Hot off the Press: Blessed dog (cat) edition

Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen made a beastly new desk for his office at the Capitol: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/01/12/take-a-look-at-the-iowa-house-speakers-new-desk/. You have to admire the handiwork. There are not many people who can make stuff like this themselves anymore.

A cat has been stuck in a tree on Clinton Street in Iowa City since last Thursday and, despite a few rescue attempts (how hard can it be to rescue a cat in a tree?) it is not coming down and the city says it will stand by and do nothing: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cat-Causes-Concern-Along-Clinton-Street-in-Iowa-City-137398878.html.

Update: the cat was rescued: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Rescued-Cat-Now-Resting-Comfortably-137508023.html.