during the last five minutes of class.

“Every other Sunday, I’d write a new rap,” Bar said. “The disposition of my class changed 180 degrees. They started memorizing the choruses and singing them in the hallways.” …

Longest music clip is 3.5 minutes long during last slide:

From Iowa Department of Public Safety - Division of Criminal Investigation - Missing Person Information Clearinghouse:

Trevor Mcmurrin [17] was reported missing to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, in Cedar Rapids on Apr 23, 2008. …