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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Ross Hack, 40, Leland Jones, 31, and Melissa Hack, 37, have been charged with first degree murder and firearms offenses in relation to the
LINCOLN, NE – Matt Gatens once again led the Iowa Hawkeyes to victory, this time 62-53 over the pesky Nebraska Cornhuskers. Iowa jumped ahead and never really looked back. Nebraska clawed to
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 7 Missouri used a key 9-0 second half run to down Iowa State, 78-72 Wednesday night in Columbia. Iowa State held a seven-point lead in the second half,
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After days of parlor intrigue, former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey has changed course and will now enter the race to recapture his old Senate
By Lisa Mascaro and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Even before Republican Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine blindsided her party by announcing she would not seek re-election, GOP
By Bill Estep and Jim Warren, McClatchy Newspapers – LEXINGTON, Ky. — A storm system that caused death and destruction in Illinois and Missouri also barreled into Kentucky on Wednesday, roaring through Henderson,
By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The head of the Air Force on Wednesday disputed a report that some unidentified remains from the Sept. 11, 2001, plane crash site in
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers and the economy started the year with more financial pep than previously thought, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke cautioned that
By David Lightman and William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – TOLEDO, Ohio — The battle for the Republican presidential nomination spread out across the country Wednesday, as a relieved Mitt Romney talked economics and
By Nicholas J.C. Pistor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – HARRISBURG, Ill. — With the walls torn off three rooms by a powerful tornado Wednesday morning and the windows blown out of four others, the
By Kevin Ding, The Orange County Register – LOS ANGELES — The spotlight reflected mainly off the clear mask that protected Kobe Bryant’s broken nose as he played a day after being diagnosed
ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State forward Royce White made the Naismith Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award mid-season 30 watch list, released today by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The Naismith Award
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (18-10, 9-8 Big 12) rolled over Kansas State (18-11, 9-8 Big 12), outscoring the Wildcats 36-16 in the second half en route to a 57-33 Big 12