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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) — The Dow Jones industrial average closed higher Tuesday, following an equities rebound in Europe. By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow added 99.22 points
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) — The Dow Jones industrial average closed higher Tuesday, following an equities rebound in Europe. By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow added 99.22 points
MASON CITY – A trial date has been set for a Mason City man charged with willful injury in connection with an incident that took place in 2011 at a Mason City
CHICAGO, Feb. 5 (UPI) — Grain futures prices were mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday with the dollar index flat on the International Exchange. Corn was off 4 3/4 to
ROGERSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 5 (UPI) — An Alabama high school teacher and football coach was suspended for derogatory remarks against gays and first lady Michelle Obama, a school official said. Bob Grisham,
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – An injured horse was euthanized Tuesday about forty-five hours after the first complaint to law enforcement about its condition. Ralph Stricker was
MASON CITY – After receiving information over the last 2 days from readers alerting us to possible mistreatment of a horse located just out side Mason City city limits, NorthIowatoday.com went to
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors heard a budget presentation from Administrative Officer Tom Drzycimski Tuesday at a 10 AM hearing. Drzycimski spoke on courthouse maintenance projects and
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors met for their regular meeting Tuesday morning. Supervisor Phil Dougherty was absent due to illness. County Engineer Mary Kelly gave a road
Courtesy: cyclones.com – AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (16-6 overall, 6-3 Big 12 Conference) raced out to a 25-point lead early in the second half and never let up in an 83-64
MASON CITY – Police say they caught a man who mugged another early Tuesday morning on Mason City’s North End. According to police, officers responded to a report of an assault shortly
DES MOINES – According to proposed legislation being discussed in Des Moines, raising taxes in Iowa would become more difficult for state lawmakers. Th proposal is largely backed by Republicans. Liberal lobbyists
PORTLAND, OR—After a 14-day trial, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 21, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia and resident of Corvallis, Oregon, was convicted today by a federal jury in the District of Oregon
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A U.S. health advocacy group Monday urged limiting the use of herbicides on genetically engineered crops, saying the technology is unsustainable. The Center for Science in the
COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 4 (UPI) — Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of the late one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., died Monday at 87, a funeral home said. The notice from
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) — A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says. Although
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A former head of Israel’s military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, warned Monday Iran will have the ability to manufacture a nuclear bomb in four to six
By JIM ALGAR Research in Motion, desperate to turn around its flagging fortunes, has laid the chips on the table for it final wager in the form of two new BlackBerry smartphones,
LUBBOCK, TX—Donnie Wright, 53, of Lubbock, Texas, appeared yesterday in federal court and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to one count of embezzlement of funds by a bank
ALEXANDRIA, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Isaac Hashi, 32, of San Diego, California, was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison for stabbing a federal prison guard
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will urge Republicans to stop fussing about federal spending cuts and start talking about helping U.S. families, an aide says. The change
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 4 (UPI) — Palestinians will not return to peace talks until Israel halts all of its construction in settlements, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said. Palestinians will not “repeat
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) — About 44 percent of U.S. households have almost no savings to cushion a job loss, health crisis or other income-depleting emergency, a non-profit group says. The 2013
DENVER, Feb. 4 (UPI) — Unfriending someone on Facebook has repercussions beyond cyberspace, U.S. researchers say, with some people avoiding in real life anyone who unfriended them. Computer science researchers at the
BOSTON—A Williamstown man who is a registered sex offender was charged today with sexually exploiting a 16-year-old boy. Ronald Brown, 50, was charged in a complaint with sexual exploitation of children. According
AMARILLO, TX—Larry Boyd Wren, II, 40, appeared in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, yesterday, and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to one count of mailing a threatening communication.
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) — NASA says its Mars rover Curiosity has used its drill for the first time to hammer briefly into a rock targeted on the floor of its
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — U.S. factory orders for manufactured goods rose in December, but fell short of gains economists had expected, the Census Bureau said Monday. New orders were up by
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UPI) — The U.S. government has plans to file charges against credit rating firm Standard & Poor’s for misleading bond ratings, sources told The Wall Street Journal. State
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 4 (UPI) — Indiana, the pre-season No. 1, has been returned to the top spot in the USA Today Coaches basketball poll. With a No. 1 team falling for
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 46-year-old Scranton resident pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to attempting to