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By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – INDIANAPOLIS — A clearly unhappy Rick Adelman sounded like a fellow running out of things to say Monday night. The Minnesota Timberwolves coach had just
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – NEW YORK — Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire broke up the M&M boys on Monday. He didn’t bring flowers or candy. He
By Andre C. Fernandez, McClatchy Newspapers – NEWARK, N.J. — LeBron James gave the Miami Heat a performance to remember. And then paused to give a 7-year-old boy a gift he won’t
President Obama urges Congress to pass the Buffett Rule — which asks those who make more than $1 million a year to pay at least the same percentage of their income in
April 16, 2012 -Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to block the Buffett Rule, choosing once again to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest few Americans at the expense of the middle class. The
By Matt Stevens and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Singer Bobby Brown pleaded not guilty Monday to three misdemeanor charges related to driving under the influence, a spokesman for
MASON CITY – At Tuesday’s meeting, the Cerro Gordo County Supervisors will consider a recommendation from the North Iowa Fair Board to market fairground land. According to the agenda for the meeting, an
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. is facing a $25,000 fine for impeding a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the tech giant’s data-collection practices. The world’s largest
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. blue-chip stocks advanced Monday, with better-than-expected retail sales bolstering optimism, but a slide in the shares of Apple Inc. and Google Inc. dragged on
By Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune – As many as five offensive tackles could be chosen in the first round, which might say more about the NFL’s desperation for blockers than it says about
By Hashmat Baktash and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan, and NEW DELHI — Fighting ended Monday morning some 18 hours after the Taliban launched a coordinated attack on Western embassies,
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — The two suspects in the deadly Good Friday shootings in Tulsa, Okla., entered not-guilty pleas Monday to murder and other charges associated with
By Rick Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers – WICHITA, Kan. — As tornadoes brewed in the Wichita region late Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Kleinsasser issued a new kind of bulletin that detailed just
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The first Gallup poll of the general election campaign shows Mitt Romney edging out President Barack Obama, a close result that both parties
By Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — As the Senate considers President Barack Obama’s “Buffett Rule” to require that millionaires and billionaires pay at least 30 percent income tax, a new
Dexter, IOWA — Last night Mike Beeler, 21, of Menlo, Iowa was arrested and charged with Vehicular Homicide due to intoxication (B felony), Vehicular Homicide due to recklessness (C felony), Leaving the
By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Authorities in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, say the skeletal remains of 12 people found in the area in recent months are those of
By Weedah Hamzah and Nehal El-Sherif – DAMASCUS, Syria — Twenty-four people were killed on Monday when Syrian forces fought rebels near the Turkish border and shelled restive central provinces, while U.N.
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved E15 as a registered fuel, helping clear the way for the 15 percent ethanol blend to be used in all cars, light duty trucks and SUVs
Johnston, Iowa – The University of Iowa Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Iowa State University Athletics, Learfield Sports, and Iowa Corn announce on April 14th that the voting for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk
Tyler Wirtjes was sentenced to prison today in Worth County. Wirtjes, 28, was found guilty on February 3rd, 2012 of third-degree sexual abuse after an incident in Manly early in December of
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – On Friday afternoon of April 13th at 2:25 pm, Mason City police responded to a report of a stolen cell phone at Madison School. “A
MASON CITY – In the wake of Saturday’s murder on East State Street, graffiti is showing up around town with a sinister message: Payback. One spray-painted message says: “Snitch’s Die.” That was
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Despite the weather forecast of tornadoes and thunderstorms, the races went on as scheduled, but was not able to be completed. The
MASON CITY, Iowa – It took a seventh inning rally in game two, but No. 14 NIACC completed a weekend series sweep of Ellsworth by winning both games on a windy Sunday
WATERLOO – For the second time in three years, the Waterloo Police Department’s K9 Unit took top honors as a team, at the United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 21 Narcotics
On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at approximately 7:15 PM, Waterloo Police were dispatched to intersection of Jackson Street and Oneida Street on report of shots fired. Officers found a brown van in
GARNER – North Iowa Area Community College, Garner-Hayfield High School and several neighboring school districts are partnering to form a new Entrepreneurship Academy at Garner-Hayfield High School for the 2012-13 school year.
John Richard (Dick) Gaffney, 81, of 200 3rd Street South, Swaledale, Iowa died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Monday, April 16, 2012
By Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill recently visited gas stations to argue that Congress should end subsidies for oil companies. The Missouri Democrat’s campaign, which she
By Barry Koltnow, The Orange County Register – Summer officially begins at 4:09 p.m. on June 21. Summer movie season begins at midnight on May 4. My summer began at 4 p.m.
By Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Anyone who’s ever been to Coachella or any music festival understands the idea of “the moment,” that magical, jewel-encrusted feeling you get
By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As “American Idol” winds down its 11th season, it’s time to ask: Is Fox’s smash singing contest losing the kids? For years,
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota man charged with aggravated sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact was sentenced on April 11, 2012 by United States District
Ryan M. Held, aka Ryan M. Foley, 20, of Philipsburg, Penn., was indicted on March 27, 2012, by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a cross burning he committed in
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — If the core of who and what you are is sound, you shouldn’t change it much. Iowa’s football program has a good core, and
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Less than two years removed from their high school graduations, linebackers James Morris and Christian Kirksey have resumes strong enough to compare with Iowa’s
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — If anyone walks away grinning from all the changes to Iowa’s offense since last December, it’s got to be tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz. He
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — Iowa legislators are likely to have one eye on the calendar and the other on their pocketbooks as they go back to work
Colton L. Partin, 22, of Apison, Tenn., Kyle C. Montgomery, 23, and James Smiley, 27, both of Chattanooga, Tenn., were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Curtis L. Collier. Smiley