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KABUL, Afghanistan, May 24 (UPI) — At least three alleged suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks Friday on Afghanistan’s capital city, officials say. Clashes between the attackers and Afghan security forces were
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 24 (UPI) — President Barack Obama, referring to sex assaults in the military, reminded U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday honor is “what you do when nobody’s looking.” Obama, delivering
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) — President Barack Obama apologetically shook the hand of a U.S. Marine in Washington after having failed to return the service member’s salute. Obama was boarding Marine One
NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) — U.S. stock indexes closed mixed on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing just above break-even on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow was
DETROIT, May 24 (UPI) — Anibal Sanchez came within two outs of throwing the year’s first no-hitter in the major leagues Friday, carrying Detroit to a 6-0 win over Minnesota. Joe Mauer
CINCINNATI, May 24 (UPI) — Ryan Hanigan and Brandon Phillips accounted for five runs with homers Friday, launching Cincinnati to a 7-4 win over the Chicago Cubs. Joey Votto also hit a
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) — U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to defer indefinitely notifying a Fox News reporter his email was being monitored in a national security probe, records indicate. Court documents
AMES, Iowa – USA Volleyball has tabbed five Cyclones to be part of the U.S. Women’s Junior National Training Team (WJNTT) and the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Senior A2 Program. Andie Malloy
AUSTIN, Texas – Iowa State’s Betsy Saina, Meghan Nelson and Dani Stack, placed first, ninth and 12th, respectively, in the 10,000 meters race of the NCAA West Regional Thursday in Myers Stadium
by Jody Spear – MASON CITY – The Bandfest Weekend officially started Thursday, May 23, but driving around Mason City’s uptown, you can plainly see the beginning sites of where the activities will
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The start times for four University of Iowa football games have been announced, including the Homecoming contest against Michigan State. The Big Ten Conference announced start times of
ENID, Okla. – The NIACC baseball team opens play in the NJCAA Division II World Series at 7 p.m. Saturday at David Allen Memorial Ballpark against No. 6 Madison College. NIACC (29-16)
Webster County, IOWA — After four and a half days of broad and exhaustive search efforts to find Kathlynn Shepard, law enforcement is scaling back and narrowing their focus on terrain that
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – Jim Zabel, who broadcast University of Iowa athletic events for 50 years, passed away Thursday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 91. Information regarding a
MASON CITY – An two-car auto accident in Mason City on Friday left at least one vehicle tipped on its side. The incident took place at 5th Street SE and South Carolina
PARIS, May 24 (UPI) — World No. 1 Serena Williams, with a personal record winning streak intact, heads to the French Open as a huge favorite. Williams was stunned in the first
MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man awaiting trial for allegedly strangling a Clear Lake woman has been arrested for violating the no-contact order placed by a judge in the case. Clear
SANFORD, Fla., May 24 (UPI) — Pictures and texts from Trayvon Martin’s cellphone show a different side of the teenager a Florida man is accused of killing unprovoked, defense attorneys say. Mark
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 24 (UPI) — About 300,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region so far in 2013, more than those displaced the previous two years, a U.N. official said
MARIETTA, Ga., May 24 (UPI) — A Georgia couple are pleading with thieves to return a stolen silver box containing the ashes of their stillborn son. Jody and Haley Hughey were at
CHICAGO, May 24 (UPI) — Six men who charge they were victims of former priest Donald McGuire have settled a sex abuse lawsuit against Chicago Jesuits for $19.6 million. The payout averaging
LONDON, May 24 (UPI) — Germany is the most popular country in the world, a British poll indicated, pushing Japan out of the top spot. The annual rating of 16 countries and
GRAPEVINE, Texas, May 23 (UPI) — The Boy Scouts of America national council Thursday voted in Texas to overturn the organization’s ban on gay scouts but retain a ban on gay adult
SEOUL, May 24 (UPI) — South Korean authorities said they received a faxed statement from North Korea proposing joint activities to mark the anniversary of a cooperation agreement. The Yonhap news agency
LONDON, May 24 (UPI) — Forced confessions put “possibly hundreds” of people on death row in Iraq, Amnesty International reports. Amnesty published its 328-page “State of the World 2013” report, highlighting the
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who had a firearm hidden under his seat during a traffic stop in Waterloo was convicted by a jury Thursday after a two-day trial in federal court
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23 (UPI) — Police in Charlotte, N.C., said a woman called authorities and had her juvenile son arrested for stealing her Pop-Tarts. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers responded to the
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 24 (UPI) — Israel’s air force commander, whose warplanes hit targets in Syria three times this year, warned that his squadrons could soon be in a “surprise war”
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Army reports its Project Office for Armed Scout Helicopters has completed deliveries of 407 Bell Helicopters to Iraq. The final delivery consisted of three
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (UPI) — Francis Ford Coppola is preparing to direct a film about an Italian-American family set in the 1930s to ’60s, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. He is
NEWARK, N.J., May 24 (UPI) — A New Jersey federal judge has ruled that news of the Boston Marathon bombings did not affect sentences handed down later that day for two would-be