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Pandora Radio Adds Comedy

Pandora Internet radio service is adding 10,000 comedy clips from over 700 comedians to its existing music library. Now people can listen to comedy on Pandora in the same manner that they listen to music: by choosing a favorite artist or genre as a seed to start a station and then giving thumbs-up or thumbs-down feedback to shape the station to their individual taste. Like music stations on Pandora, comedy stations will play the seed artist and related material.

SpeedConnect Continues Iowa Investment adding a new service tower near West Branch, Iowa. This expansion project complements an existing service coverage area that includes Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Vinton, Marion, Anamosa, Williamsburg, North Liberty, much of the Quad Cities, as well as communities close to these areas.

West Branch, Iowa . "A Heritage for Success!"West Branch, Iowa boasts 14 downtown buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the birthplace of 31st President of the United States, Herbert C. Hoover. Visitors to West Branch can check out the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum and the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and Prairie.

The City's premier event of the year is Hoover's Hometown Days, which will be celebrated on August 5-6, 2011. West Branch is also a pass-through town for the 2011 RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) event. [Information from www.westbranch.org]

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