US women survive 1st true test, reach gold-medal game
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – LONDON — The U.S. women’s basketball team has won games with its talent and tenacity, its defense and depth. On Thursday, in a taut semifinal far closer
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By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – LONDON — The U.S. women’s basketball team has won games with its talent and tenacity, its defense and depth. On Thursday, in a taut semifinal far closer
By Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – LONDON — The Americans had been pointing to this game for 389 days. They awoke on the morning of July 18, 2011, hurting to the core
By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — There are veteran observers of the human experience who will say that Bo Derek was the only perfect 10. But, in a different
By Linda Robertson, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Usain Bolt put a finger to his lips as he crossed the finish line in the 200-meter dash. But his theatrical gesture only caused spectators
By Josh Robbins, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic’s Dwightmare appears to be nearing an end. The Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers reached a deal
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — There may be a love story at the intersection of the nation’s battered economy and a steady rise in its obesity rates: Compared
By Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Fourteen bodies were found in a truck Thursday in the state of San Luis Potosi, at least 17 people have been killed
By Sam Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — The Delaware father of five children who was arrested Tuesday for “waterboarding” his 11-year-old daughter is a internationally known pediatrician who specializes in
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois asserted this week that a “politically correct” U.S. government was so fearful of offending Islam that it failed
MASON CITY –Judge Colleen Weiland granted an acquittal today in an arson case. Richard Dean Thompson, 31, of Mason City, faced a charge of second degree arson, a class C felony. The
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – Finally, in the wake of the arrest of three North Iowa men for a “sex offense” at the Mason City YMCA, the organization says it is on
According to a report by the Iowa Bar Association, all 70 Iowa judges on the ballot this November should be retained. The report’s findings are detailed at IowaBar.org. Here’s is a summary
MASON CITY – The City of Mason City will be assisting Curries/Graham door manufacturer (Assa Abloy Door Group or AADG) with an expansion project at their 12th Street NE location. The council
Contributed story to NIT: MASON CITY – Unlike other community based work release facilities that house inmates around the state that report escapes from their facilities to the local media, the one
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman turned herself in to Mason City police on an outstanding arrest warrant late Wednesday night. Almyra Elizabeth Sharp, 37, was wanted for fifth degree theft.
NEWARK, Ohio – NIACC pitcher and former Mason City Mohawk AJ Hrubetz will return home with a championship after helping the Licking County (OH) Settlers to the Great Lakes Collegiate Summer League
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Iowa recruited Nate Meier as an athlete, meaning the coaches would find him a home after seeing him compete in practice. For now, the
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Random can be pretty random sometimes. You need to flashback to the Iowa High School state track and field meet in Des Moines in
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Blairstown man who shot and killed his wife’s girlfriend in 2009. Tonch Weldon, 40,
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is urgently seeking the public’s help to identify a suspected child pornography producer and rescue at least two underage victims.
AMES, Iowa- The Iowa State men’s basketball team announced its schedule for the 2012-13 season today. Iowa State’s season-opener is Friday Nov. 9 vs. Southern University in Hilton Coliseum. The 2012-13 slate
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The UI Department of Athletics and head coach Fran McCaffery have announced the 2012-13 nonconference men’s basketball schedule. Iowa will play nine non-league regular-season contests on Mediacom Court
AMES, Iowa – For the second-straight year, Iowa State has been chosen to finish second in the Big 12 behind reigning conference champion Texas. Texas was the unanimous choice for the top
MASON CITY – Three subjects were spotted on railroad property by Union Pacific Railroad employees Wednesday in Mason City and arrested after Mason City police were called. The arrests were made at
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – Terry Rich would love to know the story behind the winner of a lottery jackpot walking away from a ticket valued at $16.5 million. “It’s the
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Republican Mitt Romney pledged Wednesday to set an economic course if elected president in November that will foster more jobs and more take-home pay for middle-class workers
Rick Smith, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — Though a Florida firm has been talking about building a power plant in the metro area that zaps garbage into energy, no one is
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — Republican Mitt Romney slammed President Barack Obama’s economic record Wednesday, saying the president has failed Americans with policies that have stagnated jobs and incomes.
K.J. Pilcher, CR Gazette – Prep football in Iowa is special. It is special to players who will reminisce decades later about accomplishments, specific wins and losses and even brag about certain
By Jon Stephenson, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL — The number of civilians killed or wounded by violence in Afghanistan dropped 15 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin in Florida, will probably not face trial until early next year, his lawyers said. The Zimmerman
By Neela Banerjee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, beating the previous record set in the 1930s Dust Bowl era, according to
WASHINGTON – Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve an investigation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations,
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Amid tough conditions in the current fire season, the U.S. Forest Service is moving to more aggressively extinguish small fires before they become
By Mark Davis, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cellphones — and their use — have come a long way in 16 years. But federal safety standards haven’t budged. Reason enough, according
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif.—The controversy over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Anaheim man is part of a significant increase in violent crime and officer-involved shootings in
BALTIMORE—U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kelvin Quade Manrich, age 43, of Middle River, Maryland today to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to
Charles City, Iowa – It’s a summer celebration at Party in the Park this week with live music by local favorite Endless Summer, free inflatable games and special activities for the whole
SAN FRANCISCO—A federal grand jury in San Francisco yesterday indicted Victor Flores, of Petaluma, California, with attempted murder of three federal agents, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The second superseding indictment
WASHINGTON – The former chief of party in Baghdad for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Robert Nathan Boorda, pleaded guilty to an information unsealed today in the U.S. District Court