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On February 27, 2012, at approximately 12:20 p.m., a bank robbery occurred at a TCF Bank branch located at 2950 County Road 10 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The robber, who was described
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced Rashad Emon Clark,
By Doug Smith, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Few anglers respect the burbot, that snaky, slimy, eel-like codfish that lurks in the depths of the Minnesota’s big lakes. Most say it’s downright
Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – State Auditor David Vaudt took legislators from both political parties to task Tuesday for using fiscal 2013 budget targets that represented partisan position papers rather
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Work has ended on a futuristic airborne missile defense system built mostly in Southern California after more than 15 years of development and
By Paul Richter and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The White House indicated Tuesday that President Barack Obama would resist pressure for a tougher Iran policy coming from Israel and
Trey Mewes, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – Police have arrested two suspects and are searching for two more after at least four men allegedly broke into an Austin home, assaulted the occupants and
By Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorneys for Casey Anthony this week filed court documents — including a statement by her mother, Cindy — seeking to have one of
By Monique O. Madan, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The Secret Service has revealed the name of the West Miami man who it says made threats against President Barack Obama last week while
James Q. Lynch, CR GAZETTE – Be bold, Gov. Terry Branstad urged state legislators who, he said, “are watering down our aggressive education reform.” “It’s not fair to our kids to be
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Ohio school shooting suspect T.J. Lane randomly chose the targets of his shooting rampage at a suburban high school, fired 10 shots from a
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney won the Arizona primary Tuesday, locking up an easy victory while fighting to win his native state of Michigan against a strong challenge
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A Wall Street rally that few expected has carried the Dow Jones index above 13,000 for the first time in nearly four years,
A trio of University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball players were honored today by the Missouri Valley Conference for their performance this season. Freshman forward Seth Tuttle has been named the MVC
MASON CITY – The “Journey for Justice” came through Mason City Tuesday to show support for local locked out union employees. The “Journey for Justice” is a group of BCTGM (Bakery, Confectionery,
The Hancock County Sheriff’s office said today that a LuVerne, Iowa man was charged with bestiality after an investigation into an incident at a rural Britt residence. Steven Michael Schindler, 49, of
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. — As he walked into the cafeteria of Walker Butte Elementary School to help recruit local citizens as law enforcement volunteers, the
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Chinese state media reported that 12 people were killed in rioting Tuesday in the outskirts of Kashgar, the westernmost city in the country and
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — All eyes were on Michigan Tuesday — including President Barack Obama’s. As his potential GOP rivals scurried for support on primary day, Obama tried
WILL APPEAR ON BALLOT OF NEW REPUBLICAN-LEANING 3RD DISTRICT ACCORDING TO REGISTRATION NUMBERS DES MOINES, IA – Demonstrating broad grassroots organizational strength, Tom Latham was the first federal candidate in the State of Iowa to
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The recent acceleration in hiring may have brightened consumers’ spirits and the recovery’s outlook, but professional forecasters still see just moderate growth ahead for
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times – Baseball has given us another “Alice in Wonderland” moment. Ryan Braun’s drug-testing case just gets curiouser and curiouser. In summary, for those of you who keep
The Iowa Senate unanimously agreed today to change some unsavory terminology in its code. References to mental retardation as “retarded” in Iowa’s law would be replaced with “intellectual disability.” The Iowa House
ORLANDO, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces the unsealing of a fifteen-count indictment charging Allen Gregory Schleicher, a/k/a Gregory Klonowski, (49, Ruskin) with ten counts of mail fraud, four counts of
The former mayor for the Village of Alorton pled guilty in U.S. District Court on February 24, 2012, to a four-count Information, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,
George C. Ford, CR GAZETTE – As they have done for 61 years, the corn producers of Kossuth County in north central Iowa in 2011 harvested the most acres for grain and
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County Supervisors approved an urban renewal plan today that would allow the county to provide incentives to Red Power, Inc. to expand their
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A short while ago I wrote about too many permits being issued to carry guns. Then all the would-be cowboys came out of the barn to shoot me down. Now a man
By Angel Streeter, Sun Sentinel – LOXAHATCHEE, Fla — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has removed three big cats from the Florida home of Steve Sipek, an actor who once played
By Stefan Korshak – KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian court sentenced a key political ally of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to four years in prison Monday, dealing another blow to
By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Jennifer Hudson’s career was soaring in the fall of 2008, but the Oscar-winning actress and singer still found time to check in with her mother
By David Jackson and Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago murder suspect Giovanni Spiller’s 16 years on the run came to an abrupt end last week as he eased his car
By Deanese Williams-Harris, Jack McCarthy, Steven Schmadeke and Becky Schlikerman – Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A Naperville, Ill., man charged with a fatal hit-and-run accident from 2008 told police he now has
By Ruben Vives, Scott Gold and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It began with an incident that seemed relatively harmless, even timeless: Two little girls. An argument over a
By Karen Sudol, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Molly Wei and Dharun Ravi watched a video clip of his roommate Tyler Clementi kissing another man from a laptop screen
MASON CITY – Mason City Police were dispatched to Mercy Medical Center North Iowa at 5:43 a.m. Monday morning to take a report of a sexual assault. As a result of the
By Lesley Clark and Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama under fire from Republicans over the rising cost of gasoline, the White House moved quickly Monday to trumpet
By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — If you want a lens through which to view Tuesday’s primary election in the state, it could be this one: How real is Michigan’s
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – ROCKFORD, Mich. — In a campaign that has been consumed in recent days by discussion of social issues, Mitt Romney tried to turn voters’ attention back