Scientists await the fate of Mars rover Curiosity
Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – NASA has dubbed the dizzyingly complex landing of its new Mars rover “seven minutes of terror” — a sequence of pyrotechnics, ropes and a “backpack” of engines that
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Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – NASA has dubbed the dizzyingly complex landing of its new Mars rover “seven minutes of terror” — a sequence of pyrotechnics, ropes and a “backpack” of engines that
Connie Stewart, Los Angeles Times – President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney extended their condolences to the victims of the Milwaukee Sikh shooting on Sunday. At least seven people were killed and more wounded when
By Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban-led insurgents killed two New Zealand soldiers and four Afghan intelligence officers Saturday in an ambush in the central province of Bamiyan, local officials
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Iran said Sunday that it was seeking the aid of Turkey and Qatar, nations with close ties to the Syrian opposition, in securing
By Dan Hinkel, Rosemary R. Sobol and John P. Huston, Chicago Tribune – OAK CREEK, Wis.—Members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin were gathering for services Sunday morning when their peaceful world was
By Scott Fowler, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — The U.S. men’s basketball team just completed what coach Mike Krzyzewski refers to as “the week before the week.” Now it gets serious. Team USA
By K.C. Johnson, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Closing pool play unbeaten and with its 38th straight Olympic victory, the U.S. women’s basketball team destroyed China 114-66 Sunday afternoon at Basketball Arena.
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — The amazing Olympic run of the Williams sisters continued Sunday when they teamed to win the gold medal in women’s doubles. Venus and Serena
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — McKayla Maroney can seem severe. She has a competition face that comes with a glare. But after she had an unlikely fall on a
By Sam Mellinger, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — The fastest race in the history of man sounds like a riot. There is nothing quite like this in sports. More anticipation than the Super
By Charean Williams, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Sanya Richards-Ross thought the gold was hers. But then, she has thought that before and been wrong. In 2008, Richards-Ross was ranked No. 1
By Gil LeBreton, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — They said his back hurt and that he was seeing some witch doctor in Germany. His inconsistent starts, they claimed, were a sign that he
By Jason Lloyd, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Jim Furyk walked off the 18th green to the same roars and cheers he heard all weekend trudging up and down Firestone Country
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – BOSTON — The Minnesota Twins were down to their final strike Saturday night, lamenting a night of missed chances at Fenway Park, when Joe Mauer changed
By Joe Juliano, The Philadelphia Inquirer – The chaotic offseason for Penn State football continued Sunday when the Nittany Lions lost wide receiver Justin Brown to Oklahoma. Brown is the ninth player lost
By Jeff McLane, The Philadelphia Inquirer – BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Garrett Reid, son of Eagles coach Andy Reid, was found dead in a Lehigh University dorm room early Sunday morning. Reid’s body was
Hi, everybody. Today, I want to take a break from the back-and-forth of campaign season, and talk about something that’s brought us all together this week – the Summer Olympics. These games
Jeremy Fowler, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – MANKATO, Minn. — Vikings rookie wide receiver Greg Childs will miss the entire 2012 NFL season after tearing the patellar tendon in both knees toward
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Notes columns are the laziest form of column-writing known to our civilization. So anyway, I’m looking at the brighter side of this so-called curse plaguing University of
Rick Smith, CR Gazette – Westdale Mall’s future seems as murky and grim as ever. John Frew — the developer and project manager of the city’s high-profile convention complex and hotel projects
Susan Crabtree, The Washington Times – President Obama is highlighting the positive numbers in Friday’s employment report, taking credit for 29 straight months of slow-but-steady job increases even as he concedes that
Patrice Hill, The Washington Times – The labor market improved last month after a soft spell in the spring, with businesses creating 163,000 more jobs in a wide range of occupations from
Martin Kuz, Stars and Stripes – HASAN, Afghanistan — The suspect thwarted his Afghan and U.S. interrogators with vague replies for a half-hour, his voice soft and melodic, his brown eyes wide
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – Sixteen-year-old D.J. Meyer plays quarterback on his high school football team, point guard for the basketball team, serves on the student council and had a role in
Editor’s note: An interesting piece about Burlington, Iowa which discusses the pro’s and con’s of the local option sales tax there. Burlington, about the size of Mason City, will be voting on
Matt Levins, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa football team has been synonymous with winning ever since head coach Mark Farley returned to his
Los Angeles Times – ALEPPO, Syria — The car slams to a halt in front of the rebel field hospital on Shariyeh Street in the Salahuddin neighborhood, and a young man, his
By Rex Crum, MarketWatch – SAN FRANCISCO — Fighting for control of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, intensified Saturday as rebels and government forces reportedly battled for control of state-run television and radio
RAMALLAH, Palestine — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to renew the call for recognition as a non-member state at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, Foreign Minister
By Alan Boswell, McClatchy Newspapers – NAIROBI, Kenya — Bitter African foes Sudan and South Sudan reported Saturday that they had struck a deal that would let South Sudan re-start oil production
State Rep. Linda Upmeyer said Sunday on her Facebook page that she met Sarah and Todd Palin. Politico.com is reporting that “Sarah Palin dropped in Saturday at a major summer dinner hosted
By Alex Rodriguez and Hashmat Baktash, Los Angeles Times – KABUL — Parliament on Saturday ordered Afghan President Hamid Karzai to replace the country’s defense and interior ministers, dealing his administration a
By Kevin Spear, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico washed up dead along the shores of four states early last year in one of
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Gunmen kidnapped dozens of Iranian pilgrims on a trip to strife-torn Syria on Saturday, the latest in a series of abductions that
By Nicole Sperling, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Do they make men like Tommy Lee Jones anymore? Men who can rope a calf, direct a movie, and, you want to believe,
WASHINGTON – Gaeton Lucibello, 59, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving extortion and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s
By Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune – Getting something “free” causes an unusual spark in a consumer’s brain, consumer behaviorists have shown. That might explain why consumers fill out forms, giving up personal information,
By Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal – Marilyn Monroe died 50 years ago today. For half a century or more, she has been analyzed, but understanding has been elusive. The TV series “Smash”
WASHINGTON – Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was resentenced today to serve 78 months in prison for his role in bribery, conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice charges involving former HealthSouth CEO
SAN DIEGO — A total of 31 individuals, including nearly two dozen criminal aliens, were taken into custody during an enforcement operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in