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By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – ANKENY, Iowa — The sound system hissed and spit so loudly they finally had to turn it off. This meant the attorney general of Texas had
By Israel Gutierrez, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Maybe there is something to this “I’m a new man” thing LeBron James has been touting since before the season started. A cynic would say
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Ricky Rubio is going to keep shooting. And most folks associated with the Timberwolves feel he’s going to be just fine in that department.
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — For three quarters Tuesday night, the United Center sounded like a library, built brick by brick by the Bulls. (PHOTO: Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson (22)
By Dave Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Gov. Rick Perry faced his first defeat in a 27-year-political career Tuesday night in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, after waging an impassioned
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It’s not quite Magic and Kareem, or even Kobe and Shaq, but the Lakers are rapidly finding a tough-to-top 1-2 combo. (PHOTO: Los Angeles
By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann, who finished a distant sixth in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, will hold a news conference Wednesday morning where she is expected
By Michael A. Memoli and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and a two-time winner of the New Hampshire primary, plans to
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that they will unveil their final recommendation for education reform at Capitol View Elementary on Friday, January 6, 2012,
By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES, Iowa — Emboldened by his strong Iowa finish, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is headed to New Hampshire — the heart of Mitt Romney country
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – DES MOINES, Iowa — In the closest finish in the history of the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney edged out Rick Santorum by eight votes in the