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By Jeff McLane, The Philadelphia Inquirer – INDIANAPOLIS — The New York Giants now can say their stunner over the New England Patriots four years ago was not a fluke. Eli Manning now
Duane Nollen, The Oskaloosa Herald – OSKALOOSA The jury Friday afternoon found Mahaska County Supervisor Henry “Willie” VanWeelden guilty on all three charges he faced during a week-long trial. The prosecution and
By James Oliphant, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that he deserves a second term despite suggesting in a similar interview three years ago that if he didn’t
To those it may concern this letter is to inform you that due to the decision by Three Eagles Communication to change formats on the radio station 102.7 formerly the Blaze currently
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – The North Iowa Fair Association and Terrance Prochaska presented the second and final weekend of racing for “A Day of Thunder on the Syrup” this
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. Feb. 05–Presidential candidate Rick Santorum plans to attend a pancake breakfast today before visiting Bemidji Woolen Mills and giving a campaign speech. According Santorum’s campaign, the former Pennsylvania
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – Kate and Trish Varnum have a running joke every time they drive out of state. “We’d cross the border and we’d say, ‘It’s been nice being married
Terry Coyle, CR Gazette – Thousands of Iowa students will pick up their No. 2 pencils to fill in tiny circles this month in a school-year ritual that may become as foreign
In today’s paper, using too many words, the Globe threw the Fat Man overboard. It took awhile to get to the conclusion of the editorial but the true meaning was threaded throughout
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – NIACC track and field had a pair of school records broken, and had a pair of throwers and a relay team qualify for the NJCAA National Indoor meet
MASON CITY, Iowa – Kendall Brown (So., Des Moines, IA) scored nine points during an 18-11 run in the final 5:43 to lift NIACC past Iowa Lakes 82-80. Chris Davis (Fr., Colorado
MASON CITY, Iowa – Kika Greenlee (Fr., Saint Louis Park, MN) scored 22 of her 30 points in the first half to vault NIACC to a 61-49 win over Iowa Lakes. Jennifer
By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times – Welcome to the post-privacy era. What’s most striking about Facebook’s initial public offering isn’t that it values the 8-year-old company at up to $100 billion, or
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Even as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke described the recovery as “frustratingly slow,” Republican lawmakers lit into the central bank chief’s latest efforts
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Shoppers turned out at the nation’s malls in January to redeem holiday gift cards and check out winter sales, spending carefully but sufficiently
By Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune – BELVIDERE, Ill. — Three years ago, the American auto industry was not just in trouble, it was imperiled, with Chrysler facing the real possibility of running out
By Matt Degen, The Orange County Register – So you’re pining for a Camaro but are over age 30? Or perhaps you like the idea of a powerful coupe but desire one with
By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer – People, please, can we end this silly charade? You’re not fooling me. The minute I tell one of you I write about television for the newspaper,
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – Well, it had to happen sometime. Now in its 11th season, the prime-time juggernaut known as “American Idol” has become a little less juggernaut-y. Early “Idol”
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Kids’ television, which has the license to be fanciful and strange in ways that grown-up TV does not, is a place where anything
Main Street Mason City is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Valenwine Event at Music Man Square. The event will be held on Friday, February 17th from 6-10 pm and features music,
By Tom Hudson, McClatchy Newspapers – If you want to know how the Chinese economy is doing, look no further than KFC. Chinese diners are crazy for Kentucky Fried Chicken. That appetite has
Amanda Lillie, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – An Austin teen was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly hitting his mother in the face. Jeremy Brandl, 19, is being held in the Mower County jail
By Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The world’s biggest beer-maker is placing a big bet on a new brew. Anheuser-Busch InBev this week is rolling out Bud Light Platinum,
Tim Engstrom, Albert Lea Tribune – Freeborn County District Court files from a 2001 case involving a now-suspended Freeborn County sheriff’s deputy confirm he never touched a child. Lynne Torgerson, a Minneapolis lawyer
By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers – JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG): Dwayne Johnson takes over for Brendan Fraser in the second installment of the Jules Verne-flavored family adventures, this one set on
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHLIADELPHIA — Perhaps it was appropriate that Newt Gingrich campaigned on the eve of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country nightclub in Las Vegas, next
By Matthew Barrows, McClatchy Newspapers – SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh is making good on his wish to follow in the footsteps of Bill Walsh. Harbaugh on Saturday became the first 49ers
By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney spent years cultivating voters in Nevada, and it paid off Saturday with a commanding victory that not only pushed him
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Anthony James’s three-pointer at the buzzer lifted the University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team to a 65-62 victory over No. 13-ranked Creighton in front of 6,910 fans
NORMAN, Okla. – Iowa State hit a conference-game record 15 3-pointers as the Cyclones (17-6 overall, 7-3 Big 12) knocked off Oklahoma (13-9 overall, 3-7 Big 12) 77-70 Saturday at the Lloyd
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Iowa welcomed back perhaps its greatest basketball class Saturday and the current group of Hawkeyes celebrated by winning like it’s 1987. The Hawkeyes (13-11, 5-6