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By Joe Juliano, The Philadelphia Inquirer – SAN FRANCISCO — It was difficult to tell Saturday what was more help in bringing the best out of Jim Furyk in the third round
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Mason City Police are still investigating an incident Saturday afternoon at Mason City’s Goodwill store, located at 3575 4th Street Southwest. Police said that at
Beth Rickers, The Daily Globe, Worthington, Minn. – LEOTA —“It was just like a 100-car freight train going by,” Frank Gunnink, a resident of Leota, said after a tornado struck the town
By Pat Reber – WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday paid tribute to the late Saudi Crown Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz, saying his strong leadership against terrorism had saved
By Anna Tomforde – LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Saturday marked her official birthday with the traditional Trooping the Colour parade in London, accompanied by Prince Philip for the first time
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Nokia Corp., the faltering Finnish cellphone maker, closed out the week with another hit to its financial condition: Moody’s Investors Service downgraded
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Steve Smith, Casey’s Manager and Dan Freeman, Partner of Renew Energy Systems, were outside Casey’s General Store on 19th Street SW Friday
By Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times – If you’re a parent concerned about your kids eating healthful food, where is the last place you’d want them to go? The answer is simple:
By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Pop quiz. Who said it? “I would say … that 70-80 percent of the shows on TV are bull—-. They’re loosely scripted. Things are planted,
By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — CBS tried to shutter ABC’s reality series “The Glass House,” but a federal judge Friday said that the show will go on.
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Rugby fanatics helped celebrate 40 years of the game in Mason City this weekend. River City Rugby celebrated its 40th anniversary with a social held
Susan Crabtree, The Washington Times – Tough U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran’s oil industry over its nuclear program are squeezing the country’s crude exports and hitting Tehran where it hurts,
By Jim Malewitz, Stateline.org – Stateline’s annual look at the major budget and policy developments in state legislatures across the country. At a time when market forces are driving huge changes in
Patrice Hill, The Washington Times – Wall Street rating agencies are starting to sound warnings again about the possibility of further downgrades of the once-perfect U.S. credit rating as a critical year-end
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – He didn’t say the Iowa economy is “doing fine,” but Sen. Tom Harkin thinks President Obama is not getting enough credit for the state being in
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org – Stateline’s annual look at the major budget and policy developments in state legislatures across the country. States spent a nervous spring this year wondering how the Supreme
By Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune – You know what made Wednesday night’s game against the Astros really perfect for the Giants? The guy who turned in the historic performance was Matt Cain,
Orlan Love, CR Gazette – Federal conservation officials used aerial photography last month to help ensure Iowa farmers are complying with conservation rules. Unlike recent controversial surveillance flights conducted by the Environmental
CHARLES CITY – Join the excitement in Charles City, Iowa, on June 16, 2012, for the first ever competition on Iowa’s first whitewater course! Charles City Challenge: WhiteWater Weekend is anticipated to
Erin Jordan, CR Gazette – UPDATE: A University of Iowa professor said his erratic behavior and unprofessional conduct can be explained by cultural differences and by the mental stress he suffered working
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – Malik Rucker visited Iowa City on Friday and let the world know on his Twitter account in the evening that he committed to play football at Iowa.
MASON CITY – Friday at about 11:15 AM, Mason City police, fire and ambulance all responded to a fire call at Mercy Hospital east campus, 1000 4th Street SW. A construction worker
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad released the following statement regarding the EPA’s decision of the sale of E15: “I am pleased with the announcement (Friday) regarding the EPA’s decision on
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a 57-year-old Winona man was sentenced for sending and possessing child pornography. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Dennis Gale Chase to 292 months
By Peter Hall, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) – BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers have been laying the groundwork for the retired Penn State football coach’s defense since prosecutors finished questioning
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Third baseman Trevor Plouffe continued his power surge with two home runs, but his efforts could not make up for
WASHINGTON – Edward “Eddy” Lato, 65, of Providence, R.I., an admitted capo regime in the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 108
Former Fort Deposit, Ala., Police Officer Carlos Tyson Bennett was arrested today on charges of stealing money from motorists on Interstate 65 in central Alabama and subsequently trying to conceal his criminal
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – STRATHAM, N.H. — Mitt Romney plunged into Obama country Friday as he began a six-state bus tour telling voters that if he becomes president, “the era
BOSTON — A federal indictment unsealed this week, charges three foreign nationals in a sophisticated counterfeiting operation uncovered through a 17-month undercover operation, spanning two continents. The charges are the results of
WASHINGTON — Seven individuals and four check cashing businesses were charged today in the Eastern District of New York and the Central District of California for their alleged roles in separate schemes
By Colby Itkowitz, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) – Common in the middle of the last century but rarely used anymore, histrionic personality disorder was diagnosed for people, mostly women, who were
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The boy, only 11 in 1998, said he felt uncomfortable when Jerry Sandusky, then a powerful assistant football coach from the Pennsylvania State
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced plans Friday to prevent the deportations of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States
By Les Bowen, Philadelphia Daily News – PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick’s future. Andy Reid’s future. That load sits squarely on the shoulders of Vick’s red No. 7 Eagles practice jersey, as the
OKLAHOMA CITY—A federal felony complaint was filed late yesterday charging Derrick M. Sullivent, 20, of Oklahoma City, with two counts of aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft, specifically,
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – SEATTLE—The 65-foot-long floating dock that washed up in central Oregon last week from last year’s tsunami in Japan was surprising enough. What stunned scientists who rushed
Today in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, a jury found Anes Subasic, 35, guilty of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim
By Patrick May, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — It took only one minute and fifty-two seconds Friday morning for a bit of Apple history to be written. Make
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – OKLAHOMA CITY — The assumption, amid all the pre-game fist bumps and all those off-season charity games, is that NBA players are part of a tight-knit