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with stealing remains of native americans from a national park here in eastern iowa. the former park superintendent had the prehistoric bonons for more than twwty years! former effigy mound superintedent thomas munson was in charge of the park for about twenty years. the seventytysix year old is charred with embezzelment of goverment property for taking ancient remains of native americans. he was under investigation for a while...then returned a box containing skeletons, jaws, legs and teeth. people in prairie du chien say "defintely unethical, i would say. i don't know why somebody would want to have that. i mean, if they're in power and wrongly abusing that...it's kind of a bad deal, i guess." the remains taken are believed
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between five hundred and two thousasa years old. munson, the former park superintendent is expected to be arraigned in federal cout on wednesday. police now have the bike of a waterloo teen -- moe sed -- whose body was found earlier this week in the cedar river. moe sed was last seen with his bike on october 22nd... officers were looking fororhis bike since his body had been in the cedar river on sunday. waterloo police say his bike was turned in y someone who found his bike in downtown waterloo. officers say they're unsure how long this person had the bike. information about funeral arrangements and a memorial fund set up tooelp cover those costs can be found on our website, kwwl dot com. the big 12 conference says iowa state properly handeled the post- game celebration after fans ssrm the court in hilton collesium.m.
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comeback over the hawkeyes last night -- with a final score of the floor at hilton. des moines registee columnist ranny peterson broke his leg in the excitement. this morning he tweeted "just to be clear i was not trampled by the crowd, i locked legs with someone...i think" he wasn't the only one hurt. an usher was knocked over, hurting his knee had to be carried out to an ambulance... the u-n-i panthers mens football team now in north dakota ahead of their playoff game tomorrow. kwwl's brad hanson was there as the team boarded the plane earlier today in wterloo... spiriis were pretty high today as the team got on the plane. they of course are getting ready for a big rematch with the north dakota bison. the panthrs are lookinggfor somm reveee, after they lost to the bison earlier this year 31-28. both teams are built on the ground game, and coach mark farley told me today it's important they
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and this, of course, is a north dakota state team that is the four time defending national champion. kickoff for that game is tomorrow morning at 11...you can watch it on espp... and we'll hear from coach farley about this game tonight at six. kwwl will also be covering the rose bowl with multiple crewss our road toothe rose bowl coverage is headed up by me and sports anchor mark woodley. also covering the hawkeyes from pasadena and southern california will be sports reporter zach rant, reporter brad hanson and content producer scott albanese. coverage begins the day after christmas. in continuing coverage... the university is officially
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web programs that has the same nme of a terrori organization. the program... called isis... ii what most u of i students every single day. kwwl's hillary maglin talked to students and a university spokesperson about the change today. hillary - what did you find out? amanda... after some students... parents... and faculty members brought the controversy to the school's attention... the university of iowa announced it's taking action to make a chang. the web program... called iowa student information system... is commonly referred to as isis... the name's acronym. in recent weeks... the university has recieved complaints about the name because of it's similiarity to the radical islamic terrorist group responsible for recent attacks in paris. while some students aren't offended by the name... they (heidi aude/student) "i mean, i terrorist organization. but i think, you know, we don't wanna seem affiliated with it, if that's the case."
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come up with a new name for the program yet... but will be appropriate. the university says they're still in the beginning stages of changing the name... and it will hopefully be officially changed by spring. we've got youcovered live from e newsroom... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. the school doesn't know yet how much the change will cost... but they believe ix will be a significant number. decision 2016... doctor ben carson is making threats that he'll ditch his party... the republican presidential caidate and retired uroseurgen is slamming the g-o-p party -- this is following reports tdat some party insiders are disgussing a deal to pick the nominee at the republican national convention. carson joins donald trump as the two candidates who've hinted
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third party ruu at the white house. donald trump is headed to iowa to campaign this evening. he'll be at the state fairgrounds tonight at 6-30.... he campaigned at t he fair grounds during the iowa state fair earlier this year. events trump will be hosting since he made the comment that he would like t put into place a temporary ban on muslims in the united statete. democrat bernie sanders also campaigning in eastern iowa this weekend... tomorrow he'll make campaign stops in dubuque and waterloo... then sunday he'll hiiwaterloo again, and mount vernon in the afternoon. coming up... what u-s intel thinks isis could be making... to try and sneak terrorists into the united states. and... what divers are looking for in the lake a few miles away from the scene of a mass shootin. that's comii up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track
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storm track seven meteorologist kyle kielhas your full forecast next. and whwh you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief
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call 844-84-bewell. --------- "now your storm track 7 friday, and meteorologist kyle kiel in for mark schnackenberg. it was a cloudy day across eastern iowa, and that will continue to beethe story into tonight. later tonight, we could have a few patchy areas of drizzle and some fog, but overall we juu stay overcast. that will be the case into tomorrow morning as well. but by the afternoon we will start to see rain showers spread into the area, becoming morr widespread saturday night into sunday. that's where we will see
