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On Monday, October 29, 2012 Waterloo Police Officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident roll over in the 300 block of San Marnan Drive. Witnesses advised responding officers that
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On Monday, October 29, 2012 Waterloo Police Officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident roll over in the 300 block of San Marnan Drive. Witnesses advised responding officers that
MASON CITY – The Mason City Council and Mayor Eric Bookmeyer held a work session Tuesday night, discussing its 28E agreement with the North Iowa Landfill. All were present except council member
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – SARASOTA, Fla. — Joe Biden delivered a stinging attack on Republicans on Wednesday for launching what he called the most “scurrilous” and “flagrantly dishonest ads”
Mackenzie Elmer, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – MOUNT PLEASANT – Though Halloween is a celebration of all things frightening, Melissa Viviano said she found herself fearing for the life of her 7-month-old
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Democrats boarded a bus Tuesday to make a final statewide sweep to close the deal for President Obama with Iowa voters and to implore
By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News – TOKYO — The first wave of terror struck shortly before 3 p.m. on a Friday. “The ground, the thing that doesn’t move, was moving,” recalled
By Phil Trexler, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio—Jurors say they didn’t believe Brogan Rafferty’s tale that he was forced to help his spiritual mentor kill three men who responded to a bogus
By Mark Z. Barabak and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – KETTERING, Ohio — With Sandy spreading more storm havoc, the two presidential contenders stepped back Tuesday from overt politicking as their tight
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — In riveting testimony Tuesday, high-ranking law enforcement officials tripped over themselves trying to explain to a federal jury how they handled the early days of
By Joseph Tanfani, David Zucchino and Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – BEACH HAVEN, N.J. — Sandy’s departure from the Northeast Tuesday brought no hint of relief, revealing instead a tableau of splintered
By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Yi-Shen Chou has spent more than 30 years in the U.S., first as a motel operator and now as a Monterey Park, Calif.,
Frederika, Iowa — Law enforcement have arrested and charged two eastern Iowa men after a prolonged search in Bremer County, Iowa late yesterday afternoon and evening. Twenty-four year old Jeremiah Mumford from
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times – As the number of canceled flights continued to mount in Cyclone Sandy’s wake, analysts said the key to reopening storm-battered airports and getting flights back on
By Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — The U.S. military shut down a ferry landing at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent for a bomb disposal team from
By Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times – MOSCOW — Teacher Svetlana Nikitina could hardly imagine while studying Russian literature that she would eventually mark Political Prisoners’ Day with a protest against what
SAN FRANCISCO – Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have two words for Bay Area vendors hoping to cash in on the World Series by
Paul Walsh and Abby Simons, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Family members say the man arrested in Iowa is suspected of fatally stabbing his mother and nephew in the family’s north Minneapolis home. The
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Charlie Johnson means no disrespect to the fans, the battalions of former players-turned-analysts or the modern sports journalist whose ironclad declarations tend to flip-flop
MASON CITY – Marcus DeCarlo Brown, age 25, was originally charged with 6 class C felony counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse against a 12-13 year old following an investigation by Clear
Chao Xiong, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Two motorists were struck by gunfire on Interstate 35E over the weekend in separate incidents authorities believe are unrelated. A man was shot in the chin and
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A high-ranking official with the Chicago Police Department denied on Tuesday that she pushed for misdemeanor charges for an off-duty officer who attacked a female
By Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A prominent Wisconsin pediatrician who admitted molesting two boys while serving as a Boy Scout camp doctor in the 1980s voluntarily gave up
Ray Richardson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – In his thick Montenegro accent, Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic says he is planning to speak up more in games this season, even yell if necessary.
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – Strong profits in the U.S. are offsetting growing losses in Europe, Ford Motor Co. reported Tuesday. The automaker posted third-quarter net income of $1.6 billion, or
By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – United Parcel Service Inc. acts with such precision that it famously minimizes the number of left turns drivers take and is installing keyless start and entry
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – YANTAI, China — The five schoolboys weren’t of legal age to work on an assembly line. But when their vocational school sent them to a Foxconn
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s always been something that screamed “cartoon” about that potty-mouthed pixie, Sarah Silverman. Even at her most outrageous, the edgy comic’s disarming, Betty
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony’s attorneys on Tuesday made their case for moving her upcoming civil defamation trial out of Orlando, but a hearing on the
By Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times – Home prices in the nation’s largest cities rose from July to August, according to a closely watched index, adding to a turnaround in housing this
By Aaron Wilson, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie is facing another lawsuit demanding payment for a debt. This time it is a $375,000 lawsuit stemming from allegations
By Michael Beckel and Russ Choma – The Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Responsive Politics – WASHINGTON — “Super” political action committees and nonprofits unleashed by the Citizens United
Ray Richardson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – The Timberwolves picked up the third-year options on contracts for point guard Ricky Rubio and forward Derrick Williams, the team announced Tuesday, Oct. 30. Rubio
COACH FERENTZ: Our captains this week are same four guys. We’ve got James Vandenberg and James Ferentz, on offense and then James Morris and Chris Kirksey defensively. They’ll represent the teams as
IRVING, Texas – Iowa State head cross country coach Corey Ihmels been selected as the 2012 Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year, as voted by the league’s coaches. This is
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – By Laura Yuen Minnesota Public Radio News MINNEAPOLIS — Four years after federal authorities in the Twin Cities began investigating homegrown recruitment for the terrorist group al-Shabab,
Fredrika, Iowa — Tuesday at approximately 6:58 PM, local officers who were working on the perimeter of a search area, arrested two men believed to be the suspects in Tuesday’s Maynard, Iowa
By Luis Gomez, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — There are plenty of actors in Hollywood who are notoriously difficult to work with on set, but William H. Macy has never appeared to be
Rose French, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – The U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis announced Monday that it is launching a formal civil rights investigation into the rejection of a proposed Islamic center in St.
By Nathan Bomey and Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said no U.S. production of Jeep vehicles will be moved to China and that U.S. production of
Austin Daily Herald – Halloween is just around the corner, and as youngsters will soon be out trick or treating, the American Red Cross has tips to make this a fun and