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IOWA CITY – Aaron White scored a career-best 25 points with 11 rebounds to lead Iowa past Dayton 84-75 in an opening-round NIT game. Both were game-highs. The victory was Iowa’s first postseason
Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – A new high-rise building proposed for downtown Iowa City moved a step closer Tuesday to getting $2.5 million from the city. The City Council’s Economic Development Committee
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — Just days before going to trial on domestic violence charges, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi pleaded guilty Monday to one misdemeanor
By Karen Sudol, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Dharun Ravi’s decision not to testify in his bias intimidation trial came as no surprise to seasoned criminal defense attorneys following
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – ORLANDO, Fla. — Leaders of the influential AFL-CIO labor federation announced Tuesday that the group voted “proudly and enthusiastically” to endorse President Barack Obama’s re-election effort.
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – One person escaped a car fire Tuesday afternoon just south of Mason City at 230th Street, just east of Highway 65. At
By Jon Stephenson, McClatchy Newspapers – NAJIBAN, Afghanistan — A high-level Afghan delegation came under fire from suspected Taliban insurgents on Tuesday while visiting the site of Sunday’s massacre of 16 civilians by
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday launched a challenge to China’s export restrictions on rare earth and other raw materials as part of a broader
MASON CITY – Mason City police are warning of a phone scam targeting senior citizens. The police department says it has recently received reports from elderly citizens saying they received a phone
Child pornography probe rescued infant from sexual abuse by the professor and infant’s mother SAN FRANCISCO – A former Cal State assistant professor was sentenced Thursday to 450 months in federal prison
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Iowa’s county-based mental-health system would be redesigned into a statewide effort where services would be administered regionally and delivered locally under legislation approved by
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Monday, March 12: IT’S NATIONAL FIX A LEAK WEEK: The Iowa Utilities Board issued an
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – PHOENIX — With Ricky Rubio back home tweeting daily pictures chronicling his knee rehab, the Timberwolves on Monday began a seven-game, 13-day road trip that could
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Derrick Rose’s well-chronicled competitiveness often is cloaked in stoicism. Monday night at the United Center, matched against international sensation Jeremy Lin, the mask came off.
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – Is it any wonder so many TV fans have a fear of commitment? You form a strong bond with a particular show, developing what you believe
By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The idea of a movie spinoff of “21 Jump Street” — the cult TV series about a group of police officers, led by Johnny Depp,
By Jeremy C. Owens, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — If you want to own the latest iteration of Apple Inc.’s popular iPad tablet computer on the first day it’s
Op-ed by Peter Children – Stay at home dad or slacker. Eric Bookmeyer wants to be portrayed as a stay at home dad…wouldn’t that be wonderful if it were only true? Unfortunately
VERO BEACH, Fla. – Freshman pitcher Tim Black (Mount Hope, Ontario) tossed a no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader en route to a 2-0 win over Baseball Academie Canada, and
Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau is announcing that some 250 law enforcement agencies from around the state will be on the roads beginning March 15th and continuing
By Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Monday that it will pay $70 million in restitution to the San Francisco Bay Area city of
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – SEATTLE — The call would soon become excruciatingly familiar: A 28-year-old Army specialist from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, recently home from Afghanistan, had walked into a parking
WASHINGTON – Three men were sentenced to prison today in Los Angeles for their participation in an international child pornography ring announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a sweeping measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other protected areas to oil drilling, as well
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — China’s state media warned Tuesday that U.S. plans to press Beijing through the World Trade Organization over its control of special industrial minerals known
By Franz Smets – GUATEMALA CITY — The former leader of an elite team of the Guatemalan military has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a mass
Bank of America Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company, Citigroup Inc. and Ally Financial Inc. named in suit. View the court documents. WASHINGTON – The Justice Department, the
WASHINGTON – A federal court announced last week that it had determined the aggregate amount of back pay damages owed to African-American and Hispanic applicants who were discriminated against by the city
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury has charged Michael Smith, 37, Matthew Davidson, 43, and Joseph Sanders, 31 – former corrections officers of the Alabama Department
Legislation would require Iowa to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent on American-made products instead of rewarding companies that move jobs overseas. (DES MOINES) – The Iowa Senate voted Monday, March 12, to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that six programs aimed at reducing homelessness in Iowa have been awarded grants totaling $734,798 from the U.S. Department and Urban Development’s (HUD)
WASHINGTON – Armando Gonzalez-Medina, 35, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 84 months in prison, after pleading guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to possess, produce and transfer
WASHINGTON – Alexander Beltran Herrera, 35, aka Jhon Alexander Beltrain Herrera, aka Rodrigo Pirinolo, an accused member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been extradited from Colombia to face
Most people are familiar with dialing 911, but some may not be aware of the seven other “N11” codes. N11 is a three-digit shortcut to reach special community resources. The numbers are
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were dismissed last year because of a failure of leadership in handling reports of child-sex
CHARLES CITY – Endless Summer, “Iowa’s premier 50’s and 60’s rock & roll band” will be inducted into the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association (IRRMA) Hall of Fame this Labor Day Weekend. The
By a bipartisan vote of 32-18, the Iowa Senate approved a sweeping overhaul of Iowa’s mental health system on Monday, March 12. From www.senate.iowa.gov: According to Senator Jack Hatch of Des Moines, the