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Iowa News Headlines: Sat., Nov. 30th 2013

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November 30th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose has sat in judgment of defendants since becoming appointed to the bench last year. But the tables will turn on the nation’s youngest federal judge in an unusual trial scheduled to begin Monday in Sioux City. Jurors and a judge will hear allegations that Rose carried out a harsh and illegal campaign of employment retaliation against then-assistant U.S. Attorney Martha Fagg when Rose was the top federal prosecutor in northern Iowa.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — A North Liberty woman has been accused of attacking her girlfriend and threatening her with a kitchen knife. North Liberty police tell the Press-Citizen they responded to a home Thursday night where a woman claimed she was attacked by 26-year-old Sondra Irving.

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Urbandale police say a male suspect is in custody in connection with reports of a robbery and hit-and-run. Police say they received reports Friday afternoon of gunshots at locations in Urbandale and Johnston, two suburbs outside of Des Moines. The Des Moines Register says no injuries have been reported. The suspect’s name has not been released.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jake Rudock threw for two touchdowns, including a 24-yarder to Kevonte Martin-Manley right after Iowa had stuffed Nebraska on a fake punt, and the Hawkeyes finished the regular season with a 38-17 victory on Friday. The Hawkeyes converted two of Nebraska’s three turnovers into touchdowns and got a short field for another TD in Lincoln.