Romney clinches GOP nomination, focuses ahead
By Paul West and Seema Mehta, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In a footnote to the long and often caustic Republican primary contest, Mitt Romney surpassed the number of delegates needed to
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By Paul West and Seema Mehta, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In a footnote to the long and often caustic Republican primary contest, Mitt Romney surpassed the number of delegates needed to
By David Ovalle, Scott Hiaasen and Diana Moskovitz, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Rudy Eugene walked naked alongside the MacArthur Causeway before pouncing on a homeless man he found dozing in the shade
By Elinor J. Brecher and Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Ronald Poppo had a hard-knock life on the streets. A homeless drinker who had been shot once and arrested two dozen
By Bill Scott – PARIS — Title favorite Serena Williams suffered her first career loss in the first round of a Grand Slam as she went down Tuesday to Virginie Razzano, 4-6,
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — Now comes the inevitable pushback from the team that is behind. It is practically a playoff formality. So a day after Boston Celtics guard Rajon
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The pressure was on Jeff Samardzija on Tuesday at Wrigley Field after fans were given bobblehead dolls in his image as they entered the gates.
Gary E. Lawrence, M.D., a 68-year-old physician who formerly practiced family medicine in Ackley, Iowa, entered into a Settlement Agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine on April 19, 2012. On January
AMES, Iowa – Fred Hoiberg, who shared Big 12 Coach-of-the-Year honors last season, is now positioned to gain additional accolades going forward as the Cyclone men’s basketball coach after agreeing to an
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa incoming men’s basketball recruit Mike Gesell has been named to the 2012 Parade Magazine High School Boys Basketball All-America team. The list includes 40 of
Friday, May 25 marked National Missing Children’s Day in the United States. In honor of that observance, the FBI has released a new version of its popular Child ID App for Android
By John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — A persistent dilemma of the Midwest industrial economy resurfaced in a new study showing that skilled trades such as welders and electricians once
By Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC, the inventor of the minivan, plans to discontinue the Chrysler Town & Country minivan and keep the Dodge Caravan as
McClatchy Newspapers – The following games are among those scheduled for release this week, according to Gamestop.com: May 29: Resistance: Burning Skies (PS Vita, rated M) Max Payne 3 (PC, rated M)
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Anthony Bourdain, the globe-trotting chef and food pontificator, is joining CNN as a host and commentator on the things he knows
On May 25, 2012, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a bank robbery occurred at the TCF Bank branch located at 1186 W. Broadway Street in Forest Lake, Minnesota. The robber approached a bank
WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin man was found guilty yesterday in the Western District of Louisiana for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, dedicated to the sexual abuse of
FRESNO, Calif. — A Delano man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on federal child pornography charges stemming from a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security
LAS VEGAS – A former Bosnian-Serb police commander wanted in his native country for genocide and atrocities against thousands of Bosnian Muslims was deported Wednesday, capping a successful effort by U.S. Immigration
Veniamin Gonikman, 56, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Ukraine, was sentenced today in federal court for his role in an international conspiracy to compel Eastern European women to work in exotic
WASHINGTON – Mid-America Pipeline Company LLC (MAPCO), and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, of Houston, have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million to the United States to settle
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – CRAIG, Colo. — Campaigning in coal country, Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration is hostile to business in general and the energy
HAMPTON, IOWA – The Hampton Police Department charged 36-year-old Ryan Stock of Hampton with 3rd degree harassment (708.7(4)) on May 24, 2012. The charge was filed after an alleged incident on the
HUMBOLDT – A fatal accident took the life of a Humboldt man Monday afternoon. According to the Iowa State Patrol, at 5:30 PM Monday on Highway 3 about 4 miles east of
By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times – If you’re self-employed, unemployed or work for a company that doesn’t offer medical coverage, you may have to find your own insurance. Some tips
By Claudia Buck, McClatchy Newspapers – This week marks the last call by our current trio of “Ask the Experts” contributors. Here with some closing advice are Davis, Calif., certified financial planner
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — The Warren Buffet-backed Chinese carmaker BYD Co. defended the safety of its e6 electric car Tuesday after the vehicle was involved in a
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S.-led coalition troops battling Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed al-Qaida’s second-in-command in Afghanistan in an air strike in the country’s eastern province
By Peter Mayer – ROME — Italian rescue workers said Tuesday that the death toll from a magnitude-5.8 earthquake in a northern region that was hit by a powerful tremor nine days
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County Supervisors awarded a contract to Heartland Asphalt for a B-20 reconstruction project. The 3-mile stretch of road is from Balsam Avenue to
MASON CITY, Iowa – Nine NIACC golfers were named Academic All-Region athletes for the 2011-2012 season, with two men and two women earning top honors. Chris Hall (Fr., Mason City, IA) and
Word has come from deep inside Five East that Eric has laid down an executive dictum to pull the plug on his failed initiatives; those that were conjured up at the Country
By Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Governments in Europe and elsewhere announced Tuesday that they were expelling top Syrian diplomats in a coordinated response to the killings last week
MASON CITY – An MCPD incident report shows shortly before 1:45 am Monday morning Mason City police officers made a traffic contact for a traffic violation. Officers stopped a vehicle driven by
By Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The roots of the modern family — monogamous coupling — lie somewhere in our distant evolutionary past, but scientists disagree on how it
By Peter Mayer – VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has been left “hurt” by the arrest last week of his butler on charges of stealing papal documents, the pontiff’s spokesman said
By Daniel Brown, San Jose Mercury News – SAN FRANCISCO — At peace with a legal process that left him, in his words, “a convicted felon,” all-time home run leader Barry Bonds is
By David Wharton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The question makes Hugh McCutcheon pause. He knew it was coming but, still, he takes a deep breath. “Yeah,” he says. “Beijing happened.”
By Joe Stiglich, Contra Costa Times – MINNEAPOLIS — At least the A’s changed the script Monday. This time they actually provided some offense, and with it, hope. All it amounted to was