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By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Let’s get this out of the way: The Vikings’ 21-14 defeat of Arizona on Sunday was, well, ugly. Unsightly if you’re truly feeling
By Jim Thomas, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The Rams knew what was coming from Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers — they just couldn’t stop it. They knew Rodgers liked
SWALEDALE – A Clear Lake man was arrested on domestic assault charges on Friday, October 19th. Joseph Eugene Scarcello, 35, was arrested by Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s deputies in Swaledale at about
By Roman Augustoviz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Road to Repeat — the Lynx’s slogan this season — hit a dead end on Sunday. Indiana beat the defending champions,
Ogden, IOWA — On Sunday, October 21, 2012, at approximately 10:00 AM, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office communications center received a 911 call. The 911 call was placed by 28 year old
Susan Feyder, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – The competition between discount behemoths Wal-Mart and Target is about to escalate in the south metro area with this month’s opening of Wal-Mart stores in Lakeville and
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – State regents next week will consider a tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates next year and minimal increases to mandatory fees for students at the University of Iowa,
By Jim Spencer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – These days, when Cargill Inc. charters a ship to move agricultural products around the world, the company doesn’t just ask about the rent. It also checks
By Art Stapleton, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The emotions inside MetLife Stadium were extremely high when the football left Eli Manning’s right hand. With 83 seconds remaining and
By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Fidel Castro, the former ruler of Cuba, appeared at Havana’s Hotel Nacional and met with Venezuela’s former vice president, according to reports Sunday,
The following offender has escaped from a residential work release facility. The offender was transferred to this facility after being granted a work release by the Iowa Board of Parole. Work Release
By Paul Richter and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Iran is preparing for a new round of negotiations about its disputed nuclear program after the U.S. presidential election determines whether
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of pilgrims, including Native Americans in tribal regalia, Hawaiians with leis and Bavarians in lederhosen, packed St. Peter’s Square on Sunday
By Patrick J. O’Donnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT—A car bomb exploded Sunday at one of the entrances to Damascus’ Old City, killing 13 people and injuring 29, as an international peace envoy
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – RURAL MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man was arrested Sunday morning for multiple offenses following a vehicle rollover. At about 3:45 AM, Mason City
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transaction Regulations. He was
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – By 1969, about two-thirds of the nation’s waters were unfit for drinking, swimming, or fishing. In Ohio, the Cuyahoga River repeatedly caught fire, and Lake Erie was
Courtesy: cyclones.com – STILLWATER, Okla. – J.W. Walsh threw for 415 yards and Joseph Randle ran for 151 yards to pace Oklahoma State to a 31-10 win over Iowa State Saturday afternoon
By Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — More than 70 bodies have been discovered in an eastern Syrian city, in what opposition activists say was a massacre committed by government forces
By Nehal El-Sherif – TRIPOLI, Libya — A son of toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed in fighting between militias, broadcaster Libya TV reported Saturday, the anniversary of the dictator’s
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By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Gang violence in Central America has led to a startling increase in the number of children who make the dangerous journey across the
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Focus. Tunnel vision. Concentration. Call it what you will, Leslie Frazier has loads of it right now. That’s why last week, when the Vikings coach was
By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department disclosed Thursday that it has open investigations on a dozen unsolved homicides that occurred near
By Robert Moran, The Philadelphia Inquirer – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Attorneys for Jerry Sandusky, who was sentenced last week to prison for molesting 10 boys, filed motions Thursday in Centre County Court
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney square off Monday for a foreign policy debate, the question of whether sanctions on Iran
By Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times – There goes Madonna, classing up the joint again. To show her support of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban
By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Cloud Atlas,” the film adaptation of David Mitchell’s bestselling, puzzle-like, 2004 adventure novel, asks a lot of its audience — and its stars.
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — If you had to name three things that helped the Green Bay Packers redirect their course after meandering through the first five
MASON CITY – Kurt Arthur Tappe, age 23, of Mason City has received another deferred judgment, this time in an OWI case. Tappe had already received a deferred judgment this year for
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes fell 1.7 percent in September after a big increase the previous month, but the trends in the housing market remain
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — For the first time maybe ever, the Hawkeyes ran onto the Kinnick Stadium field to fireworks bursting in the air. They should’ve turned around
By Glenn E. Rice, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the moments before last week’s much-anticipated rematch debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, messages like this
SACRAMENTO, CA—On Thursday, October 18, 2012, Sacramento residents Tynisha Marie Hornbuckle, 24, and Tamrell Rena Hornbuckle, 26, were sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison and 12 years and seven
By Tom Hudson, The Miami Herald – We Americans love our rivalries. The Bears and the Packers. Yankees and the Red Sox. Ford and Chevy. Fox and MSNBC. These fierce competitions drive
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM — Israeli navy commandos Saturday intercepted a ship carrying about 30 pro-Palestinian activists as it tried to break through a maritime blockade of the impoverished
By Melanie Mason, Matea Gold and Joseph Tanfani, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama burned through nearly $116 million in September, close to twice as much as Republican challenger Mitt
By Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune – The quest by states and mutual fund companies to capture the $179 billion that people are saving for college in 529 plans has led to improved
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — During the 13 months that Taylor Swift canvassed the globe on her 2011-12 “Speak Now” tour, she was joined onstage by a steady
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The question of whether or not global warming influences the strength or frequency of hurricanes is a matter of heated scientific debate. Though