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By Alex Pavlovic, San Jose Mercury News – PITTSBURGH—There would be no positive end to Tim Lincecum’s nightmare first half, no signs that his old form will return as the season hits
By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The White Sox maintained their three-game lead in the American League Central despite a wacky 11-9 loss Sunday to the Blue Jays that served
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer sweetly made delicate volleys drop as if it was no trouble at all. He ferociously aimed his one-handed backhand deep
By Laura King and Aimal Yaqubi, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — In what was an extraordinarily violent day even by Afghan standards, separate bombings on Sunday killed eight Western troops,
MASON CITY – Around 11:30 am, Sunday, the Mason City Police Department reported graffiti on one of the Globe Gazette walls. The west wall that faces the alley did have graffiti on
By Laura Hautala, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The heart of Best Buy’s customer service model took a blow Friday when the company said it was laying off 600 of
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — Anderson Silva again turned strife into conquest in the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon Saturday in a repeat victory over tough challenger Chael
By Roman Augustoviz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — On Saturday night, the Lynx reached the midpoint of their once-historic WNBA season with tears. Guard Candice Wiggins was openly weeping in the
By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The fearsome guns of the USS Iowa protected FDR from torpedo attacks and helped destroy the Japanese military in World War II.
By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As many as 64,000 Americans’ computers may still be infected by malware that will cause them to lose Internet service Monday, so
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – President Obama played down a worse-than-expected June jobs report, calling it a “step in the right direction” at a campaign stop in Ohio. Iowa congressmen and
By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Relief appears to be in sight for much of the United States suffering through a record-breaking heat wave that has been
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Regan Banks is pretty proud of his accomplishments in building the North Iowa Youth Center (NIYC) over the years. Banks and lots of other people
Its that time of year again when the fair board puts on their dog and pony show. They will lose money as always with beer leading the way. You’d think by now
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – The University of Iowa incorrectly made 338 payroll overpayments to employees totaling $645,741 during 2010-11, an increase of $73,441 in overpayments from the prior year, a state
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – The Emmy nominations come out July 19, and, as usual, there will be plenty of snarling outrage over all the snubs and flubs made by clueless
By Tracey Kaplan, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — For weeks as the priest-beating trial unfolded, it was the victim’s name that was dragged through the mud. Even the
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — When Lupe Mercado and Barry Gilton were arrested last month in the slaying of their daughter’s alleged pimp, defense attorneys
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has ruled that a Modesto, Calif., man convicted of setting a fire that killed his tenant and her two
By Jon Bream, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Tim McGraw and baseball go together like Johnny and June, Willie and weed, three chords and the truth. The country superstar’s dad, Tug McGraw,
MASON CITY – Sanitary sewer work continues in Mason City starting on Monday, July 9th on South Federal Avenue. Phase 1 of the 2012 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project was completed and the
John Shipley, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – DETROIT — The Twins hit the midway point of the 2012 season on their best roll of the season, winners of five straight before a
By Connie Ogle, McClatchy Newspapers – ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) You have to say this for the fourth film in this animated franchise: At least it’s not afraid of being wedged between
Orlan Love, CR Gazette – QUASQUETON — Lowell Walter had a man cave at least 50 years before the expression came into vogue. No big flat-screen TV, sports memorabilia or lavish bar.
Ben Goessling, Pioneer Press, St. Paul – After the biggest day of his tenure as the Wild’s general manager, Chuck Fletcher awoke on Thursday, July 5, with more radio interviews to do than
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Nearly four years after Washington bailed out Wall Street, small banks have yet to repay $11 billion of taxpayer money. Uncle Sam
By Tom Hudson, McClatchy Newspapers – Superstition holds Friday the 13th as an unlucky day. But it’s not triskaidekaphobia that threatens banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. On Friday, JPMorgan is scheduled
By Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — Russ Darrow started in the car business with a single Chrysler dealership 47 years ago. Since then, his business has grown to 13
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — After buying a new chunk of land 50 miles north of San Francisco, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria just broke ground on a
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Attorneys for the Army psychiatrist charged in connection with the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood questioned the jury screening process during a
McClatchy Newspapers – CAYCE, S.C. — The manager and owners of the Cayce, S.C., recycling operation that burned for several days have been arrested and charged with unlawful burning, according to Cayce police.
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – SEATTLE — A unique ice-class barge designed to clean up any oil spills that might result from Shell Alaska’s upcoming operations in the Arctic Ocean
By Phil Trexler, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Neither his friends nor his parents are surprised by what Christopher Burgess did when sitting behind the wheel of his runaway dump
By Todd Spangler and Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter abruptly resigned his office Friday afternoon, ending a decade of service in Congress after what the
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – Justice is blind, and that’s good, or she might be embarrassed by the case of a Phoenix-area man who stripped naked during a recent madcap
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — What if instead of Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama, the presidential race were No Name Republican versus No Name Democrat? In his critique of
By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — New albums from superstar artists Justin Bieber, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Nicki Minaj haven’t helped the music business get back in tune with
MASON CITY – Shortly before 10:30pm Thursday, July 5th, members of the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department made traffic stop on a vehicle near the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue North & 3rd
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — This all started back in April, when LaMarcus Aldridge’s right hip stopped cooperating. It was a non-issue for USA Basketball, which wanted the
MASON CITY – A repair project in the immediate area of the 12th Street NW Overpass is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 9th and is expected to last for 4-5 weeks.