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By Mark Z. Barabak and Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney rolled to a convincing victory Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary, taking a broad stride toward capturing
By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel – CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A Florida woman has been arrested on charges she chained her 19-year-old grandson to a bed nightly for three years, leaving a small
On Monday 36-year-old Amy Lee Beedle, formerly of Mason City, was sentenced to prison after plea bargaining to two of four possessions of a controlled substance with intent to deliver charges. In
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today appointed James C. Ellefson judge to the District Court in the 2B Judicial District. Ellefson, of Marshalltown, received his law degree from Drake University
By Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google starting Tuesday will launch a series of upgrades intended to help the dominant search engine better understand people and their
IOWA CITY, IOWA – – The University of Iowa announced today that sophomore running back Marcus Coker has withdrawn his application to enroll in spring semester classes. Coker also asked for a
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – ATLANTA — Outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is leaving office trailed by controversy about pardons — issued over the course of his two terms in office
I read the blogs, I shift through the dribble written by the Mayor and or his friends which could be the original three that have been in a trance the longest. Truthfully
Huxley, IOWA — Late this afternoon, officials from the Huxley Police Department and the Division of Criminal Investigation arrested 22 year old Jackie Burkle for the death of her newborn twins. Ms.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2011-The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must be built to meet the evolving needs of a 21st century agricultural economy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday in presenting USDA’s
By Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — When Sprint Nextel recently moved its $1.1 billion account from San Francisco-based Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to Digitas Chicago and Leo Burnett, it was one
By Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune – Question: Would you please describe the legal definition of salaried versus hourly employees? I am retired, but a friend is working for a small non-profit that will
By Marie G. McIntyre, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Question: The owner of our company has hired several of my friends, based on my recommendation. He trusts my judgment because I have been with
By Zulfiqar Ali and Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb blast killed at least 29 people Tuesday at a bus terminal along the Afghan border and may have
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Even the police are driving Porsches. Chinese officials love their cars — big, fancy, expensive cars. A chocolate-colored Bentley worth $560,000 is cruising the
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — First, he struggled to name a single book he’d read, except for “parts” of the Bible. Then he couldn’t quote the minimum wage
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – The meteoric rise of Chelsea Handler continues as the life of the “I’ll-say-what-I-want” cable talk-show host gets turned into the new NBC comedy “Are You There, Chelsea?”
By Blair Kerkhoff, McClatchy Newspapers – NEW ORLEANS — Change may be coming to college football’s championship structure. Eleven conference commissioners will meet here Tuesday, the day after LSU and Alabama tangle in
By Blair Kerkhoff, McClatchy Newspapers – NEW ORLEANS — In the end, Alabama was the better team. Maybe not all season, and not on that early November evening in Tuscaloosa when LSU prevailed.
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today delivered his Condition of the State address to the Iowa General Assembly. The governor outlined two major priorities this coming legislative session: 1. A
By Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Derek Friest rolled a 300 at Mystic Lanes on Monday night. This was his first ever 300 game and the first since Michelle and Devin Broerman
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – One word can describe the NIACC women’s basketball team’s game against Iowa Western Community College on Monday night: cold. NIACC shot only 28.6 percent (18-of-63) from the field
DES MOINES, IA – On January 5, 2012, Robbie Dean Fetters, age 39, Des Moines, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to a total of 320 months imprisonment, following convictions
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — In the gray light of each cold dawn, the parents of 10-month-old Shoaib hold their own breath as they listen for the rasp
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service From the moment her name and the subject of her next film were announced, you knew Meryl Streep’s performance as/ impersonation of Margaret Thatcher had Oscar written
By Barry Koltnow, The Orange County Register – What kind of a society do we live in when people won’t flock to a delightful holiday movie that includes graphic scenes of war, atrocities,
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — Authorities on Monday discovered 13 bodies dumped at a gas station near the city of Zitacuaro, about 90 miles west of Mexico City in
By Alan Boswell, McClatchy Newspapers – NAIROBI, Kenya — Threats of genocide and ethnically charged rhetoric are roiling South Sudan’s Jonglei state one week after a days-long rampage by a tribal militia forced
By Ramin Mostaghim and Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times – TEHRAN, Iran — A court in Tehran has sentenced to death a former U.S. Marine of Iranian descent who was convicted of spying
By Jim Wyss, McClatchy Newspapers – BOGOTA, Colombia — As tension escalates in the Persian Gulf and a diplomatic squabble grows in the Americas, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a red-carpet welcome in
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner faces a stiff challenge this week as he tries to persuade China, Japan and South
Kelly Elbert, a fellow Mason City resident, spent her New Year’s Eve where most of us only dream about going: The Big Apple, New York City to watch the ball drop and
DAVENPORT, IA – On January 6, 2012, Andrew Francis Falco, age 42, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court in Davenport, Iowa, to 240 months imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine, announced United States
DAVENPORT, IA – On January 6, 2012, Christopher Alan Shira, age 41, of Coralville, Iowa, was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment for possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United
DAVENPORT, IA – On January 6, 2012, Terry Marshall Campie, age 55, of Iowa City, Iowa, was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment for one count of Attempted Enticement of aMinor to Engage
DES MOINES, IA – On January 4, 2012, Edward Eugene Gray, Jr., age 33, of Clarinda, Iowa, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a