Twins edge Brewers in 15 innings
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — After four hours and 50 minutes of baseball Sunday, the Twins finally found something Ben Revere couldn’t catch. The right fielder made three terrific
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By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — After four hours and 50 minutes of baseball Sunday, the Twins finally found something Ben Revere couldn’t catch. The right fielder made three terrific
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — The dream of a first-ever Miami Heat homecourt championship celebration remains alive. The question is whether the hometown crowd at AmericanAirlines Arena has the heart
By Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News – SAN FRANCISCO — This is all you needed to know about the Tiger Woods U.S. Open experience Sunday afternoon at the Olympic Club: By the time
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The chock-full box score will show the loss officially was the result of Yuniesky Betancourt’s home run in the 15th inning, but the
By Jeff Shain, The Orlando Sentinel – SAN FRANCISCO — The Olympic Club struck again Sunday, delivering Webb Simpson the 112th U.S. Open championship with a sterling come-from-behind finish that overtook the faltering
By Frank Fitzpatrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — From a Lasch Building balcony Thursday evening, the sunset views were spectacular. Beyond Penn State’s meticulously maintained, walled-in football compound, emerald hillsides
Bill Salisbury, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – In a sign that the presidential race is heating up, Mitt Romney is on his most intensive campaign swing since locking up the Republican
Karen Langley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – CORNWALL, PA. — Mitt Romney sounded confident on Saturday as he told Pennsylvania supporters, his Republican Party leaders among them, that he will break the streak of
William Smith, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – SALEM – A Washington, Iowa, man led police on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph early Saturday. Miguel Andrade,
The Miami Herald – Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on videotape and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead
MASON CITY – The Mason City Fire Department responded to a call of a house fire early Sunday morning. At 3:29 a.m., firefighters were at 30 15th Street NE. The house was
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – Unity was the theme of the Republican Party of Iowa convention, but there were undercurrents of tension and takeover. “We all want to defeat President Obama,”
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — The United Nations’ decision to suspend its observer mission in Syria could increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to comply with
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Thirty-six years ago, three men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren for ransom before entombing them in a San Joaquin Valley rock
By Dave Van Dyck, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Cubs know what they have in Jeff Samardzija — a possible franchise pitcher — and they’re taking no chances of ruining him
WASHINGTON – Fifty years after their escape from U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz on June 11, 1962, the U.S. Marshals Service remains diligent in the manhunt for Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John
Columbia, SC – Anthony Scott Ebersole, AKA: “Tony” was arrested by the U.S. Marshals at a camp ground in Crescent City, Florida late yesterday afternoon. Ebersole has been on the run from
Farmington, NM – On May 31, 2012 a State of New Mexico arrest warrant was issued for four subjects, Gabriel Alcon, Richard Winters, Vincent Montoya, Sarah Martinez. All subjects were wanted for
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Kephart’s Music is closing its doors. Saturday was the store’s last day, according to store employee Tim Hanson. Some shoppers were informed of the store’s
By Vinod Sreeharsha, McClatchy Newspapers – BRASILIA, Brazil — After conducting an internal investigation, bringing in senior staff and briefing members of Congress, the U.S. Air Force expects this month to restart
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Consumer advocacy groups voiced concern over the appointment Friday of a Wall Street veteran to be the chief overseer of credit-rating agencies, which
By Andrew Tangel, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — The federal government took down the biggest Wall Streeter yet in its battle against insider trading: Rajat Gupta, a former director of
By Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune – Even with 87.5 years to go, the 21st century may never see a stupider comedy than “That’s My Boy.” But let’s be positive, and express it
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following comment about the President’s announcement that the administration will halt deportation and allow the issuance of work
By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers – ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (R): Here’s a side of the 16th president you won’t find in the Steven Spielberg biopic due at Christmas: During the Civil
By Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — And with the second pick in the June 28th NBA draft, the Charlotte Bobcats select . . . Oh, right, what about
Patrice Hill, The Washington Times – While Wall Street and Washington were obsessing over recent signs of softening in the job market and a flare-up of the European debt crisis, much of
Jerry Seper, The Washington Times – Amsterdam-based ING Bank N.V. agreed Tuesday to forfeit $619 million to the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney´s Office for conspiring to illegally
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — It might not have been a giant step for mankind, but the launch Saturday of a piloted space capsule to dock with China’s
DENVER—Following a two-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello, Antoine J. Wallace, an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, was found guilty of three counts of
By David Wharton, Los Angeles Times – SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day begins around 7 a.m., at the back of the house, in a room outfitted with rows of fluorescent lights,
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Seven-time U.S. national time trial winner Dave Zabriskie and five-time Olympian George Hincapie were not named to the U.S. road racing team
MASON CITY – The 2012 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project will begin on Monday, June 18, 2012. Phase I of the project will begin on 5th Street NE (the westbound lanes of Highway
June 16, 2012 – Minnesota Twins second baseman Jamey Carroll forces out the Milwaukee Brewers’ Cody Ransom at second base, and throws to first base to complete a double play in the
By Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal – CLEVELAND — Five no-hitters, including a perfect game, before the middle of June? Have major-league hitters become complete wimps because they no longer can safely
By Larry Stone, The Seattle Times – Larry Stone’s MLB power rankings Last week’s rankings in parentheses Team 1 Nationals (1) Do Nats’ really deserve the top spot? That’s a clown question,
By Marcus Thompson II, Contra Costa Times – SAN FRANCISCO — Moving day for Ernie Els didn’t start so well. But by the time he finished his third round at the 112th
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The creators of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” found themselves in a bit of hot water on Wednesday when word spun around
By Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press – BROOKLYN, Mich. — Marcos Ambrose uprooted his wife and kids on the Australian island state of Tasmania in 2005 to come race NASCAR in America.
By Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor – MOSCOW — Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator arrived in Moscow Sunday for critical talks with world powers, flying economy class with his team on Russia’s state airline,