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AMES, Iowa – April 23, 2012 – Travelers stopping at eight central Iowa interstate rest areas have been stepping up and recycling aluminum cans, and plastic and glass bottles in new recycling
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) continued working Wednesday to inventory the contents of a warehouse on the city’s southeast side that yielded
By David S. Cloud, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is beefing up its spy service to send several hundred undercover intelligence officers to overseas hot spots to steal secrets
By Richard Simon and Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau – GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two portraits of John Edwards emerged in opening arguments at the trial of the disgraced politician, who is accused
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took aim Monday at what it called “digital guns for hire,” unveiling new sanctions against Syria and Iran for using
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Bill Lee Jr., who had stepped aside as police chief during the investigation of the shooting of unarmed African American teenager Trayvon
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — As the door to the visiting room at Federal Correctional Institute-Englewood opened and Rod Blagojevich stepped in, one thing was clear to his awaiting
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – A Mason City man who is listed as an instructor at Ellsworth Community College has been arrested in connection with the beating of another Mason
CLEAR LAKE – At approximately 10:00 pm on April 21st Clear lake Police Officers arrested 32 year old Edrick Morris of Clear Lake on two counts Committing Lascivious Acts with a Child,
EL PASO, Texas — Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Sunday seized nearly 20,000 counterfeit items with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) worth of
The Mason City High School Concert Choir earned a clean sweep of all trophies at the Chicago Worldstrides Heritage International Music Festival Competition. The students received a Gold Award for both the
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – The University of Iowa baseball team beat Penn State, 4-2, Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Duane Banks Field. The Hawkeyes scored three first-inning runs and
Once again the Globe Gazette embarrasses itself with another feeble attempt to gloss over decades of horrible management and possible corruption charges which are at this time pending at the very threshold
MASON CITY – The Holcim baseball complex was busy this weekend. The Mason City Youth Baseball season is getting warmed-up. Many teams from Lil-Sluggers to Senior age groups have started practices. There
RUDD – Mason City teen has died after a gun accident near Rudd. Hunter D. True, 17 of 1612 N. Federal, died Sunday, April 22, 1012 at Mercy Medical Center, Mason City.
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa – NIACC baseball has kept its ICCAC conference regular season title hopes alive by winning Sunday’s games against Southeastern, 9-7 and 5-2. Nick Tillo (So., Sioux City, IA) had
By Anne Blythe, McClatchy Newspapers – RALEIGH, N.C. — In the springtime in ancient Greece, thousands would fill an Athens theater to watch the playwrights’ newest tragedies. On Monday, a modern tragedy
Patrick Hogan, CR Gazette – TIFFIN – A drug decoy checkpoint conducted by the Iowa City Police Department caught several travelers along Interstate 80 on Friday, April 20, 2012. At least four
By Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — Four months into retirement, Jim Guenther has no regrets. An accountant, he carefully calculated how much money he and his younger wife —
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court and Obama administration are set for another politically charged clash Wednesday as the justices take up Arizona’s crackdown on
IOWA CITY, IOWA – – The University of Iowa football team will be outfitted in 1921-22 throwback uniforms when the Hawkeyes host Iowa State in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Trophy game
By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Egypt has terminated its contract to supply natural gas to Israel, ending a joint venture that was a cornerstone of the peace process between
(Mason City) – April 21-28, 2012 is recognized as National Infant Immunization Week. Disease Prevention and Investigation officials at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health would like to encourage parents
By Amy Pavuk, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — State Attorney Angela Corey has tried more than 50 homicides. She’s known for being tough on crime and an advocate for victims,
By Katherine Skiba, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Sunday that if Mitt Romney asked him to be his running mate, he’d send him a list of
By Ben Fritz and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES _ “LOL” was supposed to represent a big step for Miley Cyrus’ movie career as she attempts to mature beyond
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Jetsons had one, and Fred MacMurray flew one in “The Absent-Minded Professor.” Novelist Ian Fleming included one in his children’s book
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Moe, Larry and Curly couldn’t do it. Neither could Snow White, an army of Greek gods or a baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio. After
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — John Tomkins was a proud Midwesterner in 2007 who played basketball with his kids, worked several jobs, sometimes six days a week, and loved
By Jason Meisner and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s Cinderella story took a tragic turn 3 1/2 years ago with the killings of her mother, brother and
By Tom Hudson, McClatchy Newspapers – It is tough to find fault with a company that does $2 billion of business every week, generating a half-billion dollars in profits. And it does