Iowa City Owl

Today's episode of Jeopardy. was host to someone that came right from Iowa City. Ernest Nino-Murcia competed on a previously taped episode of the show that was set to air today.[ads]As will be announced in the beginning of the episode, Ernest Nino-Murcia is 32-years old and is a legal interpreter.

I awoke this morning to discover to my dismay that Ray Bradbury, deemed "Master of Science Fiction", has passed away at the age of 91. Bradbury's stories, especially those found in The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles had profound effect on my understanding of storytelling, my dreams of what is possible, and why I'm now covered in tattoos.

Iowa City has begun to stir up the flames in the landfill that has been burning for over a week, and now they have a new theory. Now, they will start to cover things up in the landfill in hopes of putting down the fire.

20 year old Brice C. Widstrom, a convicted sex offender, has landed himself back in the Johnson County Jail after being released not even two weeks before that to the Hope House. [ads]Less than two weeks ago, Widstrom was convicted as a sex offender after being found guilty of having sex with more than one underage girl during 2011.

Iowa City police are searching for information related to a man that is potentially involved in a stabbing that occurred a little after 9:30 p.m. on Friday night. Only one man was injured during the incident, and one man is being looked for after it.

In response to the rain slowing down the Iowa City landfill fire recently, the city has decided to stoke the fire in order to once again accelerate the burning so that the fire will burn out much faster.

As strange as it may seem, the rain that is all over today has not been able to extinguish or even diminish the fire that has been spreading over the Iowa City Landfill for the last 6 days. [ads]According to kcrg.

Recently, it had been leaked that DC Comics would be changing the sexuality of one of their oldest characters. The internet was abuzz on speculations on which of the spandex-clad would come out of the closet to have it [potentially] revealed to be.

The remains of a man  were found on Saturday in Colorado by a hiker who discovered a campsite on Friday. The remains discovered are thus far believed to be of a man named James Nelson, a hiker from Chicago who disappeared in 2010.

On day 4 of the fire that has destroyed a large part of the Iowa City landfill, the landfill is being reopened for use, but the fire is still burning, so usage of the landfill will be limited at this point.