Badgers batter Gophers
By Phil Miller, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MADISON, Wis. — The 2012 Badgers sure look a lot like the 2011 edition to the Gophers. And the 2010 and the 2009 and the 2008
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By Phil Miller, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MADISON, Wis. — The 2012 Badgers sure look a lot like the 2011 edition to the Gophers. And the 2010 and the 2009 and the 2008
By Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune – EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern picked the wrong time to play pinball. Leading by 12 points midway through the fourth quarter, the Wildcats needed one more stop to
By Kellis Robinett, The Kansas City Star – MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — College football fans across the country tuned in Saturday night expecting to see one of the most entertaining games of the
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education-rights campaigner who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been able to stand for the first
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – FORT MEADE, Md. — Top officials in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, including the two presidents themselves, repeatedly pronounced a group of alleged
By Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday threw its support behind a U.N.-led proposal for a brief cease-fire in Syria during a Muslim holiday next week, the
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Around 11:20 am Saturday, Mason City firefighters were dispatched to 1013 6th Street SW for a natural gas odor coming from the
MASON CITY – Second Lady Jill Biden visited the Democratic party headquarters in Mason City on Friday. Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, spoke to over 100 onlookers and signed
Grundy County, IOWA — Wednesday, October 17, 2012, agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation arrested 42 year old Brigitte Van Nice, of Grundy Center, Iowa. The Grundy County Deputy Clerk
Andy Hoffman, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – KEOSAUQUA – A Van Buren County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man Tuesday after he pointed a gun at deputies along Iowa 2 east
By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times – ST. LOUIS—The Budweiser was flowing all over town. The champagne was on ice in the clubhouse. The St. Louis Cardinals were one victory from the
By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers’ wide receivers are following one clear theme. They’ve seen themselves at their best, shredding a proud Houston
By Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald – GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — All five alleged 9/11 plotters skipped Friday’s legal arguments framing their eventual death-penalty tribunal. While they were gone, lawyers
By Bob Secter and Deborah L. Shelton, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The focus of a fierce suburban congressional battle turned from the economy to abortion literally overnight following Republican Rep. Joe
By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune – ABOARD AMTRAK TEST TRAIN — The fierce, unresolved debate over whether the U.S. can afford to invest billions of dollars on high-speed passenger rail seemed to
By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – SANFORD, Fla. — A judge Friday said yes to the very thing Trayvon Martin’s family did not want: Defense attorneys rummaging through their
By Julius Whigham II, Palm Beach Post – PALM BEACH, Fla.—In a speech aimed at the middle class and female voters, Vice President Joe Biden laid out the importance of winning Florida
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—With the toll from the fungal meningitis outbreak up to 21 dead and 247 sickened, and as the compounding facility responsible for fungus-tainted drugs
MASON CITY – A Mason City man wanted on several warrants was picked up by Mason City police Friday afternoon. Mason City police say they received information that Max John Lindsay, 20,
By Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The publication Thursday of 20 years worth of secret records kept by the Boy Scouts of America reveal a widespread effort by the organization to
by Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – FAIRFAX, Va. — President Barack Obama diagnosed his opponent with a case of “Romnesia” Friday morning but pledged to help solve the
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – Gross misdemeanor charges against a 20-year-old Austin woman for punishing a child were dismissed Thursday in Mower County Court. Instead, DeeDee Mounkghounh was convicted of
By Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch – WASHINGTON — People who get Social Security checks will receive a 1.7 percent increase in their monthly benefits next year, the government said last week. The increase amounts
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By Shan Li and Adolfo Flores, Los Angeles Times – With the holiday season approaching, retailers are rushing to put the latest toys on shelves and roll out extra services, all to
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – ROME — The seventh-grader whose recovery from a deadly bacterial infection was deemed a miracle by the Roman Catholic Church, cementing the decision to name the first
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — If you’re worried that the Vikings’ defense might have trouble regrouping after last week’s 38-26 loss in Washington, the remedy seems to be
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — China grew at its slowest pace in 3 1/2 years, the latest sign that the nation long famed for its economic miracle is
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Over the past 15 months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has provided extensive training and capacity building to Paraguay’s customs office and other Paraguayan
By George Anastasia, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — The case against reputed mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi and six co-defendants should not be decided based on who the government says they
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — It would be a medical miracle if Cedric Benson were to show up in the Green Bay Packers’ backfield anytime soon.
By Jim Stratton, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — A conservative, California-based filmmaker said this week that his company is distributing more than a million free copies of a conspiracy-laden DVD that claims
By Jason Felch and Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — More than 1,200 files on suspected sexual molesters in the Boy Scouts of America were made public Thursday, lifting the
By Ellen Jean Hirst, Chicago Tribune – While the economy is flashing signs of a rebound, it’s a markedly different story for a growing number of workers, according to a survey released Monday.
WASHINGTON—Kolon Industries Inc. and several of its executives and employees have been indicted for allegedly engaging in a multi-year campaign to steal trade secrets related to DuPont’s Kevlar para-aramid fiber and Teijin
Daniel F. Dangler, 29, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to aiming the beam of a laser at an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, announced United States Attorney
By Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Even at their best, the films in the unlikely “Paranormal Activity” franchise are never exactly thrilling, but they have cannily managed to wring
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Matthew Boyd, Chief,
By Marie G. McIntyre, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – QUESTION: Two of my co-workers, “Jake” and “Cheryl,” sit next to each other and spend a lot of time whispering and giggling. They often leave
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Democratic convention organizers broke their pledge to stage the three-day meeting without corporate donations, using $5 million from a committee financed by companies such