Day: August 11, 2011

LOS ANGELES ó The main draw of outlet shopping is the promise of name brands at low prices, but customers need to be savvy when they hit these stores. Merchandise at outlet

By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ó Normally, the value of a new car plunges as it’s driven out of the dealership by its new owner. But slumping auto sales

PHILADELPHIA ó Sweeping pro-consumer passenger rights rules go into effect August 23 that require airlines to refund baggage fees for lost checked luggage and to pay more for involuntarily bumping passengers on

IOWA FALLS, Iowa ó Iowa is crawling with presidential candidates pitching themselves before Saturday’s Ames straw poll, an early test of a campaign’s organizational strength. But two Republicans have essentially moved to

AMES, Iowa ó Roaming across the high summer farm fields here, Minnesota Republicans Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann offer a study in contrasts as they hurtle forward in the last 72 hours

By Nathaniel Popper, Los Angeles Times NEW YORK ó Stocks markets took another break from their long downward slide Thursday morning after the government announced that the number of people claiming unemployment

If you have an attic in your house, you may be able to identify with this story, since there are things that happen in attics that wouldn’t seem possible anywhere else. If

The Mason City City Council met Tuesday afternoon to discuss how to handle vicious animals. They were greeted outside City Hall by about two dozen people with their dogs, protesting any possible

A man barricaded himself in his house after a domestic situation with his wife, sometime after 4 p.m. Thursday night on Mason City’s north end. Police were called and weapons were drawn

WASHINGTON ó Yet another day of sliding stocks Wednesday sent policymakers and Wall Street leaders looking for ways to end the stock-market volatility before it does more damage to an already weak

BRITT, Iowa ñ Aug. 10, 2011 ñ Microsurfacing work on Iowa 3 from the eastern city limits of Hampton east to the Butler County line will restrict traffic to one lane beginning