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Day: January 6, 2012

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Unusually warm weather brings people outside

By Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – With record breaking, high temperatures on Thursday, January 5th, people all around Mason City were out enjoying themselves.  Some were taking advantage

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Watts is dedicated to his neighborhood

By Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – On an incredibly beautiful early January day, Mason City resident Chris Watts broke out his lawnmower. This is unheard of for this time of year

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South Carolina Murder Suspect Captured

Savannah, GA – A Savannah man wanted for Murder and Aggravated Assault was arrested by the Savannah Office of the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Savannah Chatham

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Lakers drop another game in Portland

By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s no longer surprising when the Los Angeles Lakers lose up here. It’s now a tradition. The only difference Thursday was the Lakers

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Congressman Tom Latham on December jobs report

Washington, Jan 6 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham issued the following statement on Friday in response to the latest unemployment report: “An improvement in the unemployment rate is always welcome news, but Washington

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Need jobs? Call on government

MCT FORUM – By Dimitri B. Papadimitriou – Is high unemployment as certain as death and taxes? Of course not. But if we depend on the private sector to bring rates down, joblessness

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Op-ed: America’s new lean fighting machine

McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Budgetary necessity may have been the mother of President Obama’s reinvention of military strategy, but that doesn’t mean the change is reckless or even imprudent. After the U.S.

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Luxury brands make their mark in China

By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Barely a decade ago, Beijing bicyclists pedaled down alleys here lined with courtyard houses that had no indoor toilets. Now, the alleys have been

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