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By Jeremy C. Owens, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microsoft Corp. announced Monday that it will purchase San Francisco enterprise social-networking company Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash, confirming
By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times – Summer internships offer an opportunity for young people to try out a profession and for employers to evaluate possible future hires. If you’re hoping to
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – A Greenfield couple has won approval from the Iowa Department of Transportation to gather orders for a license plate featuring a red, white and blue image
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Like most guys, Eric Lugo wants to look handsome. But he doesn’t want to be caught applying makeup. So the 26-year-old uses skin-care
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two very different trailers debuted on the same day in April for “Ted,” the new comedy movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a man
McClatchy Newspapers – The following games are among those scheduled for release next week, according to Gamestop.com. June 26: The Amazing Spider-Man (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS and DS, rated T) Spec
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: ——— JUNE 26: The Artist — Sony 26: Bullhead — Image 26:
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Avengers” now has “Titanic” in its sights at the domestic box office. Marvel Entertainment’s hit superhero team-up was expected to pass $600
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied Netflix Inc.’s request to throw out a lawsuit brought by the National Association for the
By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — A spectrum exchange between Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA would improve T-Mobile’s service in some areas, enhance both carriers’ national networks, and erase T-Mobile’s
By Alejandro Lazo and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Sales of newly built single-family homes rose last month to their highest level in more than two years, adding to
By Liz Reyer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – QUESTION: My company moved and downgraded its workspaces from offices to small cubes for everyone in my grade level. I’m not thrilled, especially with the loss
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It’s the consumer version of June gloom: Americans this month are the most down and out they’ve been in five months, as hiring
By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Meg James, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable — splitting its entertainment and publishing operations into separate companies. The
By Patricia Mazzei, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — President Barack Obama made a swing through Miami Beach on Tuesday evening to pursue two re-election campaign goals: Raise money from well-heeled donors, and
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch – NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with consumer discretionary and energy companies gaining on signs of stabilization in housing but investors still on shaky ground ahead of
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that struck down most of a controversial Arizona immigration law likely slowed Iowa policymakers from trying to adopt
By Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A key index of home prices in American cities turned positive in April, signaling that the housing slump may be turning a corner
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – The doors have been closed all day at the BCS presidential oversight committee meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The 11 BCS conference commissioners and Notre Dame last
By Aaron Gould Sheinin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — An animated President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday in Atlanta to give his re-election campaign everything he has and asked the crowd of more
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – In a nine-day stretch, Iowa’s list of football commitments for the 2013 recruiting class grew from eight to 15. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday that it’s
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — The 39 people in Iowa prisons, who were convicted as juveniles and are serving life sentence, can now argue parole following a Supreme Court
From ProgressIowa.org – Average savings for Iowa seniors and people with disabilities this year is $596 DES MOINES, IOWA — As a result of ObamaCare (also known as the Affordable Care Act),
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed,
A librarian at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) has received an award for her work on a statewide web site. Karen Dole is the Iowa webmaster for Delta Kappa Gamma, a
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Player after player said the same thing at the NBA draft combine earlier this month: Bulls management told them they were looking for a combo
By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – MINNEAPOLIS — The White Sox regained the services of a veteran pitcher who has shown flashes of brilliance over parts of the last 41/2 seasons. (PHOTO: Minnesota Twins
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – MIAMI — Several hours before the start of Tuesday’s game, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny lamented that the lineup fiasco from the previous night had stolen headlines
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Eric Karros once said every player should spend one year as a Cub to experience the feeling of playing every day at Wrigley Field. Anthony
Leland, Iowa – Forest City Police confirmed tonight that multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for a missing 4 year old child tonight that may have wandered into a corn field about
By Brian Crecente, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The USS Iowa is one of the last of a dying breed; a ship of the line, a dreadnought designed to power up alongside an enemy
MASON CITY – The Mason city Police Department was notified shortly after midnight on June 26, 2012 about occupants of a vehicle shooting paintballs on the south side of Mason City. Officers
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – ISTANBUL — With the backing of the NATO alliance, which unanimously condemned Syria for shooting down an unarmed Turkish reconnaissance plane last week, Turkey warned Tuesday that
By Henry Pierson Curtis, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — John Gross remembers frantically trying to scoop up his grandfather’s ashes and wondering why the Orlando TSA agent who spilled them was
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – A chihuahua is dead after a pit bull attacked and killed it this weekend at Austin’s dog park. Officers went to the 1000 block of
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – Austin police officers have had their hands full with dog attacks this week. After a pit bull attacked and killed a chihuahua at the new
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent contacted the El Paso Intelligence Center to place a nationwide alert on a vehicle of interest. The next day, the
(Mason City) – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health has confirmed 78 suspected or lab confirmed cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in the county since May 16, 2012. Disease Prevention
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County Supervisors today conducted routine business. They heard a road report from County Engineer Mary Kelly, who explained about continued road construction on
MASON CITY – A skateboarding qualifying event for the First Annual All Iowa Throwdown was held this past Saturday, June 23, in Mason City. The event was organized by the Iowa Skateboarding