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By Ali Safi and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Videos and pictures that the Taliban have posted online purportedly show the insurgents who staged this week’s attacks in
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Rocker Ted Nugent said he had an amicable meeting with the Secret Service on Thursday, seemingly ending the dustup over controversial comments
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai suggested Thursday that a speeded-up departure of Western troops is the only way to prevent a recurrence of “painful
By David S. Cloud and Emily Alpert, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Four U.S. troops were on board a Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed Thursday in Helmand province in southern
CLEAR LAKE – Clear Lake police confirmed that a 15 year old boy was struck or “punched” by another person Thursday afternoon at Clear Lake High School and a Mason City ambulance
MASON CITY – Mason City police arrested Debra Lynn Reyes, 58, on Tuesday for one count of 3rd degree theft, one count of 2nd degree theft and one count of on-going criminal
CHICAGO – It is now widely reported that U.S. Marshalls have captured a man wanted for sexually abusing his own children. James Julius Beaudrie, 37,was apprehended in Chicago Thursday morning, heartlandconnection.com has
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – CLEAR LAKE – At approximately 11:50 a.m. Thursday, a wife reported she had intentionally stabbed her husband in the hand. The injured man left in
Bianca Prieto, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. – A candlelight vigil for slain Winter Park High School students Nicholas ‘Nic’ Presha and Jeremy Stewart will be held this evening on the Cady Way
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, April 18, 2012: EGGING ON OPPOSITION: State legislators in Missouri and Iowa have filed
From Charles City Police Chief Mike Wendel: In February all Charles City Police officers took part in defensive tactics training again. We do this regularly for obvious reasons. Every time we do,
You can always count on reliability; today’s Globe Gazette proved that. There on the front page is the pathetic response to a the Supervisors’ decision to sell fairground land. The central focus
(Mason City) – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health is excited to announce their partnership with Mason City High School, Mason City Alternative School, AEA Learning Center and Francis Lauer
A child endangerment charge was dismissed at the request of the Winnebago County District Attorney as part of a voluntary negotiated guilty plea to a lower offense OWI charge. The charges stemmed
On Monday, April 16th, 28-year-old Jeffery Edward Collins was sentenced to serve up to 5 years through the Iowa Department of Corrections at an OWI facility. Collins was arrested on the afternoon
MASON CITY, Iowa –NIACC softball came close to getting that first conference win on Wednesday, but lost a doubleheader to Iowa Lakes, 8-0 in five innings and 4-3 in seven. NIACC softball
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The NIACC baseball team completed the season sweep of Dakota County Technical College by scores of 7-1 and 7-4. The wins moved NIACC to 32-9 this season and 4-0
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times – BRUSSELS — The United States and its allies are promising to provide more than $4 billion a year for Afghanistan’s army and police after international
By Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — When reports first surfaced in the 1990s of boat builders making submarines for cocaine smugglers in the jungles of Colombia, U.S. law enforcement regarded it
By Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers – LAHORE, Pakistan — Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the Pakistani Islamist leader on whom the United States placed a $10 million bounty earlier this month, filed a court challenge
Maricella Miranda and Jessica Fleming, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – The husband of a Northfield-area dog breeder accused of killing 16 dogs said she will fight the charges against her and that
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – State budget negotiators say they are making significant progress on resolving their differences over fiscal 2013 spending levels. Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said legislative
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times – NEW DELHI — India on Thursday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that landed 20 minutes later in the Indian Ocean. The 50-ton, 55-foot three-stage
MASON CITY – Beginning Thursday, April 19th, 2012, the parking lot at 3rd Street NE and North Delaware Avenue will be closed and unusable to the public. The parking lot will undergo
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday passed a transportation bill that would advance the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, defying a White House veto threat and
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement regarding the Violence Against Women Act. Grassley is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley is working with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Ranking
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — A licensed vocational nurse shot a young mother and kidnapped her newborn son outside of a pediatrician’s office near Houston after lying to her
The defendants were found guilty of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was enacted in October 2009. The evidence at trial established that on Aug.
By Tim Funk and Jim Morrill, McClatchy Newspapers – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In what sounded like a preview of his own acceptance speech, Republican Mitt Romney came to Charlotte on Wednesday to make
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee released the following statement after the Secret Service announced that one supervisory agent would retire, a second supervisory agent would be recommended
By Maria Recio, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — On the cusp of the second anniversary of the BP oil spill, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a transportation bill that includes a
By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors will not file any charges in the Long Beach case of 10-year-old Joanna Ramos, who died hours after a fight with another
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — American support for a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan continues to erode rapidly and has now hit a new low, according to a poll
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Blaming a “fundamentally changed” solar industry and plunging business in Europe, panel maker First Solar Inc. is cutting 2,000 jobs and closing a
By Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Congratulations, recruit! It’s time to learn the ropes of your Facebook engineering job. Take a seat at one of Facebook’s long,
By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News – The marriage of Kinect and “Star Wars” would seem to be a match made in heaven — or at least in Cloud City. The motion-sensing
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Lenders who discriminate on the basis of certain demographics when dealing with auto loans, mortgages, credit cards, student loans and more are now
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Internet advertising reached a record $31 billion last year — a gain of 22 percent over 2010 spending, according to a report
Tom Negovan, WGN-TV, Chicago – The comptroller of the northwest Illinois town of Dixon is accused of stealing $30 million dollars from tax payers. Rita Crundwell, the town’s chief financial officer, accused of
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – NEW YORK — Reese Marquis was at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, one day before her father made his Minnesota Twins debut. She was