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By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted to keep tax rates at their current level through next year, using one of their last votes before recessing for
By Jamie Goldberg, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration suffers from an image problem, and recent criminal and negligent behavior by airport screeners has made matters worse. Rep.
By Jon Bardin, Los Angeles Times – Of all the obstacles athletes have had to overcome to compete in the Olympics, perhaps the most controversial has been the gender test. Originally designed
By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – MINNEAPOLIS — The Chicago White Sox achieved a winning six-game trip Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins behind a strong Jake Peavy outing.
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – OK, I didn’t really need that exclamation point in the headline. Because I can wait. Not that I don’t enjoy college football season. For an Iowa sportswriter,
IOWA CITY, IOWA – – University of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday that sophomore running back De’Andre Johnson has been dismissed from the program. “I am disappointed that things didn’t work
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball will play in the Junkanoo Jam on Grand Bahama Island, Nov. 23-24. The Cyclones will play in the Freeport Division of the tournament. The
From Congressman Steve King: “Today, I voted to prevent the largest tax increase in American history, which is scheduled to occur beginning in 2013,” said King. “This tax increase will hit all
MASON CITY – NorthiowaToday.com is told by several readers today that “there is a man in his mid 30’s early 40’s that is posing himself as an insurance person, and taking pictures
DES MOINES, Iowa– Today, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker issued the following statement on the upcoming retention vote of Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins. Justice Wiggins faces a vote in
From the White House: Nancy-Ann DeParle, the Director of the Office of Health Reform at the White House, breaks down new rules will make our health care marketplace more transparent and ensure
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Unless all reports of Penn State freshman-to-be running back Akeel Lynch considering a transfer to Iowa are bogus, Iowa could be facing quite the delicate little situation
Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY – The City Council Tuesday night gave its approval for an ordinance allowing urban chickens to be drawn up. The council’s unanimous consent, at a
Vanessa Miller, CR Gazette – Three political candidates running for seats in Washington County, along with one local business, are being charged with campaign finance violations, marking the first alleged violations of
Vanessa Miller, CR Gazette – A registered sex offender in Iowa was arrested Tuesday in Oxford on new sexual abuse charges after authorities say he coerced a 17-year-old boy into removing his
MASON CITY – Apparently it takes fire to slow down Chris Watts and his volunteer efforts. Monday, Watts attended the Cerro Gordo County Supervisors meeting as he always does, then spent the
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The day after Janey Ensminger would have celebrated her 36th birthday, the House of Representatives passed a historic bill in her honor that would
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Pinnacles National Monument in central California would become the 59th U.S. national park under a bill that cleared the House on Tuesday with
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Top Department of Justice officials largely dismissed a new Republican congressional report on the ATF’s Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation, saying Tuesday
By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Orange County prosecutors are asking that a University of California, Irvine, professor accused of setting fires at his son’s high school be
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and Congress each moved Tuesday to further pressure Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Scrambling on an issue that has
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders reached a tentative budget deal with the White House on Tuesday that would avert a politically risky government shutdown right before
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A 37-year-old Latino mayor and rising star in Texas politics will deliver the keynote speech on the opening night of the Democratic
By Scott Hiaasen and Patricia Mazzei, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Investigators looking into possible vote fraud in Hialeah, Fla., are now examining at least 31 absentee ballots collected by a suspected
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT—As explosions and gunfire sounded in the distance, the parishioners of St. Joseph’s Church in Aleppo, Syria, prayed for peace Tuesday evening. “People are
By Christine Byers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – GLENDALE, Mo. — Almost 30 hours after Mitchell Murch II told police his wife had fatally shot their two children and then herself, investigators said
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two former council members in the Los Angeles-area city of Lynwood accused of illegally boosting their salaries were convicted Tuesday in a
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Attention, federal workers: Pay your taxes or lose your job. That was the message sent Tuesday by the House, which approved the Federal
By Brandon Ross, Cronkite News Service – WASHINGTON — A bill by Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., to ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy failed to get
By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Southern California developer has lost a five-year-legal battle to build a new road into Yosemite National Park after a
By Joshua Melvin, San Jose Mercury News – REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric knew its gas-line records were inaccurate and knew those errors could mean death or injury to
By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Proposition 8 backers on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to California’s voter-approved ban on
By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE—The Army will no longer use forensic psychiatrists to evaluate soldiers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder who are under consideration for medical retirement, a change
By Rene Stutzman, The Orlando Sentinel – SANFORD, Fla. — The judge in the George Zimmerman case will hold a “stand your ground” hearing Wednesday in the case of an Oviedo, Fla.,
by Paul Pringle and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Not long ago, Tyrone Freeman was a rising star in the national labor movement, already the head of California’s
By Laura Nelson, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Shell has reduced the number of exploratory offshore Arctic wells it plans to drill this year as construction delays continue on a
From State Senator Jack Hatch: (DES MOINES) A newly released report by the Iowa Department of Human Services found that an expansion of Medicaid would reduce costs to Iowa taxpayers and individual
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery will look back in UI basketball history to move the Hawkeyes forward this fall when the UI Athletics Department introduces
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A hard-hitting new TV spot by the conservative advocacy group Crossroads GPS is scheduled to air within 30 days before the Democratic National
The Blodgett boys are at it again, both of these guys are wonderful fellas, but never forget that wonderful people can and do practice witchcraft. If they could put you in a