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AMES, Iowa – Chelsea Poppens recorded her fifth double-double of the season (14 points/16 rebounds) to help Iowa State cruise to a 71-57 win over New Hampshire Thursday night in Hilton Coliseum.
By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer Around 5:30 pm Thursday night, a fire was reported to the Mason City Fire Department at 250th Street and Warbler Avenue (east of Mason City on
By David Sarno, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Verizon Wireless is about to make paying your monthly cellphone bill a little more expensive. Starting Jan. 15, the nation’s leading mobile carrier will
Growth Slows as E10 Market Becomes Saturated JOHNSTON, IA – The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) announced that Iowa’s ethanol production ticked up in 2011, but the rate of annual growth slowed
CLEVELAND – Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced it has completed its acquisition of E.A. Pedersen Company, a manufacturer of medium voltage switchgear primarily for the electrical utilities industry. The
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 29, 2011– (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that 2011 was the best holiday ever for the Kindle family as customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers.
NEW YORK — At a time when holiday season sales overall have turned out better than expected, Sears Holdings Corp. was an exception: It said Tuesday that it will close 100 to
Former 1-term Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney arrived in Mason City on Thursday, December 29th for a town hall meeting at the Music Man Square. Click here to view photos. Romney was greeted
By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington Bureau HONOLULU — As Republicans who want to be president slog through chilly Iowa in the run-up to next week’s caucuses, the man who is president moves from
By Zoe Fraley, McClatchy Newspapers BELLINGHAM, Wash. _ Police dressed in riot gear cleared the Occupy Bellingham camp at Maritime Heritage Park, arresting four protesters who refused to leave Wednesday. Shortly after
By David Ovalle, McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — A high-ranking Miami-Dade County police officer is suspected of misappropriating nearly $23,000 by using it to bankroll his unofficial department flag football team, court records show.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Sean Bonniwell, lead singer and songwriter of the Music Machine, a 1960s Los Angeles band regarded as one of the most original of
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO — A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the federal government should pay $17.8 million to the grief-stricken survivors of four family members killed when a
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The gray wolf hit a major milestone on Dec. 21, when the Obama administration said the wolf’s population in the Great Lakes region had grown
By David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Federal judges have blocked strict new immigration laws adopted by conservative legislatures in half a dozen states, including a
By Richard Simon.Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Ever wonder what happens to the loose change that harried travelers leave behind at airport checkpoints? One lawmaker has his sights on the unclaimed money,
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — An unusual nativity display at a Claremont church that conveyed a gay couple was vandalized over the weekend in an incident authorities are investigating
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD — He rarely leaves his house. He’s been shot at by gunmen in a passing car. He gets death threats over the phone. “Traitor,” the callers
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death squad shows up in uniform: black masks and tunics with the name of the group, Khorasan Mujahedin, scrawled across the back in
By Helmut Reuter and Nestor Rojas CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated late Wednesday that the United States may be responsible for a spate of cancers among Latin American leaders.
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times CAIRO — Egyptian security forces on Thursday raided the offices of 17 nongovernmental organizations, including three U.S.-based agencies, as part of crackdown on foreign
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — Dozens of people were killed in Turkish airstrikes along the country’s border with Iraq, and an official with Turkey’s ruling party acknowledged Thursday that the
Brandi Hagen, Albert Lea Tribune – NORTHWOOD — For the last five years, Peter Ausenhus has been brewing beer with a three-vessel system in the back room of what used to be Worth
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Stop Sanu. Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu is tall at 6-2 and physical at 215 pounds and prolific with a Big East record 109 catches. He
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa NEW YORK — Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott will graduate with a business management degree and minor in finance. He had a keen interest of the
Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa The trial for one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a resident at a care facility last summer has been reset to March 6 in
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye – The Hawkeyes wrestled with Purdue for the entire game in Wednesday’s Big Ten opener. But the Boilermakers had every answer in a 79-76 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Couple of quick interviews while waiting for Mitt Romney to arrive at Music Man Square in Mason City on December 29th, 2011.
Occupy Mason City’s Robin McClelland (pictured) urged supporters of the movement to get out and vote. She said she didn’t think there would be any disruptions at any of the caucus locations
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa NEW YORK — A.J. Klein never was an obstinate pupil in his early days at Iowa State, but he wasn’t always the best football student in
Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – UPDATE: A former Iowa Workforce Development employee, previously convicted of similar charges in 2000, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to embezzling more than $43,000
By Luke Hagen, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Dec. 29–Riley Reiff is well aware his name is being brought up in NFL mock drafts. The Parkston native and junior offensive tackle for
By Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The year has brought music-lovers some fascinating shifts in what they listen to — and how — and also set off some flares about what the
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Wendy’s is making a high-end re-entry into Japan with a $16 burger festooned with foie gras and truffles. The third-largest fast-food chain in the
Health care provider referrals to Quitline Iowa-a free service for helping Iowans beat their addiction to nicotine-are higher than they have ever been. In recent months, there has been a 68.4 percent
By Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences, Rose Bowl partners since 1947, have major plans to strengthen their business relationship. The leagues Wednesday jointly announced
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The good news is that the U.S. economy in 2012 isn’t likely to be much worse than this year’s has been. The bad news
Of late so many people bring up mayor Bookmeyer when they engage me in conversation. I am not surprised. After all, I have written extensively about him during most of 2011, and
Three men have been arrested for their participation in a scheme to manufacture, distribute and sell to the public stem cells and stem cell procedures that were not approved by the Food
On December 26, 2011, at approximately 2:25 p.m.., a bank robbery occurred at TCF Bank, located at 1444 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The robber approached a bank teller and demanded cash.