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all went down in lincoln. karen, this time one year ago the iowahawkeyes lost a heartbreaker in overtime to nebraska -- many fans were calling for kirk ferentz's firing... and here we are... are...on a blistering cold day, iowa with a chance to go 12-and-oh for the first time in school history...and the hawks offense struck first... second quarter, first and goal cj eathard finds who else bvt the touchdown magnet -- george kittlelehis fifth on the year.... iowa up 7-zip... cornhuskers would even it later in the second but don't blink -- parker hesse says q'll take that and waltzes in for the touchdown... hawkwkes back in frontnt- would be 14-10 at the half....but then jordan canzeri took over. third quarter the senior tailback cuts around the ee and kicks it into high ggr gogobye! he'd add another later in the quarter... the hawkeyes will take their unblemished record to
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indiannapolis next week for the big ten championship -- who they'll play s sll remains a mystery -- as michigan state, michigan, and ohio state all with some degree of a shot at the title game the big ten championship is one of the hottest tickets in the country right now.the u-i has already distributed it's 10-thousand ticket allotment - so many fans are checking third party marketplaces for tickets.s.cbs 2 nene checked the latest prices on stubhub dot com and the cheapest ticket is one hundred thirteen dollars if you don't want to spe that amount of money to tch the hawks in person, cbs 2 news is giving you a chance to see them in the big ten championship in indianapolis. enter our gridiron getaway contest on our website r facebook page.the winner gets two free tickets, a hotel stay and a 100-dollar gas card. we're accpeting entries until $- sunday. new at 6 6polole in cedar falls h he
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arrested a woman accused of robbing a cellphone store at knife point.police say cheryl wanchanic got away with an indisclosed amount cash after threatening an employee at the i-wireless store on san marnan drive wednesday.she was arrested early thursday and is now being held at the black hawk county jail. cbs 2 news would like to clairfy a story we airir last month. during a story regarding prison guards charged in a smuggling operation at anamosa state penitentiary that aired in october, cbs 2 showed generic file footage of inmates and one inmate's face was visible. cbs 2 has no knowledge that this mate was involved ithe smuggling of contraband as the video was merely file fofoage. the focus of the story was on four prison guards accused of supplying cellphones and drugs to inmates and the time it took officials to discover the problems. of course - today is one of the biggest shopping days of the year - black friday. hundreds lined up to get some
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year.some evebraved the @old, steady rain all day yesterday outside - including at the best buy in cedar rapids on first avenue. staff say that some of the hottest gifts flying off the shelves are drones, four-k televisions and d blets. we opened this morning at 8:00. we had a pretty good long line out front, a lot of people coming in for some of the doorbusters that we had going on, especially the me xes and some o othe nintendo and some of the playstations. playstations.the national retail federation says nearly half of holiday purchases will be made online this year.best buy says they feel this black friday has been pretty comparable to recent years. folks in coralville are getting into the holiday spirit by getting ready for a town tradition. the coralville center for the performing ts is getting ready for the annual festival of trees this weekend.the event at brown deer golf club has something for everyone in the family - like breakfast
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with s sta, treeeecorated by local artists and live music. organizers say it's a great way to kick off the holiy season. "the event runs from 6:30 till, ill we stop dancing tomorrow night, so bring the kiddos down there will be crafts for them to do as well and grab-bags to be won for both adults and kids so it's a great family event." event."tickets are on sale - we put a link on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. while many people were out today enjoying some black frid deals, others were celebrating a different black friday tradition - dating back decades. cbs 2 news reporter joy howe is live at brucemore in cedar rapids tonight, to explain. th home and tate are part of a rich history that helped shape the eastern iowa we live in today. and on this black friday, the christmas decorations are up - and you are invited to spend the holidays at brucemore. brucememe. ((nat pop))the only thing richer than the tapestries and woodwork at brucemore((nat
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pop))is the rich history that you'll find, when you step ininde this historic home. 12.53.53 today is a very special day for us, it's part of an ongoing tradition. we open up the mansion for holiday tours on black friday 12.54.00.07for more than 25 years, while some head to crowded malls to shop or deals, others come here, and learn about deal the home's owners got when they asked grant wood (before he was famous) to plaster their daughter's sleeping porch for a fee of 182 dollars. nat pop -( sleeping porch grant wood) 12.56.50 i think what's most interesting about the tour, what people may learn that they don't expect to learn, some of the ideas and the themes, about how our community was built, run through the stories of brucemore. there's some fascinating stories about thth liononthat lived here, abobo hohord hall, the last owner, and some of the interesting things he did with the estate 12.57.11.25like put in the tahiti room in the basement, complete with underwater diaramas and a full bar....to the pictures on the walls - of the faces who shaped the city. with the douglas family and quaker oats, and the sinclair meat packing plant. there are many, many small intriguing ories but they add up to ally a bigger narratate of how our community was built. 12.57.24.07 ((nat pop tour)) tours are held from march until december here, but the
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holiday season, is a time when brucemore seems to put on a signature sparkle. 12.55.06 it's a nice place to come with family, it's a nice place to come with friends, because there's just so much to absorb, to listen to. the cocoination of just the beauty of the house itself, adorned with christmas da)cor, with holiday fashion, but also rooted in the some of the history of our community, it really becomes a nice way to spend a couple of hours 12.55.30.15 and if you can, maybe come on a sunday - that's when this old pipe organ is turned on, and music fills the three stories of this home, with an original surround sound sysysm, that provides a background, as beautiful as this home is to the city it helped build. 12.54.19 brucemore is really an irreplaceable part of our city, our county our region. the mansion 12.54.23.22 the mansion itself, the estate itself has really strong historical connections to who we are as a community, but for the last t years, it's also been a the staff here at brucemore says they want to thank pearson, for sponsoring the holiday tour and helping put up the beautiful decorations. you can get tickets to come tour brucemore through their website. we'll link you there through ours. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joy howe, cbs 2 news. most scientific research is conducted in the relative seclusion of laboratories. but a project at the university of iowa has now been seen by millions. as
