Rules to follow in the hunting game
By Mike North, McClatchy Newspapers – In the world of hunting, there are a lot of written rules that have much to say about what you can’t do out in the field. There
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By Mike North, McClatchy Newspapers – In the world of hunting, there are a lot of written rules that have much to say about what you can’t do out in the field. There
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — With the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaching, Twins General Manager Terry Ryan wasn’t ready to announce any clearance sales Wednesday. The Twins climbed
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — There probably are worse things for Cubs fans than enduring a 17-1 loss to the Mets, such as incarceration, being afflicted with gout or attending
By Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal passed 43-3, allowing Chicago police to
By David Ovalle, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Three months after he beat a murder charge under Florida’s controversial self-defense law, Greyston Garcia was shot dead late Tuesday by a stray bullet
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – High winds continued to whip through the Colorado Springs area on Wednesday, fanning the flames of the Waldo Canyon fire and more than doubling the
Participating customers north of I-80 included in event CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – June 27, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, announced today it will cycle air
MASON CITY – Mason City police were dispatched to Gracious Estates Mobile Home Park, 777 S. Eisenhower Avenue, Tuesday evening at about 6 PM after a female dialed 911, yelling for help.
By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times – PHOENIX — If I’m traveling with other Latinos in a carpool will I be stopped? Will you accept my Mexican passport as ID? If I’m
By Carol Marbin Miller, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The teenage foster kids called their rendezvous with men who paid for their affections “dates.” Sometimes they had several scheduled each day. Their
By Katherine Skiba and Deborah L. Shelton, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A day after U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s office announced that he was on medical leave for exhaustion, people who
By Jeremy Gorner, Kristen Mack and Rex W. Huppke, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Faced with a surge in homicides, the city of Chicago has taken the unprecedented step of giving the
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The last time he testified on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. struggled to predict how his legacy would be
By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — George Zimmerman had a broken nose, a bruised head and passed two voice-stress lie-detector tests in the wake of his deadly fight with Miami
DES MOINES, IOWA — Progress Iowa today called on Congressman Tom Latham to apologize for laughing at and refusing to stand up to Jan Mickelson’s comments about ‘pistol whipping’ the Nuns on
By Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — The presiding judge in Jerry Sandusky’s child sex-abuse trial challenged lawyers Tuesday after a recorded interview between state police and the former coach’s
By Melissa Hayes, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Governor Chris Christie stood alongside Mitt Romney before a $50,000-a-plate fundraising dinner on Tuesday and predicted that New Jersey is “going
“A Salute to Our Veterans and Service Members Parade” will take place Sat., June 30 (DES MOINES) – Today, Gov. Terry Branstad announced additional details regarding this Saturday’s “A Salute to Our
This photo was shot after 1 AM June 27, 2012 at the corner of South Federal Avenue and Highway 122 by NIT Publisher Matt Marquardt. The man sitting on the squad car
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Two congressional veterans survived career-threatening primary challenges Tuesday night as voters weighed in on races that could help define the next Congress. In
By Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times – STOCKTON, Calif. — This Gold Rush-era port city, an epicenter of California’s agricultural exports, will become the nation’s largest city to seek protection under U.S.
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – A two vehicle accident occurred on the east bound lane of Highway 122 Tuesday evening around 5:40 pm in front of the
MASON CITY – Mason City police responded to an alarm at Alliant Energy in the 600 block of 15th Street SE shortly after 4 AM today. As officers were checking the business,
By Jeremy C. Owens, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microsoft Corp. announced Monday that it will purchase San Francisco enterprise social-networking company Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash, confirming
By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times – Summer internships offer an opportunity for young people to try out a profession and for employers to evaluate possible future hires. If you’re hoping to
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A Greenfield couple has won approval from the Iowa Department of Transportation to gather orders for a license plate featuring a red, white and blue image
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Like most guys, Eric Lugo wants to look handsome. But he doesn’t want to be caught applying makeup. So the 26-year-old uses skin-care
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two very different trailers debuted on the same day in April for “Ted,” the new comedy movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a man
McClatchy Newspapers – The following games are among those scheduled for release next week, according to Gamestop.com. June 26: The Amazing Spider-Man (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS and DS, rated T) Spec
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: ——— JUNE 26: The Artist — Sony 26: Bullhead — Image 26:
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Avengers” now has “Titanic” in its sights at the domestic box office. Marvel Entertainment’s hit superhero team-up was expected to pass $600
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied Netflix Inc.’s request to throw out a lawsuit brought by the National Association for the
By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — A spectrum exchange between Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA would improve T-Mobile’s service in some areas, enhance both carriers’ national networks, and erase T-Mobile’s
By Alejandro Lazo and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Sales of newly built single-family homes rose last month to their highest level in more than two years, adding to
By Liz Reyer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – QUESTION: My company moved and downgraded its workspaces from offices to small cubes for everyone in my grade level. I’m not thrilled, especially with the loss
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It’s the consumer version of June gloom: Americans this month are the most down and out they’ve been in five months, as hiring
By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Meg James, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable — splitting its entertainment and publishing operations into separate companies. The
By Patricia Mazzei, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — President Barack Obama made a swing through Miami Beach on Tuesday evening to pursue two re-election campaign goals: Raise money from well-heeled donors, and
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with consumer discretionary and energy companies gaining on signs of stabilization in housing but investors still on shaky ground ahead of
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that struck down most of a controversial Arizona immigration law likely slowed Iowa policymakers from trying to adopt