U.S. women’s soccer wins 1-0 over North Korea
By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Let the Games begin. For the U.S. women’s soccer team there was little drama in the first week of the Olympic tournament, which
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By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Let the Games begin. For the U.S. women’s soccer team there was little drama in the first week of the Olympic tournament, which
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – LONDON—Coach Mike Krzyzewski had seen enough. The U.S. was barely beating the Tunisia men’s basketball team at halftime of a preliminary game at the London
By Linda Robertson, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON—One after another, American gymnasts sprinted down the runway, flipped onto the takeoff board and soared over the vault. They never really came down. Building on
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MANKATO, Minn. — The Great Mankato Seafood Scare of 2012 has passed. A day after suffering an allergic food reaction, presumably to his lunchtime jambalaya,
By Charean Williams, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Michael Phelps stood on the podium and tried to put on a happy face after the 200-meter butterfly. But his forced smile didn’t hide
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds used their weekly press conference Monday morning to highlight the state’s ongoing efforts to address the impact of this summer’s drought
MASON CITY – The manufacturer who supplied the chairs for the Mason City Library after its renovation will be replacing the chairs at no cost to the library. MCPL Director Mary Markwalter
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – July 30, 2012 – The next phase of road construction on the Interstate 380/U.S. 20 project in Evansdale will include changes in traffic patterns and on/off ramp access
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – July 31, 2012 – Bridge repair work has resulted in the closure of the eastbound Iowa 57 off-ramp to northbound U.S. 218, according to the Iowa Department of
David Leroy Kreider, who had been placed on escape status on July 29, 2012 after failing to return to the Sioux City Residential Correctional Center, was apprehended by US Marshalls today at
It was but a couple weeks ago or maybe a little longer that I wrote about drugs on the NIACC campus. In that same article I also touched on the dormitories, and
The Mason City Police have released the following information about the accident early Tuesday morning that took a man’s life: At approximately 2:30 AM on July 31, 2012, Mason City police and
By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer – I am, like many people, I suspect, an Olympics hostage. Whenever the Games approach, summer or winter, I resolve that this time I will not
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – This week’s DVD selections include a look at a historical feud and a tale of financial terror. “Hatfields & McCoys,” Grade B-plus: This first scripted series
By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Former Bolingbrook, Ill., Police Sgt. Drew Peterson placed his third wife into a sleeper hold until she lost consciousness, lifted her into the bathtub
By Jeff Wilkinson and Andrew Shain, McClatchy Newspapers – COLUMBIA, S.C. — In what could be a first nationwide, the husband of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is heading on a yearlong
By Cathy Kelly, Santa Cruz Sentinel – SAN JOSE, Calif. — The operator of a limousine “party bus” involved in a fatal accident Friday on California State Highway 17 was fined for
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – WARSAW, Poland — Mitt Romney took a major risk when he embarked on a foreign tour, inviting complex policy questions and the sort of scrutiny
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times – NEW DELHI — India’s electricity grids suffered another massive failure Tuesday, the second in two days, frustrating commuters, stranding coal miners and leaving more than
From Clear Lake Police: On Sunday morning July 29th A Clear Lake Couple reported that their daughter as a runaway. They said that when they got up Sunday morning she was not
MASON CITY – Sources have confirmed today that a man has died after an accident at the Union Pacific Railroad in Mason City early Tuesday morning. Mason City emergency responders were called
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times – It’s a question often asked: Is chivalry dead? According to a recent study by two Swedish economists, that brand of gallantry is not only dead,
By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — When the boss of the Chicago FBI placed the infamous early morning phone call to inform then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that agents were outside
By Jason Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld has begun conditioning its killer whales to accept trainers in their pools, the first step toward resuming “water work” with the
By Peter Delevett, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — For a place that’s made its bones inventing chips and routers, Silicon Valley has carved out a neat little niche bringing
By Richard Simon and Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Citing the more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition bought online by the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting suspect, gun control advocates on
MASON CITY – A man who broke into a Mason City residence and assaulted a female occupant has escaped a potential minimum seventeen and a half years prison sentence after plea bargaining the
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday state law preempts a city ordinance regulating nude dancing in Hamburg. The Hamburg city council passed an ordinance in 2008 regulating
By Les Bowen, Philadelphia Daily News – BETHLEHEM, Pa. — When he was making the transition from quarterback to wideout after his freshman year at Iowa, Marvin McNutt watched film of a guy
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – First down … Matt Kalil not only looks like he was built to play left tackle, it seems he might also be able to do it
By Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel – FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Big banks are entering the business of prepaid debit cards, as more Americans turn to reloadable plastic as a handy alternative to checking
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MANKATO, Minn. — For a moment, Michael Jenkins appeared ready to deliver the crowd-pleasing highlight of Monday afternoon’s practice. Freezing cornerback Chris Cook with a hitch,
Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas – A $5,000 reward has been offered for information in a Kaufman County crime in which a dog was found dead Friday afternoon with its mouth
By Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch – SAN FRANCISCO — Warren Buffett doesn’t usually make market predictions, but in an early July letter to shareholders, the legendary investor offered insights to help them through a
By Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel – FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge overseeing the Michael Brewer burning trial has stepped down from the case. Matthew Bent was convicted in June of aggravated
MASON CITY – Cabin Coffee Company of Mason City is hosting a dog wash fundraiser to benefit the Humane Society of North Iowa on August 18th from 10am-2pm. Bring your dog (along
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Francisco Liriano arrived at Target Field early Monday afternoon like he usually does — to start an unusual day. First, he
NEWARK, N.J. — Two individuals pleaded guilty and four others were sentenced in Newark federal court in connection with their roles in a large-scale identity theft scheme. The case was investigated by
Jeremy Pawloski, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. – A judge allowed suspended Capital Playhouse interim artistic director Troy A. Fisher to be released from custody on his own personal recognizance Monday after his arrest
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MANKATO, Minn. — Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was rushed to a nearby hospital Monday after suffering what coach Leslie Frazier said was an allergic reaction