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By Jason Gonzalez, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — Planted behind the backstop of Rochester Century High School’s baseball field is a single bench. This season it’s become unofficially reserved for
By Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Percy Harvin texted Leslie Frazier after he arrived in town on Memorial Day, seeking information about his appointment with the Vikings’ medical staff the following
By David Shaffer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — One of the world’s top leasing companies is betting that corporations with fleets of cars and trucks increasingly will want them to be
By David Scott, McClatchy Newspapers – DOVER, Del. — Todd Bodine won a rain-shortened Lucas Oil 200 NASCAR Trucks Series race Friday at Dover International Speedway. Bodine was ahead of second-place Parker
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – June 1, 2012 – Road construction work will require closing the westbound U.S. 20 exit ramp to southbound Interstate 380 near Raymond from 4 a.m. Monday, June 4,
By Marla Ridenour, Akron Beacon Journal – DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods is 1 stroke and two rounds away from tying Jack Nicklaus for the second-most victories in PGA Tour history. There
By Adam Ashton, McClatchy Newspapers – TACOMA, Wash. — The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who allegedly massacred Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province three months ago now faces charges that he used alcohol
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Richard Land, a prominent Southern Baptist leader, saw his weekly radio show canceled Friday after he used it to criticize President Obama and
By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — On July 27, a torchbearer will trot into a new $770-million stadium in London and light that famous flame. And for the next
By Fred Mitchell, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — He was known for his boundless enthusiasm, his infectious smile and his uncanny athletic ability to work the baseline and attack the basket with
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad this week named Chuck Gipp as the new Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Gipp replaces Roger Lande, who resigned the position last week.
By Jonathan Martin and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — A federal jury awarded $1 million Friday to the family of a mentally ill man who was killed by a
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa recently announced that Hawkeye seniors Erik Sowinski and McKenzie Melander have been named Iowa’s 2012 Big Ten Medal of Honor winners. First awarded in
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – OKLAHOMA CITY — The San Antonio Spurs’ practice was supposed to last 15 minutes Friday, a surprisingly short meet-and-disperse at a time when most teams
By Rob Christensen, McClatchy Newspapers – I was having lunch in early 1997 at Big Ed’s restaurant in downtown Raleigh, N.C., with a friend, when he mentioned that Johnny Edwards was thinking
By Richard Simon, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After more than 50 hours of deliberations over nine days, juror Sheila Lockwood just didn’t think there was enough evidence to convict John