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By Mike Dawson, Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s sex crimes against children means he has to forfeit his $59,000 a year state pension. Pennsylvania’s
By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Higher walls and a half-dozen extra guards couldn’t have stopped the Sept. 11 assault by scores of attackers on the U.S. Consulate in
MASON CITY – Mason City police arrested two Algona women Wednesday on multiple charges related to prescription forgery. Arrested were Gina Splitt, 34, and Melissa Ricke, 33 after an on-going investigation into
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – At least one person was killed when a garage collapsed at a Miami college campus and two workers remain trapped in the rubble, authorities in
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa All-America defensive lineman Alex Karras passed away Wednesday. He was 77. “All of us associated with the Iowa football program are saddened to hear
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – A theft in progress was reported at the Kum & Go gas station located at 1303 4th Street Southwest at around 5:00 pm
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Around 4:00 pm Tuesday, a call to the Mason City Fire Department reported smoke coming out of a house at 816 South
My fellow Christian friends, we preach of “Right to life” yet we endorse the National Rifle association, we lead our fellow Americans into war under false pretenses, we object to the right
Smoke Alarms and Escape Plans Key to Surviving Fires in the Home; Fire Prevention Week is October 7-13 WASHINGTON – In recognition of Fire Prevention Week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – VAN METER – GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at President Obama’s rural record Tuesday, saying he will ease burdensome regulations and “kill the death tax”
DES MOINES – The following offender has escaped from a residential work release facility. The offender was transferred to this facility after being granted a work release by the Iowa Board of
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – CLEAR LAKE – The Clear Lake Lions football team was practicing under the big lights at 6:00 am Wednesday morning. The dedication and team spirit of the
By Michael A. Memoli and Maeve Reston, Tribune Washington Bureau – COLUMBUS, Ohio — His tepid debate performance has turned a September surge into an October swoon, and President Barack Obama has traded
By Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD — A 14-year-old girl who became a national heroine when she protested the Pakistani Taliban’s ban on education for girls in her home district was shot
By Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—As Drew Peterson awaits sentencing for murder, a new attorney is seeking to overturn his conviction based upon possible mistakes made by his defense team leader,
DENVER—Jeffrey Allan Mueller, age 39, of Douglas County, Colorado, was sentenced on October 4, 2012, by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to serve 480 months (40 years) in federal prison
By Emily Kaplan, The Philadelphia Inquirer – STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — At 10:31 a.m. on Tuesday, the large flat-screen on the first floor of Penn State’s student center flashed with a red breaking-news
By William Douglas and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – AKRON, Ohio — What a difference two weeks — and a lackluster debate performance by President Barack Obama — has made for Republican
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, voting rights advocates foresaw a cloud over this year’s election because new voting laws in Republican-led states tightened the rules
By Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Mitt Romney has vowed to cut government funding for Big Bird and his PBS friends, but the results of a new poll indicate
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The bubble screen pass to Percy Harvin is the best example of the five favorite words in Bill Musgrave’s vision for the Vikings offense.
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — Nearly a week after President Barack Obama stopped his campaign’s momentum with a lackluster debate performance, Bill Clinton sought Tuesday to help him
By Eryn Brown and Jon Bardin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two scientists who invented methods to observe and measure the behavior of tiny particles, a key step toward developing powerful
Mason City, IA– The Mason City Fire Department’s annual open house will be this Sunday (October 14) at Fire Headquarters (350 5th St SW) from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. “This will be
By Gina Mace, Akron Beacon Journal – CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio —:The scene outside the Natatorium in Cuyahoga Falls resembled a carnival in the hours before Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrived for his
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — After squeezing into a white spacesuit and helmet, daredevil Felix Baumgartner entered a pressurized capsule and waited to be taken to 120,000 feet
By Bonnie L. Cook, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of his sentencing Tuesday, Jerry Sandusky starts a 30-day assessment process at Camp Hill prison that will decide his ultimate
Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — As Turkey sought to increase its military presence along its border with Syria, opposition fighters inside Syria were waging an offensive Tuesday to seize a strategic
By Ed Meyer, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Jury selection began Tuesday in the Ohio trial of a teenager charged with aggravated murder and other crimes in the deaths of three
By Frances Robles, The Miami Herald – MIAMI—Seven months after the killing of unarmed high school junior Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman’s family is on a national media crusade to clear the family’s name.
MINNEAPOLIS—Today in federal court, a 51-year-old Brooklyn Park man pleaded guilty to executing a scheme to defraud Medicaid out of more than $500,000. Allwell Tam Inimgba pleaded guilty to one count of
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — Four former government workers and three defense contractors were sentenced in San Diego federal court Tuesday for their roles in a bribery scheme
By Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — In case you missed it, we learned in just the past week that: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cooked the unemployment numbers, Mitt Romney
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Protestants, whose ideals of hard work, individualism and democratic governance have fundamentally shaped the national character, no longer make up a majority of
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — A federal judge in Houston on Monday stayed the execution of a Texas man and granted him a competency hearing days before he was
By Anna Edgerton, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Eddie Archbold ate so many live roaches he had to cover his mouth with his hand to keep them from crawling out. He swallowed
By Andrew Dunn, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The U.S. attorney in Manhattan announced Tuesday that the government has sued Wells Fargo & Co., alleging that the bank failed to follow
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Ohio’s secretary of state is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a pair of rulings that will open the polls for all
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — On the same day that former Penn State football coach and convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 years in prison, a new
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — The Mexican navy said Tuesday that fingerprint samples confirm that its forces had shot and killed the head of one of the world’s