Sweeping Development to Change Face of Iowa City Downtown: Iowa City Daily News Links, Oct. 30

Argghh, I have a cat on my lap. Must fight urge to sleep.

On to the linksl

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has a nice overview article up on the state of rapid development that Iowa City's downtown may soon be experiencing.

One of those building developments is the construction of a new Bruegger's bagels, set to begin today.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that a Davenport man accused of multiple bank robberies last year has pleaded guilty.

The West High Trojans were upset last night, while the Regina Regals moved on. Here's a high school playoffs recap.

Palermo's Pizza, the official frozen pizza of the Iowa Hawkeyes, is coming under fire for its anti union practices. (Press-Citizen)

Were these men kicked out of a Romney rally for being gay or being annoying? You decide. (Queerty)

Their is optimism in the air for the Iowa Men's Basketball program for the first time in years. Their season opens on Nov. 9. (Yahoo)

Hurricane Sandy's is so far reaching it even delayed applications for Iowa casino licenses. (Des Moines Register)

Obama's top political adviser called the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney "a little confounding," which is probably the most polite thing any Democrat had to say about it. (Des Moines Register)

Two men are going to trial this week to argue that they were wrongly committed of killing a police officer in 1977 in Western Iowa.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Iowa (18-17, 8-10 Big Ten in 2011-12) opens its season on Nov. 9 against Texas Pan-American.

'I am very excited about our team and our potential, and I think we have to be cautiously optimistic because we're still a very young team,'' said third-year coach Fran McCaffery, who signed a new seven-year deal in the offseason. ''I think we're the biggest we've been in a long time and the deepest we've been in a long time, and I think we have a chance to be very good.''

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