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By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times – A decade after former Augusta National Golf Club chairman Hootie Johnson swore that the home of the Masters golf tournament would not admit…
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Mason City held its annual block party weekend again this year, and the folks in the Georgia Hanford neighborhood got together in the…
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad on Friday appointed Joel Dalrymple as judge to the 2A Judicial District. He also appointed Gregg Rosenbladt as judge to the 1B Judicial District. Dalrymple,…
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Something positive was happening on the north side of Mason City Saturday afternoon. There was a big event called Rock…
MASON CITY – Marked trees on 10th Street NW are safe at this time. City Engineer Mark Rahm confirmed today that no trees are scheduled to be removed on 10th…
MASON CITY – The Mason City Community School District head coaches and athletic staff are sponsoring the first ever Mason City “Olympics” on Friday, August 24 and Saturday August 25,…
Rosemary R. Sobol, Chicago Tribune – A man suspected in the July robbery of a Hickory Hills bank was arrested in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend after being spotted by people…
With students starting to head back to school, President Obama used this week’s address to discuss the critical role that education plays in America’s future. Nothing is more important to…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama announced that four nationally and regionally significant surface transportation projects will be expedited to put Americans to work…
From http://www.whitehouse.gov/refi: President Obama wants to help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing their mortgages. Why refinance? Today, home interest rates are at historic…
By Dave Helling, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that her opponent, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, should not be driven from the…
By Alex Pavlovic, San Jose Mercury News – SAN DIEGO — In a statement released after he was suspended for use of a banned substance, Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera said…
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – SEATTLE — The Minnesota Twins continue to play shorthanded with Denard Span nursing a sore neck, and there’s no end in sight. Span…
By Patricia Alex, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – NEW YORK — Some families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, opposing a plan to…
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS —Audie Cole is a third-string middle linebacker and a second-string player on each of the Vikings’ special teams units. But he also…
Kanawha – The town of Kanawha will be in the spotlight on September 3, 2012 for three Guinness World Record attempts as part of their annual Kanawha Labor Day Festival.…
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – JANESVILLE, Wis. — In September 2008, as Wall Street was roiling with calamity, Rep. Paul D. Ryan was facing another looming disaster back…
By Barry Shlachter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram – FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines flight attendants have approved the bankrupt carrier’s “last, best and final” contract offer, with 59.5 percent voting…
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — Angry Chinese youths on Sunday overturned cars and smashed shop windows in anti-Japanese protests across the country stemming from a long-standing…
By Cynthia Dizikes and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Drew Peterson’s jury has a lot to forget about him and his ex-wife Kathleen Savio. There’s the bullet…
By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Eric McCormack’s second time on TNT seems to be the charm: The network has renewed the crime-solving drama “Perception,” in…
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Expendables 2” may have knocked out the competition at the box office this weekend, but it didn’t pack as…
By Sajjad Malik – ISLAMABAD — At least 10 suspected militants were killed Sunday in two U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border, security officials…
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — In his first public appearance since seeking diplomatic refuge, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Sunday called on the U.S. to end…
By Farzad Mashhood, Austin American-Statesman – AUSTIN, Texas — Cedar Park, Texas, police said the suspect in an early Sunday morning shooting outside a Wal-Mart is Soloman Onwukaife, 18, who…
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — They’ve been cut down while working out in makeshift gyms, as they bedded down for the night in remote combat…
By Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The route to a lower rate for car insurance may be a trip down the information highway. A number of websites offer a…
By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Downers Grove, Ill., retiree Robert Govenat was on the computer every day, watching prices of his stocks go down. It was November…
By Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee – Where’s the best place to park money to pay off a mortgage? Should elderly parents cancel their credit cards? This week, those questions…
Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — In the Syrian town of Talbieseh on Sunday, residents celebrated the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan on a tank as they cried…
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — With the tempo of “insider” shootings accelerating, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Kabul for talks…
By Andrew Blankstein and John Horn, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “Top Gun” director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles’…
By Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — There was a lot more for the Seattle Mariners to lose in this current stretch of home games than there was…
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Stats mean a little more today because it was a full-on scrimmage. Obviously, running back Barkley Hill’s leg injury is a huge…
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Whether it was the galling lack of offense or a misplayed bunt, the zero-for-15 afternoon from two All-Stars or the…
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times – ALBANY, N.Y. — Boring Eli Manning has nothing much new to say. Manning’s pulse never seems to quicken, no matter what he’s asked.…
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Last week the races at the North Iowa Events Center was canceled due to rain, so Racing for a Cure…
MASON CITY – The Mason City Community School District Board of Education will meet in regular session on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room of…
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – The Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri on Sunday advanced the theory that the female reproductive system can shut down…
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls Fun Days is the biggest annual event celebrated in the small town just a few miles northeast of…
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