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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State Bears used a game-high 20 points and 10 rebounds from reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Kyle Weems to a 63-51 win over the University
By Bill Scott – MELBOURNE — Victoria Azarenka achieved a dream on Saturday as she defeated former champion Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 6-0, for the Australian Open title and took over the WTA’s
By Blair Kerkhoff, McClatchy Newspapers – AMES, Iowa — Iowa State thought it owed Kansas, so Saturday’s 72-64 triumph over the fifth-ranked Jayhawks came as no great revelation to the Cyclones. Oh, it
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — President Barack Obama on Saturday reiterated his call for an end to partisan gridlock in Washington and urged Congress to pass legislation to prevent insider
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL — After France, the deluge? The announcement by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that his troops would sharply accelerate their departure from Afghanistan cast a harsh
By Irmgard Rieger and Farshid Motahari TEHRAN, Iran — Officials from the United Nations nuclear agency arrived Saturday in Tehran for talks aimed at allaying concerns that Tehran is seeking a nuclear
MASON CITY – Shortly after 10 am Saturday morning, 29-year-old Kenneth Shaun Neilsen was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on a serious misdemeanor charge of serious assault. Neilsen has been
Diane Heldt, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has released some of the emails that were sent to journalism professor Stephen Bloom last month after the
Steve Gravelle – The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Even as the state moves away from a county-based system of providing services to mentally handicapped and developmentally disabled (MHDD) Iowans, it’s going to
Charles City Police Chief Mike Wendel said in an email that “2011 has been difficult for the police department.” According to its website, the Charles City Police Department consists of 14 sworn
I want you to know that Kathy called me this morning to inform me of your passing; it saddened me terribly. Naturally I was hoping you would get to 101, then I
Sunday Night Mixed Rose Bowl 01/22/12 Team High Series TEAM TWO 1556 Team High Game TEAM TWO 539 Individual High Series Male Doug Schaffer 653 Individual High Series Female Lorri Neel 490
Orlan Love, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — For reasons ranging from personal security to “because I can,” the number of Iowans with permits to carry concealed weapons increased 154 percent during the
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State gymnastics team rallied past No. 23 Iowa 194.900-194.550 Friday night to clinch the 2011-12 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. After trailing following three rotations, the Cyclones delivered
By Kacie Krominga – MASON CITY – Saving lives, and being rock star while doing it, or so to speak. The 9th annual “Blood Donors Rock” blood drive was held Friday at Southbridge
From Representative Linda Upmeyer – January 27, 2011 – The Iowa House passed the first piece of legislation of the 2012 session this week. This bill illustrates our commitment to passing laws that
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Indiana Pacers lost in Boston on Friday night, so they couldn’t have been in a United Center hallway still celebrating their Wednesday victory over
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — There were 105 seconds left in Friday’s game when Kevin Love went to the basket off a pick-and-roll, took a sweet bounce pass from
By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Success in North America fueled Ford’s most profitable year since 1998, but fourth-quarter losses and uncertainty in Europe and Asia spooked the market Friday.
DAVENPORT, IA – On January 26, 2012, Roger Dengler, age 55, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for maintaining a drug house announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By Kerith Gabriel, Philadelphia Daily News – There aren’t many moments in his mixed martial arts career Phil Davis regrets. Certainly not the opponents he has had to injure and embarrass to make
By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A woman who called 911 from Demi Moore’s home Monday night told officials the movie star was suffering convulsions and was
By Diana Renee RIO DE JANEIRO — The death toll from the collapse of three buildings in central Rio de Janeiro climbed to seven, the authorities confirmed Friday after more bodies were
By Peter Mayer ROME — Italian consumer rights groups were divided over a decision on Friday by the owners of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia to pay 11,000 euros — about $14,550
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A teenage girl who received an electronic warning was being praised as a hero Friday for tipping off authorities about what they believe
By Alaine Griffin, The Hartford Courant – NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Joshua Komisarjevsky was formally sentenced to death Friday for the home invasion attack that left Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – MIAMI — Rick Santorum joined the parade of GOP candidates seeking the Latino vote in South Florida on Friday, playing up his humble roots and interest
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After 20 long years in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton can see the finish line. Sure, there likely will be talk all
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad today announced that he has appointed Janelle L. Niebuhr to the Iowa Public Employees Relations Board (PERB). “I am pleased today to appoint Janelle Niebuhr to
A Winter Extravaganza will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 1-4 p.m. at the Lime Creek Nature Center. Beat the winter blahs with an adventure-packed afternoon at Lime Creek! Scheduled activities
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The lower-than-expected annualized growth rate of 2.8 percent reported Friday for the final three months of 2011 raises doubts about the strength of the
Duluth News Tribune, Minn. Jan. 27–At least a dozen guns went missing from the Pine County Sheriff’s Office between 2008 and early 2011. Prompted by citizen complaints that firearms were not being
By Jessica Guynn and Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times – MENLO PARK, Calif. — Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected
By Mike Carter, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — The exploits of Colton Harris-Moore, the gangly “Barefoot Bandit” who as a wily thief and self-taught pilot managed to elude police with aplomb from
By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Barack Obama embraced the idea of federal action to restrain the rapidly increasing cost of higher education, giving