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NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) — U.S. stock indexes complied with a timeless adage Thursday: What goes up must come down. After setting a series of record closing highs in a rally
Webster County, IOWA — At a 4:00 PM press conference today in Dayton, Iowa, the Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation disclosed more evidence in the investigation and search for
MASON CITY – A three vehicle accident Thursday morning lead to a citation for a North Iowa man. Mason City police and emergency responders were called to an accident at about 8:00
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa director of athletics Gary Barta announced today that UI head baseball coach Jack Dahm’s contract will not be renewed. Dahm recently completed his 10th season
MASON CITY – Mason City police reported Thursday that two North Iowa men have been arrested in connection with thefts. Police said that Clay Douglas Kalvig of Mason City and Christopher Michael
DURHAM, N.C., May 23 (UPI) — Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to coach the U.S. men’s national basketball team through 2016, USA Basketball announced Thursday. The U.S. men’s team is 62-1
MASON CITY – Republicans in Des Moines have been making automated phone calls with live callers on the line to North Iowa registered Republicans and Independents, as part of an energized effort
SEATTLE, May 23 (UPI) — Actor Morgan Freeman nodded off during a morning television interview on KCPQ, Seattle’s “Fox News This Morning” program. Freeman, 75, and 80-year-old co-star Michael Caine were promoting
DAVENPORT – A Minnesota man who interfered with a federal prosecutor while engaged in his official duties was sentenced on May 16, 2013, in federal court in Davenport. Timothy Demuth, age 51,
AMES, Iowa – May 23, 2013 – The Iowa Department of Transportation has placed signs, barricades, fencing and other road closure devices at locations on Iowa 9 west of Osage where the
Significant property tax relief, transformational education reform, meaningful health modernization that focuses on quality outcomes for low-income patients (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today commended
(DES MOINES) –Today, Gov. Terry E. Branstad signed a letter to be delivered to President Obama requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 19 Iowa counties where significant damage was sustained from heavy
MASON CITY – Norman Owein Erlacher has been located, according to Mason City police. Erlacher, age 59, had been missing since Monday and police had sought help in locating him due to
ELBOW LAKE, Minn., May 22 (UPI) — A Minnesota remodeler said the comic book — Superman’s first appearance — he found in the walls of a home is worth 10 times what
HOUSTON, May 22 (UPI) — The mother of a Texas girl who was gang raped when she was 11 says she was upset when she found her daughter, now 14, is pregnant.
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22 (UPI) — Santa Clara County, Calif., agreed to settle for $15 million a suit stemming from a car crash triggered by a police officer eating a hamburger
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) — President Obama is expected to discuss Thursday at the National Defense University is justification for drone strikes and what they achieved, observers said. Obama also may discuss
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man with two prior drug trafficking convictions under different names was convicted by a jury Wednesday after a two-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Gregory
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 22 (UPI) — The Catholic Church in Missouri faces more lawsuits brought by alleged victims of a priest who has admitted producing child pornography. The Diocese of Kansas
PRINCETON, N.J., May 23 (UPI) — Most U.S. residents say they’re still gloomy about the direction moral values in the United States are heading, Gallup said Wednesday. Seventy-two percent of respondents said
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) — Teens are sharing more about themselves on social media but many favor Twitter to avoid parents and “oversharing” they see on Facebook, a U.S. poll indicates. While
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) — U.S. mortgage activity fell 9.8 percent last week with refinancing activity off sharply as long-term interest rates rose, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The association said mortgage
WOODLAND, Calif., May 22 (UPI) — A California defendant in a hearing on an assault charge said the words he hurled at the gay man he allegedly beat up did not make
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) — A 12-year-old New York girl had a near miss when a bullet ricocheted off a fire escape and came through her bedroom window, police said. The
BETHESDA, Md., May 22 (UPI) — More than half of U.S. doctors and other health providers adopted electronic health records, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says.
2013 End of Session Address Senate President Pam Jochum May 22, 2013 Congratulations. We did it. We showed that Republicans and Democrats CAN work together to solve important problems. The health care
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) — Christie Prody, O.J. Simpson’s ex-girlfriend, says the jailed former football star was obsessed with his late ex-wife, Nicole Brown. Prody, who recently pleaded guilty to felony
CHICAGO, May 22 (UPI) — Nutritionists are urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reject a milk industry petition to drop artificial sweeteners from front labels on containers. The International Dairy
MOSCOW, May 22 (UPI) — A Russian company designing a new spacecraft for the country’s space program says the craft will be reusable and able to make as many as five flights.
CHARLES CITY (IOWA) – Charles City’s oldest continuous service club is re-investing in the beautification of their community along with the help of an anonymous donor. The Charles City Lions Club in
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) — A nanny charged in New York with killing two children in her care will get a chance to challenge a finding she is sane enough for
DEARBORN, Mich., May 22 (UPI) — U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. said it will bump up production in 2013 by 200,000 vehicles, due in part to increased demand on the West Coast.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 22 (UPI) — U.S. technology giant Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said the company would build a factory in Texas to assemble Macintosh computers. Cook and Apple made
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) — Talk of needing a U.S. special prosecutor for the IRS scandal is premature, given that congressional hearings just began, some Republican lawmakers said. Given there’s been one
PHILADELPHIA, May 22 (UPI) — A mixed martial arts fighter is suing a Philadelphia adult shop, saying a product he bought to enhance his sex life had the opposite effect. Michael Waylon
CLEVELAND, May 22 (UPI) — The three women allegedly held captive for years at a house in Cleveland have issued a statement of thanks for donations to funds set up for them.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 22 (UPI) — International health officials collaborating staved off SARS virus 10 years ago and this is needed now, the head of the World Health Organization says. Dr. Margaret
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 22 (UPI) — Explosions in southern and western Afghanistan killed four people and wounded five others, local authorities said Wednesday. In Helmand province, officials said a civilian died and
CAVALIER, N.D., May 22 (UPI) — Cavalier, N.D., remained virtually closed Wednesday as water gathered in the Tongue River watershed, and residents and crews monitored dams in the region. Police blocked off