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WASHINGTON – Bobby Joe Rogers, 41, of Pensacola, Fla., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the fire that destroyed the American Family Planning Clinic in Pensacola on Jan. 1,
Iowa – 67, Wisconsin – 66 An interview with: COACH FRAN McCAFFERY THE MODERATOR: Questions for coach. Q. Got another solid outing there from Matt. COACH McCAFFERY: Was really solid, wasn’t it?
Duane Nollen, The Oskaloosa Herald, Iowa – OSKALOOSA — Sen. Charles Grassley answered questions on topics ranging from Highway 63 improvements to education reform at a town hall meeting in Oskaloosa Thursday morning.
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – An Austin man who was arrested Monday after allegedly passing counterfeit money was charged Wednesday in Mower County Court. Drew Novak, 18, faces one count of
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – In an up-and-down season, the Iowa basketball team has had most of its ups against some of the best teams in the
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012: GOOGLE PRIVACY CONCERNS: Attorney General Tom Miller joined by 35 attorneys
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A 23-year-old was sentenced Tuesday in Linn County District Court to 10 years in prison for his part in last summer’s robbery of Community First Credit Union.
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – A measure aimed at bringing illegal online poker under state regulation rolled through a Senate committee Wednesday evening. Members of the Senate State Government Committee
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – Sears appears to be on its way out at Coral Ridge Mall after the retailer sold its Coral Ridge store – and 10 other Sears spaces at
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Throw the flag against: Mitt Romney. Call: Offsides. What happened: Romney claimed that President Barack Obama has doubled the federal budget deficit. “He said he’d
By Jon Ortiz, McClatchy Newspapers – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after Republicans sided with California Gov. Jerry Brown on public pension reform, Democrats on Thursday said they want millions of Californians to
The Globe states that the deal cut with Cargill looks like growth; you think? Really? Gargill could buy this entire city and rent it out…lock stock and barrel. They are the largest
Press Release from James T. Skarlis (pictured) of Waterloo, IA, Owner of Community Auto Group and Mason City Ford Lincoln: I am very disappointed that several long time Mason City Ford Lincoln
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A car bomb tore through a crowded minibus depot in the northwest city of Peshawar and killed at least 13 people Thursday, ending
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — Seven Marines were killed in the collision of two helicopters during a training exercise at a base near Yuma, Ariz., the Marine Corps
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan army uniform shot to death two U.S. troops Thursday and then fled into a crowd of anti-American demonstrators
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – SEOUL, South Korea — Negotiators from the U.S. and North Korea met Thursday in Beijing to begin talks about Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, the first
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times – JOHANNESBURG — Sixteen boys waited on a dusty football field in Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia to play a match. They had put their names
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A 42-year-old teacher at Roosevelt High School has been arrested on suspicion of having sexual relationships with two teenage students. Gabriela Cortez, of
By Sahar Issa, McClatchy Newspapers – BAGHDAD — More than a month of relative calm in Iraq was broken Thursday by a series of apparently coordinated attacks that killed at least 33 people
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. stocks on Wednesday retreated after a three-session winning run, with equities taking a break from an advance that sent the S&P 500 Index up
By Gary M. Singer, Sun Sentinel – For the first few months that I wrote this column, I would consistently hear from my editor that a bank is not a “they” but rather
By Paul Owers, Sun Sentinel – FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Finding a bank-owned home for sale these days is hard enough. Actually buying one is an even bigger problem. Last year the supply
By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — When Tracey and Todd Fine were engaged, they purchased a two-bedroom condo in Chicago’s East Ukrainian Village. The price was high, but given the
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Initial claims for unemployment benefits continued to remain at a nearly four-year low last week as a new poll showed that a majority of
By Sandra M. Jones, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Sears Holdings Corp. said it plans to spin off its small-format hometown dealer stores and outlets and sell 11 stores to raise cash and
BOONE, Iowa – No. 14 DMACC dropped the NIACC men’s basketball team to 14-14 after an 88-84 win on Wednesday night. Dejoni Norris (Fr., Waterloo, IA) had a strong game in the loss
By Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Did you hear about the new sitcom that will reunite Roseanne Barr and John Goodman? How about Reba McEntire’s return to TV, or Marc Cherry’s follow-up
Erin Jordan, CR Gazette – A lottery ticket is a piece of paper representing a dream. To give everyone a fair chance at the dream, the Iowa Lottery tries to build security into
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — A few years ago, she embodied the rags-to-riches legend of modern China: The daughter of an illiterate farmer starts a hair salon when she
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Netflix is discussing a partnership with former HBO Films president Colin Callender to produce original content, including mini-series and movies, for the online
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — What if you were engaged to your professional partner and called off the wedding — but decided to keep working together anyway? It
By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times – A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits
By Steven Thomma and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – MESA, Ariz. — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum clashed over which of them is the true conservative steward of taxpayers’ money as they grappled
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday unveiled its framework for overhauling the corporate tax code, offering an election-year proposal that would pay for a sharp reduction
Liam Ford, Chicago Tribune – A 21-year-old South Side man charged with shooting a Chicago police officer in the South Shore neighborhood on Sunday was ordered held without bail today. Cortez Ross, of
Editor’s note: Stephanie Rose is a 1991 graduate of Mason CIty High School – CR Gazette Editorial Board – What should Iowans expect of someone who has been nominated to be the next
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES —The legality of an order by Gov. Terry Branstad that effectively closed 36 workforce development centers last year was argued Tuesday night before the Iowa
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – So, there’s the tweet. Kirk Bohls has covered Texas for the Austin American-Statesman for several years. He tweeted that Greg Davis, who served as the Longhorns’ offensive
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – CEDAR FALLS – University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen on Wednesday said he will recommend to the state Board of Regents closure of the Malcolm Price