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thunderstorms as well. no severe weatherrs expected. right now the storm track 7 live weather network shows overcast ies across eastern iowa, after seeing just a few peeks off sunshine roughout the day. we will remain mainly overcast through the overnight hours. storm track 7 live doppler radar has nothing showing up in eastern iowa, but we take a wider view f the tellite and radar, you will notice we have widespread clouds across the center part of the country. that's a sign of moisture making its way into the midweut. this area of low pressure will track along the warm front, and feed off the moisture, giving us a moderate to heavy rain event across the area. yes, we are talking rain in the middle of december. temperatures have
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well above average, by 10 to 15 grees today. weeare currently sitting in the 40s, and many of us won't get any cooler than the 40s throughout the overnight hours, thanks to the warm front and the cloud cover. let's time everything out with futuretrack. tonight, we will have a mainly cloudy sky. a warm front will nudge its way into the area, bringing higher moisture values which means areas of drizzle and fog could affect us later tonight into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, most of us stay dry throughout the first half of the day, but by late afternoon, we will see the development of showers. the rain becomes more widespread overnight saurday and evem a few thunderstorms. no ssere weather ii expected. tt
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continue into sunday as the low tracks through the area. there may be a few reaks but we will continue to see light to moderate rain. the storm system will wrap up on monday. by the time everything is all said and records this weekend across the track 7 into wednesday bringing breezy conditions and the chance for a few snow showers. coming up... what are dive teams looking for in a lake near th scene of a mass shooting ii southern california... what technology isis militants may be using to try and sneak into other countries? you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in evansdale, janesville, barclay and all of eastern iowa ---------
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counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio? 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. united states intelligence has reason to believe isis is making its own fake passports. the state department says they're aware of the fact that isis members may have a machine that allows them to make their own passports. the machine may have commfrom seized syrian government assets. they said they're taking these allegations very seriously.
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looking for a computer harddrive or other digital scene of a mass shooting divers are out again today in san bernardino searching for evivience in a lake three miles away from the scene of a mass shooting. the fbi remains tight-liped about what they're looking for,r,but a divers are looking for a hard drive that may have been dumped by syed farook and tashfeen malik shortly before the shooting. dow chemical and dupont are merging to create the world's largest chemical company. dow-dupont will be the name of the new 130-billion-ddlar company. the plan is to split it up into three new publicly traded companies...an agriculture company, a material
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congress okays a short-term spending bill -- which will fund the government through next wednesday... if the legislation didn't pass - federal agencies wowold've run out of money at midnight -- shutting down the governemnt until a new bill could be approved. congressional negotiators now get more time to w wrk with the budget which would fund programs through spetembmer. after sixty fives years with nbc -- willard scott announces his retirement plans. 35 of those yees were at today -- this morning, the anchors shared their favorite willard scott moment. he got barbara bush to come over and kiss him! suddenly i look over and see how bout that i've been kissed by the best. i didn't know you knew willard scott i don't know willard scott i just love that face. nicest kiss i've had in a long time and i appreciate that. his proper send- off ill air on today next tuesday, his last
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with some legal action... a judge ordered the two websites can no longer operate in the state of new york... the two have been at the heart of controversy recently - wii opponents arguing it's a form of gambling, or sports betting -- which is illegal in much of the united states. this move in new york could spark changes with fan duel and draftkings across the united states. three major u-s airlines are banning this year's hot toy - hoverboards. delta, united and american airliens are banning the the hands-free segways from their planes. ththairlines say there are safety
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lithium-ion batteries. federal rules limit the types of batteries alllwed on planes beccse of e risk of combustion. police are searching for a thief who -- with the helof a hoverboard -- never actually sets foot inside e he store. checkkt out. this happened in london. the suspect is seen cruising into the store before gliding out moments later carrying a crqte of bottles of energy drinks. the incident on ssptember 6th, but detectives only launched the appeal to identify the thief thursday. your online orders are processed and holiday packages are starting to arrive. police in california are trying to prevent "porch pirates" -- people who steal delivered packages. officers are putting out bait boxes -- nd thieves who steal ies boxes will find a surprise
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tracking device that will lead police to their home. officers think they'll not only be able to catch thieves -- but the postal service says they're having trouble keeping up with all the packages their processing this year. ups and fedex say their delivery rate is slower than usuul -- and it's likely tied to a boom of online sales that started around thanksgiving. u-p-s, fedex and the u-s postal service are expected to ship more thhn one- point-5-billion packages this holiday season... that's an increase of more than 10 percent. here's a live look at the cedar rapids skycam. storm track seseen meteorologist kyle kielhas a final look at your weather next. we'll be right back --------- --------- --------- ---------
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at six... what started with the flu is now a mystery diagnosissfor a little boy -- who won't let his sickness win. the story at six. storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel has a final look at your forecast. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. the rain continues through sunday and into the first part of monday. cold air rushes in behind
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