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HOUSTON, April 19 (UPI) — A 12 1/2-pound bass caught in Texas may be only the first of thousands of record-breaking fish sportsmen can expect to catch, researchers say. The fish, hooked
NEW YORK, April 19 (UPI) — U.S. stock indexes rose Friday, closing out a volatile week in which corporate reports knocked back initial enthusiasm. The latest corporate report to backfire came from
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 19 (UPI) — Authorities searching for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, said Friday they fear he may be wearing an explosive vest. Watertown, Mass.,
WEST NEW YORK, N.J., April 19 (UPI) — A New Jersey woman said Friday she was a sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and was devastated by the idea her brothers
MASON CITY – Mason City police said Friday that multiple residents reported receiving telephone solicitations from someone claiming to be with the “Junior Chamber of Commerce.” The caller was attempting to sell
MASON CITY – The No. 19 NIACC baseball team will play its 4-game series against Southeastern Saturday and Sunday in Burlington. The ICCAC series was moved from Mason City to Burlington because
BOSTON, April 19 (UPI) — Cryptic and mundane messages were posted on the Twitter account a high school friend said belongs to Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Two days after the
BOSTON, April 19 (UPI) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev studied engineering and trained to be a boxer, a Boston University profile said. Tsarnaev, 26, killed early Friday in a confrontation
WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) — The U.S. House Thursday approved legislation designed to allow companies and government to share information about cyber threats. The action was slammed immediately by civil rights advocates.
CHICAGO, April 19 (UPI) — Loyola University in Chicago said Friday it was leaving the Horizon League and joining the Missouri Valley Conference effective July 1. The Missouri Valley effectively replaces Creighton,
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 19 (UPI) — The uncle of the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings urged his nephew to turn himself in and seek forgiveness. “If you are alive, turn
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) — Unemployment rates rose in seven states and fell in 26 and Washington, D.C., from February to March, the Labor Department said Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball head coach Bill Fennelly has announced the addition of junior college center Rosie Gambino to the 2013-14 recruiting class. Gambino is the fifth member of
MASON CITY – The Mason City High School Boys Tennis Meet at Urbandale today has been postponed to Friday, May 3, 2013.
MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man showed up for court last week drunk and was arrested. Dustin Robert Hutchison, 37, arrived at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse on April 13th to
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 19 (UPI) — Boston Police issued an alert Friday for a vehicle as the “possible suspect car” in the manhunt for a 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
CHICAGO, April 19 (UPI) — Stormy weather triggered high winds, flooding, snow power outages and mudlides in the Midwest Friday, meteorologists said. AccuWeather.com reported that thunderstorms moving through parts of the region
CLEAR LAKE – At 2:11 am early Friday morning April 19, 2013, Clear Lake Police Lieutenant Paul Chizek was struck from behind as he drove his squad car east on Highway #18
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force detained a senior Taliban leader and a number of other insurgents during an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, April 18. During
From Progress Iowa: Branstad Administration Claims Iowa Gained 1,600 Jobs in March; Bureau of Labor Statistics Shows Iowa Lost 5,500 Branstad’s fabricated statistics part of an ongoing effort to cover up his
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18 (UPI) — A convicted Oklahoma rapist said in a court filing he may kill himself if he does not receive a requested sex-change operation at state expense. Ronny
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Marines can now breathe a sigh of relief as they take action to reach their educational goals. Marine Corps Tuition Assistance (TA) program has been
WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) — Some 1,000 civilian employees at 60 U.S. Air Force bases will be laid off in coming months because of cuts to the Defense Department budget, officials say.
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) — U.S. military allies in Europe are seeking missiles and support services under Foreign Military Sales deals worth a total of $565 million. All three sales packages, if
DAYTON, Ohio, April 18 (UPI) — The Vectren Dayton Air Show in Ohio has dropped plans to stage a re-enactment of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War
CHICAGO, April 18 (UPI) — Job seekers who have been unemployed long-term can be perceived as unemployable, making it even harder to find work, an employment firm based in Chicago said. John
LONDON, April 18 (UPI) — A quadriplegic challenging Britain’s ban on assisted suicide has gone public in his legal bid to end his life. Paul Lamb has joined a lawsuit brought by
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 18 (UPI) — Police in New Jersey are looking for party-goers who may have attended a party at near Rutgers University that resulted in a number of fires
KAUFMAN, Texas, April 18 (UPI) — The wife of a former justice of the peace told police her husband killed two Texas prosecutors and the wife of one of the victims, police
CUMMING, Ga., April 18 (UPI) — A police officer from Georgia’s DeKalb County has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a teenager at a McDonald’s restaurant, officials said. Scott A. Biumi, 48, of