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By James Oliphant, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Perhaps the most attention-getting Super Bowl ad — other than that dog blackmailing his owner with tortilla chips to keep quiet over a felinicide,
By Patrick J. McDonnell and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Syrian government forces pressing a ferocious crackdown shelled the central city of Homs on Monday, opposition activists said, destroying a
By Alex Branch, McClatchy Newspapers – FORT WORTH, Texas — Country music star Randy Travis was arrested early Monday on suspicion of public intoxication outside a Texas church, authorities said. Just after midnight,
By Leslie Brody, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — A bill that would require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18 passed the New Jersey state Senate
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Texas attorney general has reached an agreement with some minority groups on a plan aimed at resolving a stalemate over redistricting and
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy told parents Monday evening that the district is replacing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary
By Dan Caesar, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – The Super Bowl on Sunday was the most-watched program in U.S. television history, according to The Nielsen Co., the third year in a row it has
By Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Derrick Williams tweeted a seven-word message Saturday night that didn’t require too much effort reading between the lines. “Anybody ever felt like a caged
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – NEWARK, N.J. — Derrick Rose dominates headlines even when he doesn’t play. The Bulls absolutely annihilated the short-handed Nets 108-87 on Monday night at the Prudential Center,
MASON CITY – An Albuquerque, New Mexico man was arrested by Mason City police Tuesday morning. Mason City police officers were dispatched at about 9:30 a.m. to 636 South Polk Avenue on
American Bar Association gives her highest possible ranking – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement upon learning that the White House had formally nominated Stephanie Rose