Several college football teams changing game plans and schemes
By Mike Huguenin, Rivals.com – Every coach in every sport will tell you it’s more about the Jimmys and the Joes — i.e., the talent — than it is about the X’s
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By Mike Huguenin, Rivals.com – Every coach in every sport will tell you it’s more about the Jimmys and the Joes — i.e., the talent — than it is about the X’s
Mark Newman, Ottumwa Courier, Iowa – FAIRFIELD — Military police sergeants, civilian police officers and SWAT team members are all supposed to be tough. Luke Jensen was all three, so when the
By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — What a difference four years, a new coaching staff, a new executive director and eight new boxers can make. In the 2008 Beijing Games,
By The CR Gazette Editorial Board – The future of Iowa’s Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System is being shaped by a debate over how best to balance tightening city budgets and
Tom Webb, Pioneer Press – When gay couples are ready to get married, Target is happy to help them celebrate. The Minneapolis-based discount chain is running an ad featuring two grooms as
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Since he dropped out of Seattle Central Community College, Alex Fitzgerald said, he’s found the good life: winning more than $2.5 million as a
By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — About 20 hours of coursework stand between Randall Cobb and a college degree. He’s not going to shove the books aside now.
By Ramadan Al-Fatash – RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities have released a prominent blogger after he spent more than a year in detention without charges, relatives said on Saturday. Nazir al-Majid,
By Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As gays and lesbians facing repression at home have come knocking on European doors, pleading for asylum, they have often been assured
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – Recent University of Iowa doctoral degree graduate Tim Paschkewitz steeled himself to be realistic and flexible during his job search. He’d heard it was a tougher market for graduate-degree
By Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune – NEWPORT, Ark. — The road leading to the women’s prison in this rural town is lined with crops as far as the eye can see. And
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Judgments paid by the state of Iowa spiked to nearly $13.2 million last fiscal year as attorneys negotiated settlements to resolve claims and disputes caused by employee
Christinia Crippes, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – There is bipartisan consensus among Iowa’s federal delegation that the across-the-board budget cuts expected to happen at the end of the year should not go
By Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — If Stacy Peterson hadn’t vanished, the past few years would have turned out much differently for her husband. It was her suspicious disappearance
By Maggie Clark, Stateline.org – WASHINGTON — Robert Holbrook is serving a life-without-parole sentence in Pennsylvania for participating in a robbery that escalated into murder on his 16th birthday. He agreed to
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ——— There was a time early on in the Internet revolution when it made sense to give fledgling online
McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: ——— As Americans speculate about why a young man in Colorado allegedly engaged in a nightmarish shooting rampage in
By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – LONDON — Alexey Shved wears braces on his teeth and a band in his hair. As he spoke late Sunday night in London, he twisted his
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight Rises” may have soared to the top of the box office for the second consecutive weekend, but the Batman film
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – CHICAGO – The new dean of Big Ten football coaches didn’t have a crowded table in the first hour of the second day of the
By Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – INDIANAPOLIS — First, a refresher course. Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR title each year from 2006-’10. He won stock-car racing’s most prestigious event, the Daytona 500,
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – One Mason City business is doing its part to help in the search for two missing Evansdale, Iowa girls who went missing
By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed Sunday to stand with Israel against any threat from Iran, eager to show that he’s a better friend than
By Patrick J. McDonnell and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Syrian guns pounded rebel positions in Aleppo on Sunday, as panicked residents streamed from the besieged city and the opposition
By Matt Stevens and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tempers continued to flare in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon as a group of about 250 protesters stood directly in front
By Adam Belz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — It sounded like a routine assignment for HRST Inc., a quick trip across the Canadian border for repair work on a power plant. Two
The Yomiuri Shimbun – TOKYO — Akihiko Hoshide used a robotic arm to grab the Kounotori 3 cargo spacecraft late Friday, then docked it with the International Space Station, becoming the first
By Jim Utter, McClatchy Newspapers – INDIANAPOLIS — Is NASCAR ready for Jimmie Johnson to win a sixth Sprint Cup Series championship? How about a record-tying seventh, or even a record-breaking eighth? Johnson
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Twins lefthander Brian Duensing wants to prove to the coaching staff that he can make adjustments and be an effective starter.
By Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – CHICAGO — Few pitchers are more familiar with the Cardinals — and the Cardinals with him — than Chicago Cubs short-arming lefthander Paul Maholm. He has
By Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MANKATO, Minn. — Percy Harvin exploded off the line and tried to get Antoine Winfield to bite on a fake during a 1-on-1 drill in the
By John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Americans continued to advance on the second day of competition in beach volleyball. Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser had an easy time with Kentaro
By Elliott Almond, San Jose Mercury News – LONDON — Dana Vollmer put her hand to mouth once she cleared her goggles. The Cal graduate knew she had the gold medal. Soon Vollmer
By Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – LONDON — Michael Phelps’ resurgent and reassuring performance Sunday at the Olympic Aquatics Center helped earn him his 17th career Olympic medal. But it wasn’t enough
By Neela Banerjee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The verdict is in: Global warming is real and greenhouse-gas emissions from human activity are the main cause. This, according to Richard A. Muller,
Jeff Johnson, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – J.D. Nielsen feigned ignorance. “I didn’t realize it until the end of the game,” the Martensdale-St. Mary’s pitcher said after he threw the fourth
James Q. Lynch, CR Gazette – The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are marking the 100-day mark in the race for the White House with event to pump up
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – DES MOINES – J.D. Nielsen fired a no-hitter to guide Martensdale-St. Marys to a 1-0 victory over top-ranked Mason City Newman as the Blue Devils captured
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – University of Iowa running back De’Andre Johnson had a legal run in for a second time in three days after police say he failed to pull over
By Joseph N. DiStefano, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State University tells students, taxpayers, and donors that their money won’t pay the $100 million or more the school faces in