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By Luaine Lee, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — British actor Damian Lewis is living in an alternate world of sorts. While it surprised him more than anyone when he
By Ken Dilanian, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A State Department officer who worked in Libya has told congressional investigators that he requested more security for the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi months
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Travelers spent about $7.2 billion in Iowa in 2011, a 10.3 percent yearly increase for an industry that supports 63,400 jobs statewide, according to
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — As a lofty political debate over taxes and spending plays out on the presidential campaign trail, a more practical one is unfolding this week
By Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune – Dan Pompei’s NFL power rankings 1. Texans (3 last week): They have outscored opponents by 76 points this year, which tells you something about all three phases
By Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee – SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Relief from high gas prices did not arrive in California on Tuesday, but it might be close at hand. Prices hit an all-time high for
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ended a 6-year-old class-action lawsuit against the nation’s telecommunications carriers for secretly helping the National Security Agency monitor phone
By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee – LOS ANGELES — TV shows about firefighters have been as plentiful as campfires at an arson jamboree. Dick Wolf, executive producer of the latest series
By Mike Dawson, Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) – BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to spend the next 30 to 60 years behind bars in a state prison for
By Jeremy Roebuck and Jeff Gammage, The Philadelphia Inquirer – BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Defiant and unrepentant, Jerry Sandusky blasted Pennsylvania State University, his accusers and the news media Monday in a taped jailhouse