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By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Pelosi was emphatic. Mitt Romney’s refusal to release more than two years of his personal tax returns, she
By Meredith Rutland, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — When brazen thieves stole Henri Matisse’s painting “Odalisque in Red Pants,” replacing the 1925 masterpiece with a forgery, they left a Venezuelan museum with
Valerie Schremp Hahn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – O’FALLON, MO • A man from O’Fallon, Mo., faces felony charges after police said he attempted to molest a thirteen-year-old girl, left her apartment, and then reentered
By Clare Byrne – PARIS — Hundreds of people gathered at the site of a World War II internment camp outside Paris on Monday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the mass
By Kevin Cowherd, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — I think we can all agree the NFL is one of the greatest moneymaking machines of all time. The 32 teams generated close
By Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — As expected, Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss as it reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday. The $492 million net loss stemmed
From the Cerro Gordo County Health Department – Hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July! Can you believe school is just around the corner? Before you send your child
By Michael A. Memoli and Seema Mehta, Tribune Washington Bureau – WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Barack Obama broadened his attack on Mitt Romney on Thursday, using Medicare to draw a
By Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News – MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google turned in a strong second-quarter earnings performance that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday, as profit rose 11 percent and