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By Bob Spear, McClatchy Newspapers – KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Maybe it’s premature to reserve his place on golf’s Mt. Rushmore, but man, Rory McIlroy took a giant step in that direction Sunday
By Nancy Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers – AL JORA, Egypt — Egyptian police and soldiers on Sunday killed six people here suspected of participating a week ago in the deadliest attack on Egyptian troops
TEHRAN — Rescue workers used helicopters to access remote areas in northwestern Iran hit by twin earthquakes, and while the official death toll was Sunday lowered to 227, tens of thousands remained
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – A LeRoy man accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old family member for nearly eight years admitted guilt after one year of court proceedings. Neal Scott Johnson,
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Jake Varner learned to wrestle in Bakersfield. From his father, Steve. From his cousin, Andy, who coached Jake to two California high school state
From Sarah Palin’s Facebook page: Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. President Obama has declared that this election is about “two fundamentally different
By Michael Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the second time in less than a year, evangelist Billy Graham has been hospitalized in Asheville, N.C., this time for a suspected case
DES MOINES — Prior to the rains of August 8, precipitation averaged 50 percent less than normal for the last two weeks. Shallow groundwater levels in parts of Iowa are at or
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES — Conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats announced the launch of an effort Saturday to defeat Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins in the Nov. 6
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – Mason City Auto Sales on 18 N. Monroe had many things going on Saturday. “It’s kind of a Second Grand Opening but really it was
MASON CITY – Former Kohl’s employee Daphne Jo Lincicum, age 20, has received a deferred judgment for treating her employer’s cash register as her personal piggy bank. Lincicum (pictured) was charged with
By Michelle Kaufman, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Anyone who thinks NBA players don’t care about winning an Olympic gold medal didn’t see the U.S. megastars dancing in a circle carrying a
By Jeff Miller, The Orange County Register – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Before Dwight Howard played for the Lakers, before he donned the jersey of the Lakers, before he even was formally
By Charean Williams, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Yawn if you’ve heard this one before: The U.S. women’s basketball team won a gold medal. They did it with an 86-50 victory over
By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Mexico’s national anthem played at a medal ceremony for the first time in the London Olympics on Saturday, following its men’s soccer team’s
By Michelle Kaufman, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — Anyone who thinks NBA players don’t care about winning an Olympic gold medal didn’t see the U.S. megastars dancing in a circle carrying a
By Gil LeBreton, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — By their own troubling admission, the primary goal of the U.S. men’s 4 x 100-meter relay team Saturday wasn’t the gold medal. “I can
From Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans, Progress Iowa: DES MOINES, IOWA — The Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans and Progress Iowa issued the following statements today in response to the nomination of
By Daniela Hernandez, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The frightened teenager spent her 14th birthday at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. For weeks, the doctors didn’t know what was wrong — until
By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — After nearly a decade of warnings that the world’s oil supply was running out, Americans now are hearing about technology breakthroughs that can unlock
By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — Coca-Cola’s Freestyle fountain dispenser, which the company launched three years ago, is one of its biggest innovations in years, and many say the
By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press – The stylish, technically advanced and roomy 2013 Cadillac XTS Platinum AWD luxury sedan is trying to roll a tricky 7-10 split by simultaneously appealing to
By Tom Hudson, McClatchy Newspapers – It has been a record breaking summer but not at the gas pump. While July was the hottest month on record and a majority of the
By Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune – Question: With seemingly stable companies such as AIG, JPMorgan (Chase), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, MF Global and Peregrine having financial problems, how safe are
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Some investors have lost faith in Facebook whose shares are down more than 40 percent since their May stock market debut. But
By Alex Pham and Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Hollywood and other content owners, whose relationship with Google is fitful at best, gave the Silicon Valley search company
MASON CITY – A discharge of iron-laden cooling water and resulting fish kill is being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Cheslea Creek on the south side of
By Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – LONDON — The object at the Olympics is to get to the podium, and Team USA was the winner in that regard at the London
By K.C. Johnson, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Kevin Durant is one of the more polite and accessible stars in the NBA. Thus, it wasn’t surprising when he patiently listened to
By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times – Now that a defense attorney for Colorado shooting suspect James E. Holmes has referred in court to his client’s unspecified “mental illness,” it is a
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it would not pursue criminal charges against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. or its employees related to allegations by a
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — For the past two election cycles, news organizations have devoted increasing resources to fact-checking political claims. The past week vividly demonstrated the limits
By Meghan McCarthy, Cronkite News Service – WASHINGTON — Up to 1.76 million illegal immigrants could be eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation under an Obama administration program that begins accepting
JACKSONVILLE, FL—United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Alfredo Roberto Townsend (48, Columbus, Georgia) to 90 months in federal prison and a 15-year term of supervised release for receiving child
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – DON’T MISS: OLYMPICS CLOSING CEREMONY — It’s hard to tell who had a better time in London: Michael Phelps, who cemented his claim as the
The Justice Department released a letter of findings today determining that the Lauderdale County Youth Court, the Meridian Police Department (MPD), and the Mississippi Division of Youth Services (DYS) are violating the
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Shasta County, Calif., man was formally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on a criminal charge stemming from a far-reaching international child pornography probe by U.S. Immigration
MASON CITY – The Republican Party or “Victory Office” in Mason City has volunteer opportunities available. The office opened up last week in preparation for the November elections, featuring the race for
CLEAR LAKE – A “Summer Fishing Day” will be held on Wednesday, August 22 from 9 a.m. – Noon at Blue-bill Lake. This outing is for families of all ranges of fishing
By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Saturday Night Live” stalwart Bill Hader tries not to analyze things too much, preferring to live by the motto found on the wall