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By Myles Crawley, Los Angeles Times – Last week, an acquaintance sent me a link to an article on the Atlantic’s website about “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Islam film that has provoked so
AMES, Iowa – In recognition of her season-high 26 digs that helped the Cyclones down then-No. 1 Nebraska last weekend, Iowa State libero Kristen Hahn has been named one of the NCAA’s
PENSACOLA, Fla. — 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, 36 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives
By Brian Crecente, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – In about two months the company that helped reinvent video games not once, but twice, releases its new console. Nintendo’s Wii U is packed with a
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – Three weeks of action in no way starts a trend. But it does provide a compass of sorts for the statistical oddity that encapsulates the Big Ten
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The U.S. current account trade deficit decreased more than 12 percent to $117.4 billion from April through June as exports increased along with money
By Mel Frykberg, McClatchy Newspapers – CAIRO — The leader of an Islamist militia whose members are suspected of involvement in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, killing
By William Douglas and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissed the prospects for an independent Palestinian state coexisting with Israel — a decades-old bipartisan U.S.
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — It looks as though Missy, the mountain-climbing dog from Colorado who was left to die by her owner on a Colorado
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Texas border patrol agents were on alert Tuesday for more than 130 inmates who escaped from prison in a Mexican border town. The
Urmila Ramakrishnan, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Police evacuated a Holiday gas station after receiving a call about an emotionally disturbed man in North St. Paul on Monday, Sept. 17 At about
MASON CITY – The North Iowa Diversity Appreciation Team (NIDAT) partnering with Main Street Mason City is sponsoring the 9th annual ethnic Lunch by Central Park event with music, food, cultural exhibits
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – The first question out of the chute Monday morning for Central Michigan coach Dan Enos centered on which Iowa running back his team prepares for this week.