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By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – MILWAUKEE — The shape of a general-election battle between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama came into sharper focus on Sunday as Vice President Joe Biden
John Shipley, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Twins all but officially set their 25-man roster on Sunday, April 1, promoting Chris Parmelee from Class AA New Britain
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ST. PAUL, Minn. — Before Saturday’s game against Los Angeles at Xcel Energy Center, Wild coach Mike Yeo had a meeting with the players. The subject:
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – OKLAHOMA CITY — If a hyped, so-called potential NBA Finals preview exists and the last two coach of the year winners say it’s just another game and
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – CLEAR LAKE – A group of friends came to Clear Lake from Minneapolis to do some Kite Boarding on a recent Saturday afternoon. “We came
by Matt Marquardt – Driving around town today looking for folks trying to register voters… it was said the police were called to shoe them away… came across some people dancing on
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The seventh-ranked NIACC baseball team struggled early against Kirkwood Community College, but fought back in game two to earn a split with the Eagles, 2-10 and 5-1. NIACC
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Marshalltown Community College outscored NIACC softball 27-6 during a sweep of the Trojans on Saturday, 17-4 and 10-2. Despite the losses, NIACC (8-12, 0-6 in the ICCAC) didn’t commit
I am advocating a petition for removal or recall of Eric Bookmeyer. If you were watching the state of Wisconsin in regard to their governor, Scott Walker, they got 900,000 signatures to
Over The Hill 3/27/12 (4 person team) High Scratch Game 1. Don Wickwire 214 2. Gene Roberts 205 3. Ed Gutzmer 202 1. Joyce Konigsmark 202 2. Michele Olson 193 3. Joyce
Sunday Night Mixed League Rose Bowl 03/25/12 Team High Series Candy Bar 1528 Team High Game Norwex Enviro Products 552 Individual High Series Male Jon Ketchum 563 Individual High Series Female
UPDATE: Sunday afternoon, Andrew Carr returned home safe. —- MASON CITY – Susann Carr of Mason City is asking for help locating her son, Andrew Carr. Andrew is 19 years old and was
By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times – One of the most striking take-aways from this week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the health care reform law was the steadfast insistence on the part
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — What high gas prices? American consumer spending last month increased by the most in seven months, even though the rise in their incomes
By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Ford will invest $1.3 billion in its Hermosillo, Mexico, plant and is creating 1,000 jobs to make the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion and Lincoln
By Adam Teicher, McClatchy Newspapers – Chiefs beat writer Adam Teicher sizes up the April 26-28 NFL draft. ——— 1 Indianapolis QB Andrew Luck, Stanford Colts hope he has a career like their
By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A self-driving car being developed by Google Inc. took a blind man for a ride this week, driving him to a Taco Bell
By Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune – Do you feel like an IRA dummy? If so, you have company. About a third of Americans have an IRA, and confusion, rather than money, is often
By Monte Poole, The Oakland Tribune – It all comes roaring back this week, the stunning introduction, the singular attraction, the utterly dominating force, the shocking disintegration, the exposed hedonism — the entire
By Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune – Success in life and money usually stems from making good decisions. But you’re unlikely to make good decisions without knowledge. And survey after survey shows Americans, young
By Tiffany Hsu and E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. warned Friday that some of the data in their cardholder accounts may have been
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – The Miami Heat won’t just be seeing the Boston Celtics in April, the teams essentially will spend the month as roommates. Three of the Heat’s final 16
By David Unze, St. Cloud Times, Minn. – March 31–A former employee of a Kimball home care/assisted living facility was sentenced Friday to serve 45 days in jail for mistreating a resident.
By John Lundy and Mike Creger, Duluth News Tribune, Minn. – March 31–A St. Louis County jury found 77-year-old Edwin C. Culbert guilty of first and second degree sexual assault following about
By Tod Palmer, McClatchy Newspapers – FIVE STORYLINES TO WATCH 1. Zapping wildness from the wild card Much has been made about the final day of last year’s regular season when Tampa Bay
BUFFALO—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kevin Baron, 42, of Buffalo, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a
By Mark Emmons, San Jose Mercury News – Former Warriors coach Don Nelson is counting down the days to a life-defining achievement — a moment that he has long awaited. Entry into the
By Samantha Stone, McClatchy-Tribune – First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement addresses at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Oregon State
By Vaughn McClure, Chicago Tribune – It all made for the ideal storyline: Derrick Rose and Richard Hamilton back in the lineup with the Bulls set to face the Thunder in a possible
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – Iowans will start receiving new license plates next week, not that many will notice. With the oldest current plates now 15 years old, the Iowa Department of
By Ed Fletcher, McClatchy Newspapers – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Heroin, a drug most often associated with the gritty back alleys of big cities, is making a surprising surge in suburban, affluent places. In
DES MOINES, IA – On March 29, 2012, Angela Shae Ellison, age 45, of Centerville, Iowa, made her initial appearance in federal court on charges of committing over $700,000 of fraud against
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health will be hosting a Health Day on Saturday, April 7, 2012, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Southbridge Mall. Health
MCT News Service The following editorial appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer: Prospective employers typically ask job applicants for references. But in the age of the Internet, some want much more. In a
By Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — We don’t understand. We just don’t understand. The brutality and mentality of big-time football is a savage reality that normal people in normal
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Arts-and-crafts chain Michaels Stores Inc. is seeking to raise $500 million in an initial public offering. In a filing with the Securities and
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – PALM BEACH, Fla. — Green Bay Packers fans won’t have to clear their calendar the first Wednesday in September. The National Football League took care of
PELLA, Iowa – NIACC men’s track and field placed third out of 14 as the only community college team in the field, while RJ Harris (So., Des Moines, IA) and Ashley Ubbelohde
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — It’s been three decades since HIV and AIDS invaded Chicago’s South Side and surrounded Bray Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Englewood. But it’s
By Denisa R. Superville, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black parents give their teenage sons. “Don’t put