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By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Indiana Pacers lost in Boston on Friday night, so they couldn’t have been in a United Center hallway still celebrating their Wednesday victory over
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — There were 105 seconds left in Friday’s game when Kevin Love went to the basket off a pick-and-roll, took a sweet bounce pass from
By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Success in North America fueled Ford’s most profitable year since 1998, but fourth-quarter losses and uncertainty in Europe and Asia spooked the market Friday.
DAVENPORT, IA – On January 26, 2012, Roger Dengler, age 55, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for maintaining a drug house announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By Kerith Gabriel, Philadelphia Daily News – There aren’t many moments in his mixed martial arts career Phil Davis regrets. Certainly not the opponents he has had to injure and embarrass to make
By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A woman who called 911 from Demi Moore’s home Monday night told officials the movie star was suffering convulsions and was
By Diana Renee RIO DE JANEIRO — The death toll from the collapse of three buildings in central Rio de Janeiro climbed to seven, the authorities confirmed Friday after more bodies were
By Peter Mayer ROME — Italian consumer rights groups were divided over a decision on Friday by the owners of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia to pay 11,000 euros — about $14,550
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A teenage girl who received an electronic warning was being praised as a hero Friday for tipping off authorities about what they believe
By Alaine Griffin, The Hartford Courant – NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Joshua Komisarjevsky was formally sentenced to death Friday for the home invasion attack that left Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – MIAMI — Rick Santorum joined the parade of GOP candidates seeking the Latino vote in South Florida on Friday, playing up his humble roots and interest
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After 20 long years in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton can see the finish line. Sure, there likely will be talk all
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad today announced that he has appointed Janelle L. Niebuhr to the Iowa Public Employees Relations Board (PERB). “I am pleased today to appoint Janelle Niebuhr to
A Winter Extravaganza will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 1-4 p.m. at the Lime Creek Nature Center. Beat the winter blahs with an adventure-packed afternoon at Lime Creek! Scheduled activities
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The lower-than-expected annualized growth rate of 2.8 percent reported Friday for the final three months of 2011 raises doubts about the strength of the
Duluth News Tribune, Minn. Jan. 27–At least a dozen guns went missing from the Pine County Sheriff’s Office between 2008 and early 2011. Prompted by citizen complaints that firearms were not being
By Jessica Guynn and Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times – MENLO PARK, Calif. — Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected
By Mike Carter, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — The exploits of Colton Harris-Moore, the gangly “Barefoot Bandit” who as a wily thief and self-taught pilot managed to elude police with aplomb from
By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Barack Obama embraced the idea of federal action to restrain the rapidly increasing cost of higher education, giving
Tim Engstrom, Albert Lea Tribune, Minn. – NORTHWOOD, Iowa — The man charged with the fatal hit-and-run of a young girl boarding a school bus last May has been sentenced to 15 years
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley – I addressed the Senate recently on President Obama’s so called “recess” appointments when the Senate was not in fact in recess. I described at
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. stocks on Friday finished mostly lower, but a late surge in financial shares helped the S&P 500 preserve a fourth week of gains after
By Jared S. Hopkins, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The UFC might draw its largest television audience Saturday in Chicago when Rashad Evans faces Phil Davis. Before that, Rob Madrigal will face his
By Raheem Salman and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb detonated Friday at a busy Baghdad intersection as a funeral procession was passing by, killing 32
Hastings, IOWA — Investigators with the State Fire Marshal Division and the Mills County Sheriff’s Office are looking for 30 year old Jason Anthony Vasquez. Vasquez is wanted on an arrest warrant
By Kacie Krominga – MASON CITY – A press conference for the United Way was held today at the North Iowa Joint Transit Facility to announce the grand total for the 2011
Early Bird Mixed 1/20/12 High team scratch game – K O Construction 788 High team scratch series – K O Construction 2,213 High Individual games 1. Chad Elliott 247 2. T C
by Matt Marquardt – The Mason City City Council met Tuesday night and was introduced to Finance Director Kevin Jacobson’s 2013 city budget. The room was full of city department directors. A
There is a select few that are calling the shots in this community. They do not represent the majority but in doing what they are doing is not in anyway illegal. You
Michael Schaffer, Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa – CENTERVILLE Between 250-300 people came to the Centerville Fire Department Thursday afternoon to take part in placing 2,200 American flags along the route the body
Scott Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – IOWA CITY — The game meant something to Zach McCabe. That’s why the final result hurt him so much. The Iowa sophomore from Sioux City
Diane Heldt, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The University of Iowa has spent more than $6.3 million on dozens of tenant properties since 2001, the majority of them in the Melrose Avenue
Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – DES MOINES – An already weird story took another bizarre twist Thursday when representatives for a trust based in Belize that turned in the winning
FORT DODGE, Iowa – No. 12 NIACC wrestling only had two wins against No. 1 Iowa Central on Thursday night in a 41-9 loss to the Tritons. Jameel Bryant’s (So., St. Petersburg,
Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Thursday, Jan. 26: MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT: Branstad administration officials said Thursday they are making
By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer – “Luck,” HBO’s new series about a racetrack in Southern California, has such impressive bloodlines, it’s almost intimidating. Among its executive producers are filmmaker Michael Mann (“Heat”)
By Reggie Hayes, The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay expressed some irritation with quarterback Peyton Manning’s comments earlier this week about the atmosphere around the Colts.
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 27, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Thursday, Feb. 9, to discuss the proposed bridge repair on U.S. 218, 0.4
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 26, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is offering a pole building with metal siding for sale. The building is located at 2369 U.S. 30, west
By Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — With a lifetime of red carpet misses ranging from uncomfortably busty Guinevere gowns to something reminiscent of Grandma’s doily tablecloth, Disney princess Miley