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Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A 17-year-old involved in a 2009 robbery, in which Cedar Rapids police officer Tim Davis was seriously injured by another man, received a suspended sentence and probation Tuesday
McClatchy Newspapers – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky allegedly wrote love letters to one of the boys he’s accused of molesting, according to a report from ABC News. Love letters of an
McClatchy-Tribune News Service The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune: ——— The latest mission of an American spacecraft to the International Space Station was one of those marvels of balletic NASA
By Bill Scott – PARIS — Roger Federer came back from two sets to love down for the seventh time in his career as Novak Djokovic kept his Grand Slam dream alive
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Charles A. Leale was in the theater watching the play “My American Cousin” when he heard a gunshot and saw a man leap to
By Anna Tomforde – LONDON — Britain Tuesday ended four days of national celebrations to mark the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, tinged only by regret over the absence of Prince Philip,
By Ken Dilanian and Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida’s second-in-command was killed in a U.S. drone missile strike on a Pakistani compound near the Afghan border, a U.S.
Fidel Urbina, the subject of a nationwide manhunt since 1999 in connection with two sexual assaults and murder, has been named to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The former Chicago resident
Farmington, NM – During the evening hours of May 29, 2012 Deputies and Investigators with the United States Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force arrested Joe Vallejos and Jeremiah
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Danielle Frere will be competing in the women’s shot put at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines,
DES MOINES, Iowa – A Mason City man couldn’t believe it when he won his second big lottery prize purchasing a scratch ticket from the same store. John Jamtgaard, 69, won an
MASON CITY -The Cerro Gordo County Supervisors met Tuesday morning at the courthouse. They heard a road report from County Engineer Mary Kelly. She informed the supervisors that normal road maintenance and
MASON CITY – Polls open from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday in Cerro Gordo County. To see your polling place, click here. Candidates: Republican Party U. S. Representative District 4: Steve
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State forward Melvin Ejim is preparing to be extremely busy this summer. The All-Big 12 Honorable Mention pick has a chance to realize a childhood dream by being
FARGO—U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 1, 2012, Allen Herbert Demarce, Sr., of Tokio, North Dakota, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a charge of
AMES, Iowa – June 5, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation, Iowa State Patrol and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will participate in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Roadcheck 2012
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The flesh to loincloth ratio (not to mention the sex to violence ratio) is about to diminish significantly on Starz: The historical period
By Nate Ulrich, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — When Browns linebacker Scott Fujita met with reporters two weeks ago after a practice in Berea, Ohio, he acknowledged his fight to have
Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – An Export man was charged today with threatening a postal inspector with death and rape as well as with possession of child pornography. Todd Markley, 48, could face
MASON CITY – The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum would like to thank everyone who submitted entries into the Trashtastic Yard Art Competition. The final exhibition consists of twelve outdoor artworks created
By Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Big Ten officials laid out their choices for a new world of postseason football after the presidents meetings, meshing their wishes with the realty of
By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Gender politics takes center stage again this election year as the Senate on Tuesday is urged to consider a pay equality bill that the White
Rick Plumlee, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. – A 26-year-old Wichita man has been found guilty of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Friday. Federal jurors convicted Shane M. McClelland on one
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” is a riot of splashy colors, silly 3-D gimmicks, big, broad kid-friendly gags — and those professionally pesky penguins. And for
By Jim Utter, McClatchy Newspapers – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch’s temper has cost him again. NASCAR on Monday suspended Busch from all competition through June 13 for verbal abuse toward a media
MASON CITY – Shorty before 2:45 AM last Friday morning Mason City police officers made contact with 65-year-old Leslie Allen Edwards at his residence listed as 805 South Harrison Avenue. Edwards was
By Lisa Mascaro and Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama continues to enjoy a gender gap over the GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, Democrats in Congress hope to
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman’s challenge to his bribery conviction, preserving rulings that say prosecutors and
By Scott Hiaasen, McClatchy Newspapers – Defense lawyers for George Zimmerman admitted Monday that their client made a “mistake” in not mentioning about $135,000 he raised through a website before his April bond
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Partisan differences now divide Americans more sharply than distinctions of race, religion, education or sex as a decade-long wave has pushed Democrats and Republicans
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Strange as it sounds, this is the way the Twins drew it up in the offseason. They never expected to have this
By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt. At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet Harvel is
By Eve Mitchell, Contra Costa Times – WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Millions of employees put money in 401(k) plans to build a retirement nest egg. But most don’t know that the plans they
AMES, Iowa – June 4, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday, June 14, to discuss the planning study of Iowa 122 one-way corridors in
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Snow White and the Huntsman” easily made it out of the woods at the box office this weekend, far exceeding industry expectations for
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The career of Richard Dawson, who died Sunday at age 79, breaks down, broadly speaking, into two not unrelated parts, each of which