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James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – Nearly five years after he made Cedar Rapids his first stop on his campaign to transform America, President Obama will return to visit a factory to talk
(DES MOINES) – Today, during his remarks at a Transportation Day 2012 event in Des Moines, Gov. Terry E. Branstad announced that the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) has identified $50 million
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to see outbreaks of norovirus illness across the state, and reports of activity have been increasing in recent weeks. Anyone can be infected with
NIACC announced on its Facebook page today (Tuesday) at about 11:10 am that today is the last day to add or drop day classes and still receive 100% refund. “Due to the weather,
MASON CITY – Convicted tier three sex offender Mark Hoffman, age 51, and of 115 16th Street SE in Mason City was sentenced to 30 days in county jail after negotiated voluntary
MASON CITY – On Monday, 33-year-old Chad Donald Wood of Mason City was sentenced to prison after a voluntary negotiated guilty plea to one count of possession of a controlled substance with
By Lisa Demer, McClatchy Newspapers – ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An agitated moose ran down and stomped a well-known Bush pilot from Willow, Alaska, but he was saved when his wife grabbed a shovel
By Denise-Marie Balona, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — The four Florida A&M University students who were charged last week with hazing members of the school’s marching band have been dismissed from
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama delivers an election-year State of the Union address Tuesday night at a moment when the country is worried about the economy and
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was blocked from boarding a flight at the Nashville airport Monday morning after refusing to consent to a body pat
By Clare Byrne PARIS — France and Turkey were headed for another diplomatic showdown Monday after the French Senate adopted a bill that makes it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered
By David Barber WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Volunteers renewed efforts Tuesday to save about 40 survivors of a pod of 99 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach at the top of
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will travel to Washington next month for meetings with senior U.S. officials ahead of his expected ascendance to
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders told anti-abortion protesters Monday they would continue efforts to ensure no federal funds are spent on the procedure, singling out Democratic
SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Daniel Richard Garcia, 30, of Fairfield was convicted today of malicious use of explosives, possession of a destructive device in relation to a
ROCHESTER, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that more than $10,000,000 in forfeited property has been returned to the victims of one of the largest public corruption cases ever prosecuted
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Republican presidential nomination race is momentarily in turmoil. But Mitt Romney, who long ago prepared for a long, methodical slog, is still in
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IRA RUBIN, a payment processor for the Internet gambling industry, pled guilty today to money laundering, bank
Donny Eugene Mower, 38, of Madera, Calif., was sentenced in federal court today following his October 2011 guilty pleas to one count of arson, one count of damaging religious property and one
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, was charged today with repeatedly disclosing classified information to journalists, including the name of a covert CIA officer and information revealing the role
WASHINGTON – A former sergeant and a sergeant major in the U.S. Army, who were deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, were sentenced to 51 months and 31 months in prison, respectively, for
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that James Fletcher McCuiston, 57, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced on January 19, 2012, to 70 months in prison by United States District Judge
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Houston has indicted Charles Cannon, 26; Michael McLaughlin, 40; Brian Kerstetter, 32; and Joseph Staggs, 49, on federal hate
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – In a relatively light moment during recent arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Elena Kagan neatly summed up the problem with the Federal Communications Commission’s current
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – ORLANDO, Fla. — Even in his post-“Avatar,” post-“Clash of the Titans” stardom, Sam Worthington remembers what it was like to put it all down on one
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times – CAIRO — Men in pressed suits and polished shoes, some carrying holy books and sporting beards, rushed past cement barricades and hurried beneath
By Katherine Skiba and Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., is expected to recover cognitive functions but could have some physical impairment following a weekend stroke, the
MASON CITY – Straight from the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, health violations for December 2011 are listed here by establishment. Among those cited were southside McDonald’s in Mason City,
By Cam Inman, San Jose Mercury News – SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The sting of an NFC Championship game defeat still reverberated through the 49ers locker room Monday as players packed up their
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday put the brakes on the government’s use of high-tech monitoring devices to track motorists, ruling unanimously that police
MCT FORUM – By Lindsay Pollard-Post – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – Americans and Afghans alike are rightly outraged over a video circulating on the Internet that allegedly shows U.S.