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matt hammill reports - that's after it appeared on the most popular show on television - right here on cbs-2 the three -d printers in this university of iowa physics lab have been running around the clock since june. doctor james wetzel is finishing the last of one - hundred models - of the most sophistocated particle detector in the worldats - (( 6:38:36 )) " this piece .... skreeeeeeeeech click k .. just slides in like that. " the real thing - - is five stories high and sits in the middle of the large hedron collider - in europe - - ((6:35:52)) where protons smash together to study the creation of the universe - - and - nat show - " big bang theory music . "the big bang theory.jamesnat (( 6:27:42 )) " bnd i was like .. there it is .. laughs .. i didn't know exactly where it was going to be but .. yea " look close - there in the livingroom - - on this hit show about geeky - but lovable physicists - - is one of the university of iowa - partrtle - detectors.nat show - " blah blah "
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wetzel is a fan - and says the show goes out of its way to use real science - - wrapped with humor.he says the fermi lab - that commissioned the models - sent two of them to hollywood .james - (( 6:29:50 )) " it's pretty cool actually .. i think it's great (( 6:30:10 )) .. to be able to penetrate from the science world into the sitcom world is kind of a neat thing to show there really isn't a boundry as much as we think. " nat short leonard " blah blah " doctor wetzel says big bang - has capturededthe personalities of so many researchers - - and admits - he* identifies with leonard.nat - (( 6:37:11 )) " the university of iowa is responsible for designong this detector. " and even though - - only a hand- ful of people might learn about his work through science journals -- and twenty** million viewers have seen ion a sit com - - he's okay with that.james - (( 32:41 )) " ... to see i ion cbs you know this big tv show and people using protons and electrons and the big bang
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theory ... (( 6:33:5 )) ... is reallymazing to see people talking about it every day y you know at the water cooler. " keep your eye on bernadette's living room - the particle detector has been there for three episodes - - and hopefully will end as part of a story line. stay tuned.matt hammill cbs2 news. still to come on the cbs 2 news at 6
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2 this morning, the perfect place for a family weekend getaway. getaway.and it's only a few hour drive south of @he corridorwe're road trippin
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and coming up in sports... sports...the hawkeyes looking to make history in lincoln -- uld they make it 12-and-oh? all that and more next in sports! "cbs 2 news connects with you. call us at 1-800-222-kganemail us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook at facebook/kgan cbs 2.
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the hawkeyes have already puncd their ticketeto the big ten title game -- have already captured a big ten west crown anddd three other trophy game wins. but today still just as an emotional and importbnt match-up with nebraska. nebraska.something you don't see every day an angry kirk ferentz -- that hat thrown onto the ground at one point in this battle royale...first quarter, nebraska's tommy armstrong airs it up.... and iowa's cole fisher brings it down. the omaha native nonetheless comes away with it... hawkeyes couldn't capitalize though... and so we move to the second quarter... cj beathard rolls out t d finds george kittle in the end zone to put the hawkeyes up... but here come the cornhuskers.. imani cross
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pounds his wawain ... baloons flying... we got a ball game, folks all tied up at seven.... would be 14-10 at the half.... 21-17 third quarter.... but jordan canzeri puts the team on his back ... rev up those jets! the senior's second touchdown in the half... 28-17 iowa....armstrong and the cornhuskers had their chances... but the hawkeyes secondary... let's just say deja vu all over again... greg mabin with the pick of armstrong in the third.... a career high four picks for the nebraska q-b on the day.... big reason why the h hkeyes able to hold on.. 28-20 the final... and so the hawkeyes, complete the undefeated regular season -- the aforementioned two touchdowns by jordan cacaeri in the second half prove to be the big difference in this one
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remains a myserty -- win and michigan state is in, otherwise the hawks will play the winner of ohio state and michigan thanksgiving weekend basketball tournaments typically feature inter- conference battles; small, unknown schools playing spspler to pernnial l powers; and well, not a lot of nationally ranked teams squaring off. not the case in austin texas this afternoon.... the number twenty one iowa women's basketball teamamaking on number twenty three g-w at the lonestar showcase....and this one was wild... the hawkeyes rally to send it to extras--and it would go two overtime periods--but the colonials edge the hawks in this one -- chase coley ties a career high 22 points -- her jumper with seconds remaining in regulation sent it to overtime. one more game in - texas for the hawks tomorrow against houston.... the cyclcles women's basketball team in cancun for thanksgiving weekend... taking on number twelve duke.. and there's a reason they're ranked number twelve... had a seventeen point lead in the first half and never looked
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continue her strong campaign, double figues for the twelfth time in her career.. down in florida, the iowa men's team taking on notre dame after the fighting irish upset by monmouth university of new jersey.... on the opposite side of the sunshine state, iowa state in the mimit of its first game of the emerald coast classic against virginia tech.... cyclones looking to make it five and oh on the year.... we will be right back to take one last
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2 wanted to get it on the bragging rights in today's iowa-nebraska game.on cbs 2 this morning, we arranged a friendly wager with our sister station in omaha, nebraska k-p-t-mwill donate to toys for tots after the hawkeyes beat the huskers 28 to 20. good to see matter won won or lost, money was given to a wonderful
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