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By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Cubs manager Dale Sveum turned the tables on the media Thursday, asking a rhetorical question after an improbable 12-11 comeback victory over the Brewers: “Anybody
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Josh Willingham has been as valuable as any Twins player this season, but Thursday he took his turn adding water to their sinking ship.
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — It’s all about goodbyes at the U.S. Open this year. A day after three-time Open winner Kim Clijsters lost and confirmed she would
Melissa Jenco, Chicago Tribune – A former parish priest at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville has been placed on leave following an accusation that he sexually abused a minor more
By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson, a 13-year veteran of the bench in Sanford, Fla., was officially assigned Thursday the George Zimmerman second-degree murder
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Shoppers hit the malls for back-to-school shopping in August and handed retailers a healthy boost despite continued worries about the job market
Ben Goessling, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Joe Mauer entered the Minnesota Twins’ game on Thursday, Aug, 30, having thrown out just six of the 54 runners who tried to steal
Sarah Horner, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Walmart is looking to hire 300 workers to fill jobs at its new location opening this fall in Burnsville. Interested candidates are invited to visit
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY- The Mason City Police and Fire Department responded to a call of a motorcycle and car accident at 4th Street and South Illinois
Richard Meryhew, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – His wife calls the cellphone videos he shot of their three children dancing naked “innocent videos of typical kids being silly.” His prosecutors see them as
Mara H. Gottfried, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – A man seen on video being kicked by a St. Paul police officer while lying on the ground was charged Thursday, Aug. 30,
Vanessa Miller, CR Gazette – An alleged domestic assault that led to another arrest for former University of Iowa wrestling All-American Montell Marion on Tuesday involved accusations he slammed a woman into
Ben Goessling, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he and general manager Terry Ryan talked with Joe Mauer on Wednesday, Aug. 29, about the FoxSports.com report that
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – This could be a week that lifts the prestige of Big Ten football toward levels it once knew. If it doesn’t happen this week, it can’t happen
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – UPDATE: One University of Iowa neurology professor sternly warned against graduate school admission last year to the man now accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58
Vanessa Miller, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – At least four people were arrested early Thursday morning – including one man charged with felony assault with a weapon on a peace officer
MASON CITY – The U.S. Marshals fugitive task force has contacted the Mason City Police Department for help locating a potentially dangerous fugitive. Area law enforcement agencies are asked to be on
NORTH IOWA – Winnebago County announced today that it is implementing an Emergency burn ban countywide due to the hot and dry conditions. The burn ban will be in effect until further notice.
Originally, 20-year-old Nolan Vincent Murphy of Mason City received deferred judgments on four class D felony counts of 3rd degree burglary. At the time of sentencing Murphy was 18-years-old and District Court
MASON CITY, Iowa – August 30, 2012 – Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, announced today it will cycle air conditioners for participating Iowa customers in the northern
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – TAMPA, Fla. — When Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination for president Thursday night, Rep. Mo Brooks plans to be in the hall, unlike most
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — He flashed a smile and seemed at ease. He vowed victory even though it wouldn’t happen any time soon. Syrian President Bashar
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL — A gunman in an Afghan army uniform killed three Western troops, the NATO force said Thursday. That brought the number of “insider” shooting
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – TAMPA, Fla. — He is a ghostly presence at the Republican National Convention, He Who Shall Not Be Named. Former President George W. Bush has
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – TAMPA, Fla. — A gun was left unattended on Mitt Romney’s charter plane by a member of the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday as the
By David S. Cloud, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and CIA are reviewing a forthcoming book by a retired Navy SEAL who was on the May 2011 raid that
By Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – TAMPA, Fla. — Republican Party leaders confounded by Todd Akin are proceeding with a campaign of public pressure while attempting to recruit Akin’s allies to
I would like to once again draw attention to the city’s North side. It appears to be almost like another city, one that’s detached from the rest of the community. It isn’t
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota man charged with abusive sexual contact was sentenced on August 27, 2012, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
MILFORD, Mass. — The Town of Milford has set the gold standard in its hiring practices by becoming the first municipality in New England to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
By Jean Marbella and Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun – TOWSON, Md. — Charged as an adult in the Perry Hall High School shooting, 15-year-old Robert Wayne Gladden Jr., was held without
MILWAUKEE — As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 28 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and
Boaters heading out for the Labor Day holiday will likely find busy waterways and low water levels. Susan Stocker, boating law administrator and education coordinator for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources,
(Mason City) – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health would like to remind residents that this time of year, bat activity increases throughout our county. This also increases the interaction
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A group of 23 Mexican customs officers completed a rigorous 10-week training program modeled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Training Program to prepare them
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico man made his initial appearance in federal court Friday morning following his arrest on criminal charges stemming from a far-reaching international child pornography probe that has
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and officers from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Puerto Rico Police
By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — No one presumably is more happy to see the first season of “The Newsroom” drawing to a close than its creator, Aaron Sorkin.
By Barry Koltnow, The Orange County Register – Somewhere in the world, someone is walking out of some theater and saying something like this: “They don’t make movies like they used to.”
By Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – CHICAGO — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke makes no bones about wanting to win as many games as possible over the final weeks of the