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By Tiffany Hsu and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The day after the first presidential debate, it wasn’t Barack Obama or Mitt Romney getting the most attention. It was
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who violated his probation was picked up on an arrest warrant Thursday. Jason Alan Sandy, 28, was arrested by Clear Lake Police on May 22
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Texas is football country, and in the small town of Kountze, about 85 miles north of Houston, that means many of the roughly 2,000
Abbi Overfelt, The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C. – PEMBROKE — Nine dogs were seized from the home of a 53-year-old woman after they mauled her to death on Tuesday, according to Robeson County Sheriff
Des Moines, IOWA— A DCI investigation has resulted in two individuals being charged with Election Fraud, a Class D Felony, and Fraudulent Practices, an Aggravated Misdemeanor. Those charged are 37 year old
WASHINGTON—Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities have led to charges against 91 individuals—including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals—for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $429.2
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to a report released today, the general fertility rate in the United States is the lowest ever recorded. This report, published on October 3, 2012 from the Centers for
From David McCoy of Mason City: Sunrise this morning from N. Taft Ave. in Mason City You can email any photo to NorthIowaToday.com for consideration for publication at staff@NorthIowaToday.com
By Sinikka Tarvainen – MADRID — Spanish police said Thursday they had foiled a planned massacre at a university campus in Palma de Majorca, where a 21-year-old man intended to imitate the
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez agreed in principle on Thursday to not mention Casey Anthony’s murder trial during her upcoming defamation trial, if they
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – DENVER — It’s a new race for the White House. Mitt Romney changed the game with his aggressive, confident performance in Wednesday’s Denver debate, and erased
From Cerro Gordo Coutny Auditor Ken Kline – Through the close of business yesterday, there were 3,586 absentee ballot requests. Here are some breakdowns: 2,069 outstanding 1,517 voted and returned 3,586 total
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Assistant Cerro Gordo County Attorney Steven D. Tynan Wednesday evening explained how two class D felony charges were dismissed on September 28th on a Mason City man.
MINNEAPOLIS – Yesterday in federal court, a 30-year-old Rochester woman pleaded guilty to her role during an armed robbery at a McDonald’s in Byron, Minnesota. Quiana Shaneea Evans pleaded guilty to one
The FBI and the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a joint investigation into the shooting of Border Patrol agents near Naco, Arizona, on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, in the early morning
BROOKLYN, NY—An indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging 11 members of a Russian military procurement network operating in the United States and
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — The NBA is now a no-flop zone. The price for acting? Up to a $30,000 fine, and possibly even a suspension, according to a new
STATEMENT FROM AFL-CIO PRESIDENT RICHARD TRUMKA AND IOWA FEDERATION OF LABOR PRESIDENT, KEN SAGAR: The AFL-CIO endorsed a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar products to begin Monday, October 15, in
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who plead guilty just this past August to injuring police officers had now been charged with another violent crime. Police said today that Terry Raymond
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – TORONTO — As the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers played on televisions in the visitors’ clubhouse Wednesday, Twins players
By Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—Bowing to mounting pressure to fix the nation’s largest jail system, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca agreed Wednesday to sweeping reforms
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Bailed-out insurance giant American International Group, whose largely unregulated activities helped trigger the financial crisis, could face special federal oversight as one of
BIRMINGHAM—A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham Police officer for using excessive force when he beat a handcuffed defendant in 2007, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Acting Special Agent
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – When a doctor warns a potentially dangerous driver to stay off the roads, it cuts the risk that the driver will crash a motor vehicle and
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — When the big payday came, Letroy Guion’s motivation spiked. You might not remember the afternoon the Vikings locked up the athletic defensive tackle for
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — In a case closely watched by farmers, the Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with tough questions about when the federal government must pay landowners for temporary
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – ISTANBUL — Turkey announced Wednesday that it had fired artillery at Syrian military positions in retaliation for mortar rounds from inside Syria that killed five civilians in
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two days after Mitt Romney vowed to honor the deportation reprieves granted by the Obama administration to many young illegal immigrants, his campaign
STATESVILLE, NC—An Iron Station man was sentenced on Monday, October 1, 2012, to serve 198 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing, transporting and possessing child pornography,
CHICAGO—A former floor trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who later conducted spot foreign exchange trading in Florida was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for a fraud scheme in
By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times – Investors who lost millions of dollars when a Donald Trump condominium project in Baja California failed during the economic meltdown are going to get some of
By Matt Kawahara, The Sacramento Bee – OAKLAND, Calif. — By the eighth inning, the Athletics had all gathered along their dugout step, where they perched, waiting, until Michael Young’s lazy fly ball
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is on track to be the first $1 billion candidate. The notion seemed almost astounding two years ago, when Republican strategists
By Vaughn McClure, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Brandon Marshall wants the ball, but he says he would trade more catches for more victories any day. The Bears’ receiver made that point clear
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has overtaken GOP challenger Mitt Romney in what had been an evenly matched television air war for much of the year,
By Ramin Mostaghim and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – TEHRAN — Iranian police and demonstrators clashed Wednesday during street protests linked to rising prices and the plunging value of the national
By Jenniffer Weigel, Chicago Tribune – Autumn — with its back-to-school obligations now and the holiday blitz looming — means back to the grind for many. How can we alleviate the stress that
By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Cautiously optimistic about the approaching holiday season, the nation’s retailers have begun their annual hunt for part-time workers and seasonal help. And
By Rachel May, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — In the late ’80s, a Detroit punk rock group emerged that spoke to a generation of young punks. But more important, it spoke to
