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By Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — With Super Bowl XLVI just days away, advertisers are in an all-out blitz, pitching everything from pizzas to TVs in conjunction with the biggest sporting
By Alisa Priddle, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — Hyundai Motor America is squeezing as much production as possible out of its facilities in the United States, but it will not be
By Nathaniel Popper, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Stocks surged around the globe Friday, thanks to a pair of good reports on the U.S. economy, sending the Dow Jones industrial average
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Except for saying that it will appeal, American Honda Motor Co. has kept from talking about its loss in a high-profile Civic hybrid
By Eryn Brown and Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — In a reversal of policy after a nationwide uproar over its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, Susan G.
By Jon Stephenson and Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – MAHMUD RAQI, Afghanistan — The Afghan soldier who killed four French troops last month bribed an Afghan army recruiter to forge his enlistment papers,
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Friday’s surprisingly strong January jobs report prompted hope that the economy’s recovery is finally kicking into high gear. “It feels like businesses are finally
WASHINGTON – Nine men have been indicted in the Western District of Virginia for allegedly conspiring to receive, distribute, possess and access with intent to view child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Lanny
Teresa Witthar, 43, of Independence, Mo., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to federal hate crime charges in connection with the vandalism and arson of a bi-racial man’s
WASHINGTON – A Danish man was sentenced today in the Western District of Missouri to 30 years in prison for producing and transporting child pornography and for extortion against an 11-year-old Missouri
Watts Trucking Service, Inc., and Other Corporations Allegedly Owe Over $30 Million A federal court has ordered James Watts and eight corporations to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on
MIAMI – Two corrections officers were sentenced to prison today for civil rights and obstruction charges stemming from prisoner abuse that took place at the South Florida Reception Center (SFRC), a state
CHICAGO – A federal jury today convicted Alex Campbell, 45, a northwest Chicago suburban massage parlor owner, of various federal crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further
February 3, 2012 – Q. Tim Frazier has had a pretty nice year. What does he do well? COACH McCAFFERY: He does everything well. He’s leading in scoring, he’s leading in rebounding.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – Ken O’Keefe, offensive coordinator at the University of Iowa for the past 13 seasons, has resigned from the Hawkeye coaching staff to accept another coaching opportunity. The
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department held a press conference Friday afternoon in order to inform the public of a series of events over the last
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, a move with little likely impact on voting but rich with billionaire-meets-millionaire
James Q. Lynch, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – DES MOINES — Five members of the Iowa Senate tendered their resignations on Wednesday. That’s two more than was anticipated and in those two
Krystal Fowler, Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa – CENTERVILLE The Centerville community lost a long-time resident and law enforcement officer on Friday, Jan. 27. Jerry Baker, who served with the Iowa State Patrol
Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Gun-rights advocates fired the first volley Thursday in a legislative effort to amend the state’s constitution to guarantee an individual’s right to possess and bear
James Q. Lynch, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The state Natural Resources Commission ban on lead shot was torpedoed by the Iowa House Thursday when it voted to nullify the rule 73-27.
OSAGE – The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of a religious group called the Mennonites regarding the use of tractors with steel wheels on roads. In its February 3rd decision, the
MASON CITY – According to the Mason City Police Department, on February 2nd, 2012, at about 8:30 p.m., a citizen left their unlocked pickup parked in the fire lane at ShopKo with
From Tony Nelson, North Iowa Landfill Board Member: Statement explaining my vote regarding the LNI and ERS agreement: I would like to state that last night’s LNI board meeting has been the
by Kelly Elbert – MASON CITY – The Mason City Mohawk Hockey Club showed a lot of fight Thursday night as they took on the Waterloo Warriors at the North Iowa Ice
ESTHERVILLE, Iowa – No. 17 Iowa Lakes gave No. 12 NIACC its third straight dual loss on Thursday night, dropping the Trojans 30-16. Wismit Moinius (So., Naples, FL), Victor Diaz (So., Huntington,
Time for reflection, the NO VOTE was predictable. (1st part) Possible Solution! (2nd part) Op-Ed by Otis Lewis The controversy surrounding the CES/ERS proposal to build a waste to energy facility in
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. – #17 Dakota County dropped the NIACC men’s basketball team 98-95 in overtime on Thursday night in a non-conference matchup. The Trojans came back from 10 points down with three
MASON CITY, I.A., February 3, 2012 – United Way of North Central Iowa (UWNCI) announced they have raised $1,160,342 in the recently completed 2011 campaign. This amount comes in 5.49-percent over the
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By Tim Kawakami, San Jose Mercury News – They’re the same teams, with the same coaches and quarterbacks, and they’ll wear the same uniform colors they did four years ago. Tom Brady and
By Carlos Arias, The Orange County Register – UFC welterweight contender Carlos Condit’s wife, Seager Marie, was a fight fan long before she met her husband. Her brother got her interested in mixed
By John Keilman and Susan Berger, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — An Illinois high school is cracking down on campus drug sales by confiscating the cellphones of student suspects and using their text
By Andrew Garber, The Seattle Times – OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington cleared its biggest legislative hurdle late Wednesday in a historic vote by the state Senate. After
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – SEOUL, South Korea — Rescue crews have saved at least 200 people from the water off Papua New Guinea’s northeast coast after a ferry sank
By Matt O’Brien, Contra Costa Times – WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Jesse Gutierrez wants to help Latino voters find their niche in the Grand Old Party. He uses a seven-question survey to peg
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — House Republicans investigating the Fast and Furious operation threatened Thursday to seek a contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric H. Holder
By Maximilian Haupt – BERLIN — Six aid workers abducted in Yemen have been released unharmed, the German Foreign Ministry said in Berlin Thursday. The six, who were kidnapped by armed tribesmen
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — It was a mere $1.9 million, stuffed as brand new bills into two suitcases on a small jet traveling from the drug-rattled state
A Mason City man avoided having another burglary conviction added to his criminal record after a negotiated voluntary guilty plea two weeks before going to trial. 37-year-old Chad Jay Hutzell had faced