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By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton’s exhaustive endorsement of President Barack Obama’s re-election Wednesday night was stocked with statistics on nearly every major issue of
By Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – SEMINOLE, Fla. — President Barack Obama kicked off a bus tour in battleground Florida Saturday, urging voters to back his plan for economic recovery and reject Republican
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – MOUNT PLEASANT – Police are investigating the death of a 2-month-old infant found dead Friday morning in a car seat inside a Mount Pleasant mobile home.
By August Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Simon Cowell just uncorked some of the most withering criticism of his career. But it wasn’t directed at some hapless contestant on Fox’s
By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel – KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Sounding emboldened from the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama delivered an unashamed call Saturday afternoon for support for the pragmatic and more liberal
By Jeff Weiner and Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — After months of defending George Zimmerman and reacting to state-gathered records, his lawyers late this week shifted gear and began
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – I’m baffled. Five Guys Burgers and Fries is the fastest-growing restaurant chain in the United States. There are over 1,000 locations open, and more than 1,500 more
By Carol Marbin Miller, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Florida health and disability administrators have been systematically dumping sick and disabled children — some of them babies — in nursing homes
By Peter Mucha, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — A 26-year-old Philadelphia man faces federal charges for making false threats Thursday that led to a US Airways flight turning around and a
By Natasha Khan and A.J. Vicens, Cronkite News Service – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee are coordinating and deploying thousands of lawyers to help
By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Ray Lucia calls his investment strategy “Buckets of Money” on his nationally syndicated radio talk show. Federal regulators call it something else.
By Takeo Miyazaki, The Yomiuri Shimbun – VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Amid expectations of growth in the Russian automobile market, optimistic Japanese automakers are teaming up with their Russian counterparts to launch operations
ATLANTA – A 37-year-old Douglasville, Ga., man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty of six counts of human trafficking, two counts of aggravated child
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – Every new television season brings with it a new set of issues and concerns. Here are some of our burning questions: —Can Britney Spears handle
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke took advantage of historically low mortgage rates — brought down by the central bank’s near-zero interest rates
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturers have been a key source of job growth in the slow economic recovery. But the factory doors slammed shut last month to
AMES, Iowa – The No. 18 Cyclones (5-4, 0-0 Big 12) suffered a five set loss (21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 14-16) to Syracuse (5-5,0-0) in the final match of the Iowa State
Katie Dahlstrom, Clinton Herald, Iowa – CLINTON — A Clinton man has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual abuse for an alleged relationship with a 14-year-old female as well as assault on a
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – On Thursday morning, with Vikings running back Adrian Peterson understanding his Week 1 status would be a game-time decision, he sat in an office at Winter