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By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins media guide is filled with numerous biographies of players most fans probably had never heard of before this season. Page 68
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By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins media guide is filled with numerous biographies of players most fans probably had never heard of before this season. Page 68
By Marc Narducci, The Philadelphia Inquirer – BALTIMORE — In their first game, the Baltimore Ravens did nothing to quiet the Super Bowl talk that surrounded the team throughout the preseason. With Joe
By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Members of the O.J. Simpson defense “dream team” were back in action 17 years after the legendary murder trial, this time defending the
By Cynthia Roldan, Palm Beach Post – WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities have released the identity of the driver who crashed into a Jupiter Police officer Sunday as he tried controlling
By David Enders, McClatchy Newspapers – ABU AL-DAHOUR, Syria — Most of the civilians already have left this city of about 30,000, and many of those who remained could be seen Saturday
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – A couple from Texas passing through North Iowa late last week on Interstate 35 decided to take a detour a few miles east and visit
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad is ordering all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow to honor those who perished in the September
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – USA TODAY publishes the Sagarin Ratings, one of the components of the BCS formula. It doesn’t have a prejudice when it comes to ranking all the Division
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette- IOWA CITY — University of Iowa’s athletics department committed five secondary NCAA violations, including two involving the football program, from mid-July 2011 through early August 2012. All of
From the Iowa Department of Corrections – Wilbert Walter Eickert, an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center hospice program, died Sunday, September 9, 2012. Eickert was 87 years old
By Maeve Reston and Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – BOSTON — After a week in which Democrats repeatedly attacked his economic plan as beneficial to the rich and devastating to the
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Joel Hood and Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago’s teachers union said it will strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after talks with
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times – The U.S. government is selling an additional $18 billion of its shares in insurer American International Group Inc., the company and the Treasury Department
AMES – Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday, as selected by a media panel. It is the second time Knott (defense)
MASON CITY – A convicted felon was charged on Sunday with assault. According to officers at the Cerro Gordo County Jail, “Ramond Manley Thompson was charged with simple assault. Inmate Thompson assaulted
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — Tensions simmered Monday as the main U.S. military prison in Afghanistan was formally transferred to Afghan control, even as Afghan officials accused
ST. ANSGAR – Persons were searching for a missing child Monday morning in this small Mitchell County town. Deputy City Clark Donna Rachut confirmed at 10:25 AM that a 4 year-old boy
MASON CITY – The bar formerly known as Alley Katz continues to try and re-make itself. NIT was informed Sunday that the bar has a new name. According to co-manager Shylan Bergstrom,
By David B. Caruso and David Porter, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – NEW YORK — With its huge reflecting pools, ringed by waterfalls and skyscrapers, and a cavernous underground museum still under
MASON CITY – According to a Mason City Police Department incident report, two officers made a traffic contact at 4 am Saturday morning in the 500 block of North Massachusetts Avenue. As
MASON CITY – A house in Mason City has been deemed unsafe and will be demolished. According to a public notice from City Hall, the house, located at 107 7th Street SW,
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – SEATTLE—A potential new energy frontier opened early Sunday in the U.S. Arctic as Royal Dutch Shell plumbed a drill bit into the bed of the
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Forest Park residents and Mercy supporters addressed the Mason City Council at the September 4th, 2012 meeting as the Council considers whether to grant a
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune – WASHINGTON — Congress gets back to business Monday after a five-week recess, but the prospects are uncertain for two Illinoisans struggling with health problems. Sen. Mark
Washington – The U.S. Marshals Service is selling the first 93 of the Rita Crundwell herd of quarter horses via an online auction starting noon Friday. The auction, at www.professionalauction.com, closes on
By Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times – GREEN BAY, Wis. — Randy Moss celebrated his emergence from a one-year retirement with, in part, a 14-yard touchdown catch Sunday to help spark the
Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY – The City Council voted unanimously recently in favor of the first consideration of an ordinance restricting so-called payday lenders in Iowa City. Two more
Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – BOSTON — Mitt Romney credited Barack Obama for making America safer, but said the president had not done enough to counter the threat of Iranian nuclear
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A new theory is pouring some cold — actually, some really hot — water on the idea that Mars could have been
MASON CITY – The regular meeting of the Mason City Parks & Recreation Board will be held Monday, September 10th at 6PM in the basement of City hall this month instead of
MESERVEY – A new accessible door with an automatic door opener has been installed at the Meservey Public Library and is enabling library patrons of all ages to easily enter the building.
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – George Huber founded the Huber Supply Co. in 1939 and for about thirty years the Huber Supply Co. has put on a
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The University of Iowa women’s soccer team continued its pursuit of the best start in program history, routing LIU Brooklyn Sunday afternoon. Iowa (8-0-0) defeated the Blackbirds (1-5-0),
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – James Morris was everywhere on Saturday. He recovered a fumble, came up with a huge interception, and had 12 tackles. The
DES MOINES – Recently, the Iowa Board of Medicine took the following actions: Dennis F. Rolek, D.O., a 66 year-old Iowa-licensed physician who currently practices family medicine in Des Moines and emergency