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Day: February 27, 2012

Dozens of dissidents reported arrested in Cuba

By Juan O. Tamayo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Police briefly arrested more than 100 Cuban dissidents over the weekend in a multipronged campaign to prevent public demonstrations marking the anniversaries of the

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Roller Derby: A Sport With Heart

by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – Family, friends and fans gathered together Saturday night in the All Seasons Center at the North Iowa Fairgrounds for the First Annual Chola Loca Memorial

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Economy Squeezed As Debt Accelerates

Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee has pointed out that our per capita government debt is already larger than Greece’s. Per person, our government owes over $49,000 compared

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Ford seeks to catch rivals in China

By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – CHONGQING, China — Ford Motor Co.’s new factory in this smog-shrouded boomtown is the size of 17 football fields and cost nearly half a billion dollars.

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Fees that phone companies ring up

By Scott Wilson, Los Angeles Times – Take a close look at your phone bill and you’ll find a list of taxes, fees and surcharges going by obscure and slightly mysterious names. Some

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Snow on the way, forecast says

From the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE in DES MOINES THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA, including Cerro Gordo, Worth, Hancock, Winnebago, Kossuth, and Franklin counties. DAY ONE…TODAY AND

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Iowa Man Injured from Gunshot Wounds

REDFIELD – A rural Redfield man was injured by self-inflicted gunshot wounds Saturday morning. Larry Godwin, 68, shot a .22 caliber handgun at a raccoon he had caught in a live trap

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Top ten causes of death in Iowa

Top Ten Causes of Death in Iowa (2010) Cause, total number and rate per 100,00 Heart Disease 6,859 (225.2) Cancer 6,346 (208.3) Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,694 (55.6) Cerebrovascular Disease 1,531 (50.3)

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