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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa counties begin processing same-sex marriage applications Monday and the first gay weddings could happen within hours, but details of just what changes and benefits the ceremonies will bring are still being untangled.

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  1. noun A Native American people formerly inhabiting parts of Iowa and southwest Minnesota, with present-day descendants in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
  2. noun A member of this people.
  3. noun The Siouan language of the Iowa.
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  • DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state's gay marriage ban today, making Iowa the third state where same-sex couples can tie the knot. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state - and the first in the nation's heartland - to allow same-sex couples to wed. —  SacBee -- Latest News
  • DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage yesterday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state -- and first in the U.S. heartland -- to allow same-sex couples to wed. —  Winnipeg Sun
  • DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state -- and first in the nation's heartland -- to allow same-sex couples to wed. —  KTVU.com - Local News
  • DES MOINES (AP) -- Iowa has been awarded nearly $11 million in federal floods for flood recovery.
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  1. From French ayoés, ultimately from Dakota ayúxba.
 

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