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Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune – The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago gave a pessimistic outlook Wednesday for the U.S. economy, forecasting slower growth that does not bode well for
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad on Thursday named the 9 members of Iowa’s new Public Information Board, which was established this year in Senate File 430 to ensure Iowans have open, transparent
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad is ordering all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2012, until 8 a.m. on Monday, July
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad, Members of Congress, Board of Regents President Craig Lang, and Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Administrator Mark Schouten today released the below statements upon learning
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who attempted to hire a person to kill the Mount Vernon Police chief was found guilty by a jury Thursday in U.S.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch outlined plans to split the media conglomerate’s publishing and entertainment operations into two publicly traded companies,
MASON CITY – Staff with the Highland Park Golf Course is excited to announce the addition of their Facebook page. Citizens are invited to visit and ‘like’ their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HighlandParkGolfCourse
By Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — Versatility, reliability, work ethic, commitment, resilience — these are the things for which up-and-coming lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith would like to be
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass has asked the U.S. Department of Education for a one-year freeze of a key federal
Mike Hlas, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – As TheGazette.com’s Marc Morehouse reported Wednesday in this post, there are a lot of “donor opportunities” for the University of Iowa’s new football facility.
By Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Not only do more than 80 million Americans believe that UFOs exist, many are not afraid of an alien drop-in, according to
From Ken Sagar, President Iowa Federation of Labor – Today the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. This is a victory for seniors, their children and their grand
By Michael Doyle and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld nearly all of the Obama administration’s health care law, including its controversial requirement that compels
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – Though Austin’s new dog park has sections for both small and large dogs, it is still unclear how a pit bull was able to get
Scott Sexton, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. – In the end, the court proceedings against Angelanetta Gladdenshe was charged with felony cruelty to animalswound up mimicking the death of the dog she was accused
Susan Misur, New Haven Register, Conn. – WEST HAVENA city mother arrested on charges of child abuse can allegedly be seen in videos engaging in rough behavior with her baby, including kicking
By Ramin Mostaghim and Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – TEHRAN — As the West has tightened its economic chokehold in an effort to force Iran’s government to scale back its growing
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker whose Democratic Party lost control of the chamber after she pushed through the healthcare overhaul,
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – The devastating fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., continued to grow Thursday, even as the city began to assess the damage thus far; the threat to
By Lisa Mascaro And Richard Simon, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In the moments after the Supreme Court’s landmark health care ruling Thursday, Capitol Hill was unnervingly quiet as legislators took
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Thursday set a vote in two weeks to repeal the nation’s health care law — a largely symbolic act
By Robin Abcarian and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – In brief remarks two hours after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, Mitt Romney said Thursday that
By Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Julian Assange, whose WikiLeaks website angered American officials by releasing official U.S. documents, on Thursday received a letter demanding his presence at a
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – It has been reported in another local media that crime is down in Mason City. Although your mayor and city council are also going along with this
MASON CITY – A man with addresses in New Jersey and Texas was arrested after an altercation early Wednesday morning in downtown Mason City. Ernest Gary Price Jr. (pictured below), 42, of
DES MOINES, IOWA – Local organizations will hold a series of press events Friday to discuss the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare and voice their support for improved health care for all
Story by Jody Spear, Photos and Video by Chris Smith and Vicki Johnson – WORTH COUNTY – At approximately 1:15 pm Wednesday, emergency crews were dispatched to a one vehicle rollover. The
By Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Don Grady, who sang and danced as a Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” played son Robbie on the long-running family
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Turkish troops and antiaircraft batteries were headed toward the tense Turkish-Syrian border region Thursday, Turkish media said, amid reports that special U.N.
By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Since the automobile was popularized in the 1920s, America’s suburbs have been growing faster than cities as people fled urban life for quieter,
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care law Thursday, ruling the government may impose tax penalties on people
Gov. Branstad: “Today, the Supreme Court handed down a disastrous decision to uphold President Obama’s destructive health care law, which means a future of higher costs, higher taxes, and increasing debt for
By Tyler Dukes, McClatchy Newspapers – QUESTION: I have been getting the Windows notification for an update called “Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB2538242).” I run
By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — It wasn’t long ago families squabbled over who was hogging the TV remote control. Now they face off over who’s hogging
By Chris O’Brien, San Jose Mercury News – When Facebook first announced an ambitious initiative last September to induce us to share even more stuff on the social network, I was pretty enthusiastic.
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Prospective home-buyers signed the most contracts to buy existing homes last month in more than two years, according to new data from the
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – “People Like Us” is a well-acted weeper that walks an unsteady line between the emotional and the darkly comical. It’s about a guy who realizes
By Thomas Lee, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The board of Best Buy has decided to collectively pay the company’s four top executives $2 million in cash to cement their ties to
By Bob Fernandez, The Philadelphia Inquirer – NEW YORK — Speaking from the Olympics “highlights factory” Wednesday, NBC Sports executives dampened expectations that TV viewership for this summer’s London games would top that
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Uncertainty” has been the buzz word in the struggling economy, as business leaders say they don’t want to hire until a few national