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By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Lakers were drubbed by the Phoenix Suns, but Kobe Bryant had one last shot. It was aimed at the Lakers’ front
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Derrick Rose had never before sat for five straight games in his NBA career, so the deafening roar that drowned out his name after public-address
By Andy Vasquez, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – NEW YORK — Apparently, the Nets have found the cure for a team playing its third game in three nights, and five games in six
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Restore Our Future, the independent group supporting Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, raised $6.6 million last month, ending January with $16.3 million in the bank,
By Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber killed an Afghan police officer and a young girl Monday in the restive southern city of Kandahar, local officials said.
By Don Lee and Matt Stevens, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Just as the recovery is finally looking real, surging fuel prices are once again looming as a major threat to the
By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers – MEXICO CITY — Prison guards apparently let inmates who belonged to the brutal Los Zetas gang bludgeon to death scores of rivals from the Gulf Cartel during
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The City of Mason City may have a new Human Resources Manager. City Administrator Brent Trout is recommending City Council approval to hire Perry Buffington
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – The City of Mason City is looking to collect on some debts. In a City Hall memo, City Administrator Brent Trout says the City is
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – City Administrator Brent Trout is recommending thatTricia Sandahl replace Pam Myhre as Growth Development and Planning Director for the City of Mason City. She would
Brady Gervais, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – A Forest Lake police officer exercised poor judgment and should be suspended for at least a week for shooting and killing two deer last month,
Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO – The 43 puppies found by police inside a van parked in the Little Village neighborhood earlier this month could be returned to the two men who were sleeping
Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King and Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin released the following statements today after the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the Navy named five new ships, including
CHICAGO—A former west suburban man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for producing and transporting child pornography, federal law enforcement officials announced today. David Vernon Tank, 49, formerly of Wheaton,
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Kentucky returned a 10-count indictment against Barren County Sheriff Christopher Eaton and Sheriff’s Deputies Danny McCown, Aaron Bennett, Adam Minor, and
TRENTON, NJ—A member of the Hoover-Five Deuce Crips criminal street gang was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for offenses related to his involvement in a 2010 assault on an FBI
WASHINGTON –Danilo Velasquez, aka “Triste,” a local leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in San Francisco by U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup to life in prison, announced
(DES MOINES, IA) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board today awarded financial assistance to four companies for job creation and expansion projects. Today’s awards will assist in the creation of 254
Adel, IOWA — On February 18, 2012, the Dallas County Communications center received a 911 call at 11:06 PM, indicating there was suspicious activity at 2121 Greene Street, Building A in Adel.
By John N. Mitchell, The Philadelphia Inquirer – MINNEAPOLIS — When they tally up the wins and losses at the end of the season, the joy or disappointment that factors into each game
By David J. Neal, McClatchy Newspapers – Attention lavished on Danica Patrick even though she has never won a race in a series that doesn’t have Jimmie Johnson as the defending champion with
By John Sammon, Santa Cruz Sentinel – SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — An expert on counter-terrorism intelligence gathering, in noting the mistakes that led to the Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, said Americans
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM—Instability in Syria poses stark security risks for Israel, but it also offers a chance to deliver a stinging blow to Iran’s regional ambitions and even
By Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press – WASHINGTON — Through dozens of debates, TV spots, spin room appearances and more, the case for and against Mitt Romney has taken shape. With the campaigns
By Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press – LANSING, Mich. — For most of the first year Rick Santorum was running for president, nobody said anything bad about him. Of course, no one said
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Wireless Internet service providers, long the savior of Internet users in underserved areas, are in a bandwidth race as wire-line Internet service providers spread into their markets.
George C. Ford, CR Gazette – When Clickstop was planning its new corporate headquarters and distribution center in Urbana, Chief Executive Officer Tim Guenther did not have to make a pitch for
John Shipley, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – FORT MYERS, Fla. – Joe Mauer didn’t catch a bullpen session last spring until March 12, nearly a month into camp. Today, the first workout
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – Regents leaders said they’ve asked University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen to look at academic consolidations, outsourcing and any other budget-cutting measures and come to the
By Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press – Perhaps the spell is already broken. Maybe Jeremy Lin’s glass slipper is turning back to a more standard shoe, Nike or Converse or something like that.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — It was an offer that turned out to be pretty easy to refuse. A cache of 6,000 U.S. Treasury bonds — each with a
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Apple has won a German lawsuit against Motorola Mobility over claims “slide-to-unlock” patents that the iPhone-maker owns were illegally infringed upon. A Munich
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. announced plans to build a studio in Shanghai in what the Glendale, Calif., company billed as a landmark agreement
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday denied questioning President Barack Obama’s Christian faith but said the president has an environmental belief “that elevates the Earth
By Tiffany Hsu and David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Millions of Chinese have come to love Big Macs and Whoppers. So when a California-inspired chain put up signs in
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney likes to tell people in Michigan he’s one of them — and whether voters see him that way could be crucial in determining
By Kacie Krominga – MASON CITY – The 7th annual Valenwine was held Friday evening at Music Man Square. Put on by Main Street Mason City, this year’s main sponsors were North