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By Ricardo Lopez and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — It only lasted a few seconds, but that’s all it took for a three-syllable chant to mar a high school basketball
By Gregory Karp and Ashley Rueff, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — An American Airlines flight attendant disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas Fort/Worth en route
DES MOINES, Iowa – An Eldora man won a top prize of $30,000 playing the lottery’s “Crossword” instant-scratch game. Ronald Russell claimed his prize Thursday at the Iowa Lottery’s headquarters in Des
AMES, Iowa – The nationally ranked Iowa State men’s basketball team is poised to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 and the Iowa State Athletics Department is inviting all Cyclone
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – At approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a two vehicle accident with injury was called into the Mason City Police Department and Mason City Fire Department. The
INDIANAPOLIS – Michigan State crushed Iowa’s hopes of a Big Ten Tournament title on Friday, beating the Hawkeyes 92-75. Iowa kept it close through much of the first half. The game was
AMES – According to the Ames Police Department, a former Iowa State football player was pepper sprayed arrested early this morning. Former ISU DE Jacob Lattimer was arrested at 2:01 a.m. for public intoxication,
by Matt Marquardt – This February, your local government was hijacked by the Mason City Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Eric Bookmeyer, City Administrator Brent Trout, Clear Lake Mayor Nelson Crabb and Cerro
DES MOINES, Iowa – A Mason City woman said she had to go over her “Match & Win” ticket for nearly an hour before she believed she’d won a top prize of
There are several stains on this country that will never wash off, and now in this year of 2012 another indelible stain creeps across some thirty-four mostly Southern states. I am not
By Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press – The last time Michigan State played Iowa this season, Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery picked up a chair and slammed it down on the court during a
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Suicide among young Army personnel is among the saddest tolls of the country’s two long wars this century. A report released Thursday found
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Airfares are rising, planes are packed, and carriers are abandoning less-profitable routes. What’s to blame? Climbing fuel prices. And there will be
By Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — An appeals court has thrown out the sexual assault conviction of a Marine in yet another example of the growing legal questions sparked by the
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier this morning in federal court in Minneapolis, a 51-year-old Oakdale man was sentenced for distributing an image containing child pornography. United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced Brian
By Jay Weaver, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Legislation that would allow Holocaust survivors to sue European companies for unpaid life insurance benefits worth an estimated $20 billion has passed its first test
By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Cook County, Ill., prosecutors referred to the gathering as the “ducks-in-a-row” meeting. Lt. Jason Leavitt, a veteran Park Ridge police officer, had just been sued
By Karen Sudol, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Prosecutors in Dharun Ravi’s bias intimidation trial have methodically built a brick-by-brick case over the past 10 days, producing two dozen
By Michael Newsom, McClatchy Newspapers – PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made his first appearance here Thursday ahead of Mississippi’s Tuesday primary election, and attacked President Barack Obama for not
By Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune – NDIANAPOLIS — The night started with an enthusiastic ovation for Robbie Hummel and ended with Purdue fans singing Happy Birthday to the forward as he walked off
By Josh Robbins, The Orlando Sentinel – CHICAGO — This is a win the Orlando Magic will remember for a long time. After they squandered a second-quarter lead of 18 points and let
By Amelia Rayno, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – INDIANAPOLIS — Andre Hollins just might be the Minnesota Gophers of the future. But that isn’t stopping the dynamic freshman guard — who keeps getting better
By Brian Bennett, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first concrete step toward allowing drones to fly alongside passenger airplanes in the United States. As required
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – “John Carter” is to action movies as eggs, milk and flour are to a cake. All of the elements are there but they just haven’t come together
By Jon Stephenson and Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan soldiers and police say the recent burning of Qurans by U.S. personnel has seriously undermined their trust in their American
By Richard Simon and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — With gas prices becoming a high-octane campaign issue, the Democratic-led Senate beat back a Republican effort to advance the controversial Keystone
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In a campaign dominated so far by 30-second ads and debate sound bites, President Barack Obama’s re-election effort is taking a more expansive
By Maria Recio, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday in favor of returning 80 percent of the fines to be collected from BP for the 2010 Gulf Coast
By Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities said Thursday that they had filed charges against Osama bin Laden’s three widows as an investigation revealed fresh details of the dead al-Qaida
By Rene Stutzman, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — The father of a 17-year-old who was shot to death in Sanford, Fla., by a crime watch volunteer held a news conference in
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON—A modest package of proposals aimed at expanding small business’ access to capital cleared the House with broad bipartisan support, a rare accomplishment in this politically
By Jay Price, McClatchy Newspapers – CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have discovered what could be a vital step toward a cure for HIV. By
By Hannan Adely and Herb Jackson, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday called reports of New York police surveillance of Muslim communities outside the
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times – Although teen smoking has declined, more than 3 million high school students and 600,000 middle school students still smoke cigarettes and are at risk of early
By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers “The silence will kill you!” warn the posters for “Silent House.” That’s only if the boredom doesn’t get you first, though. The hook of this would-be horror
By Rafer Guzman, Newsday – A latecomer to the still-booming genre of comedies about 40-ish adolescents facing adult decisions, “Friends with Kids” tries to fit in by borrowing the cast of “Bridesmaids” and
Over The Hill 3/06/12 (4 person team) High Scratch Game 1. Lanne Book 214 2. Gene Roberts 212 3. Doug King 200 1. Michele Olson 221 2. Karen Cornick 201 3. Marlene
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A former bank official who stole nearly $6 million from Iowa State Bank in Clarksville over 19 years was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to more
KANSAS CITY, Mo – The No. 25 Iowa State men’s basketball team utilized a 6-0 run in the final minutes to tie Texas 65-65, but a traditional three-point play by J’Covan Brown