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By Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service We all know how important it is to save for a college education. But what about keeping expenses in line once a student starts college? Several
(Op-ed by Peter Lagios) (Revised and updated 7/31/2011) My plan to eliminate welfare begins with certain assumptions and beliefs. If you do not share these assumptions and beliefs then you more than
WASHINGTON ó The House passed a Republican plan for raising the federal debt limit Friday, but attention quickly shifted to the Democrat-controlled Senate where the rough outlines of a compromise to avert
A Volkswagen driven by Duane Holmes of Nora Springs ended up stuck on a utility guy wire Saturday morning on Sixth Street Southeast in Mason City after an accident involving a tan
By Frida Ghitis, McClatchy Newspapers People have run out of patience with the government. Chat with someone in the street, at a party or a restaurant, anywhere, and you hear the same