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Day: January 1, 2012

Several hurt in New Year’s shootings

Jay Tokasz, The Buffalo News, N.Y. – Gunshots rang in the New Year in Buffalo late Saturday and early Sunday, including in the downtown entertainment district, where thousands of people were celebrating the

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John Cross column

John Cross, The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. – — The northern Iowa countryside hasn’t changed a whole lot in two months. Last Wednesday, the landscape was as brown as it was on Oct. 29

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A huge win to savor

MADISON, Wis. – Matt Gatens grabbed the loose ball near midcourt and cradled it. The final seconds ticked off the Kohl Center clock, and Gatens, who has seen so many frustrating games

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BRIEF: Iowa Caucus: By the numbers

The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – * 1,774: Number of precincts in Iowa * 120,000: Republican turnout in 2008 Iowa Caucus * Nearly 1,000: Number of events Republican candidates staged in Iowa

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Sports

Packers Hold Lions in 45-41 Victory

The Packers and Lions’ regular season finale resembled a video-game shootout, as Green Bay’s quarterback set single-game franchise records for yards and touchdowns thrown in a 45-41 shootout win. (PHOTO: Green Bay Packers

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Sports

Vikings’ Allen just misses NFL sack record

By Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune – MINNEAPOLIS — Jared Allen desperately wanted one more one-on-one matchup, one more third-and-long, one more surefire passing situation. (PHOTO: Minnesota Vikings Jared Allen (69) celebrated on the sidelines

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Top Stories

So long 2011, hello 2012

By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – So long 2011, hello 2012. People were out celebrating the beginning of a new year Saturday night in Mason City. Click here to view photos.

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ABC’s ‘Work It’ doesn’t

By Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal – Drag comedy has a long American tradition, some of it inspired by other countries: “Some Like It Hot.” Abbott and Costello’s “Here Come the Co-Eds.” “The

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Reviews of bluegrass music releases

By Keith Lawrence, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer – JANIE FRICKE, “Country Side of Bluegrass,” New Music Deals. 13 tracks. The surest way to tell if a musical genre is becoming more popular is to watch

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What’s opening in theaters next week

By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers THE DEVIL INSIDE (R): Yet another horror movie disguised as a documentary, this one purporting to recount the story of a woman trying to find out if her

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Campaign shows power of super PACs

By Tom Hamburger and Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire,

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Magnitude-7 quake rattles eastern Japan

By Takehiko Kambayashi TOKYO — A magnitude-7 earthquake rattled wide areas of eastern and north-eastern Japan on Sunday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, the meteorological agency said. No tsunami warning was issued and

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Verizon Wireless drops $2 bill payment fee

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Verizon Wireless, under fire from consumers and federal regulators, scrapped plans to charge a $2 “convenience fee” for those who pay their phone

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Juco QB fills void depth for Iowa

Iowa needed quarterback depth and found it Saturday. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College’s Cody Sokol picked the Hawkeyes over Arizona and six other offers, including Maryland. The 6-foot-2, 210-pounder announced his decision via

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