Mother of cyber bully victim Megan Meier carries her message to thousands
By Todd C. Frankel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Tina Meier woke up at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, the memory of what happened six years ago never far from her mind.
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By Todd C. Frankel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Tina Meier woke up at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, the memory of what happened six years ago never far from her mind.
By Danny O’Neil, The Seattle Times – Last week’s rankings in parentheses Team Comment 1. Atlanta (3) Falcons undefeated this season, but winless in the playoffs under Mike Smith. 2. Houston (1)
By Emily Kaplan, The Philadelphia Inquirer – IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa fans that stayed until the final minutes would not let up. They stood, some 10 feet behind the Nittany Lion
COACH FERENTZ: First of all needless to say we’re disappointed with our performance tonight. Give Penn State all the credit in the world, all phases. We had a great crowd out there,
By Yvonne Wenger and Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line
By Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Ashton Kutcher is the new top dog on the TV-actors pay pile, thanks to “Two and a Half Men.” And Charlie Sheen, longtime
MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Heath offers Senior Health Clinics to county residents age 55 and older. There is no charge. However, contributions are encouraged in order
By L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — A gunman who authorities believe is randomly targeting people — including a man taking out his trash and several drivers — has residents on
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa Panthers defeated the No. 20 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 27-6 in front of a homecoming crowd of 13,067 Saturday
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, the American Cancer Society held their fourth annual “Making Strides to End Breast Cancer” on
By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times – Ron Morgan and Kerry Lewis grew up in adjoining states — one in Idaho, the other in Oregon. Both belonged to Boy Scout troops during the
By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — DC Comics’ superheroes can finally team up on the big screen following Wednesday’s legal victory for Warner Bros. in its long-running fight over
By Carol M. Ostrom, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — The most common method of extracting cells from unrelated donors for patients needing bone-marrow transplants should change in light of new research revealing
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — As Mitt Romney seeks to cut into President Barack Obama’s commanding lead among Latino voters, he might want to pay particular attention to Hispanic evangelicals.
PROVIDENCE, RI—Theodore “Teddy” Cardillo, 69, an alleged associate of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), has agreed to plead guilty to a racketeering charge contained in a second superseding ndictment, according
Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Eagle Pass Border Patrol agents recently seized more than $350,000 worth of marijuana. On October 15, CBP Border Patrol agents assigned to the
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Lebanon’s military was out in force Saturday as authorities struggled to maintain order amid outrage about a deadly bombing here that many Lebanese
Forest City, Iowa – Waldorf College’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series enters its fifth year with a public reading by author Steven Coughlin on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Coughlin’s work has appeared in
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 19, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation wants to save you a trip to the driver’s license station. Now, you can get a certified abstract of your
By Shan Li and Adolfo Flores, Los Angeles Times – With the holiday season approaching, retailers are rushing to put the latest toys on shelves and roll out extra services, all to
MASON CITY – The Mason City Public Library Youth Services Halloween Bash will be held Thursday, October 25th in the Mason City Room from 5:00PM-6:30PM. Come in costume and enjoy games, crafts,
MASON CITY – Beginning Monday October 22, 2012 at 7:00 a.m., the Mason City Utility Division will begin Water Main repairs at 1st Street NW & North Taylor Avenue. First Street NW
The FBI Salt Lake City Division’s Safe Streets Task Force, Salt Lake City Police Department, and Cottonwood Heights Police Department are seeking the public’s help to identify a serial bank robber who
By Andrew Blankstein and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A California appellate court ruled Thursday that a judge erred when he threw out convictions against Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — A New York grave site, a Kansas battlefield, the Ohio home of an Alcoholics Anonymous founder and Los Angeles’ downtown federal courthouse are among
By Paul Brand, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – QUESTION: I want your opinion on whether to buy an extended warranty on our 2012 Acura TSX. We just bought the car and the salesman
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – LAS VEGAS — Researchers in Grand Canyon National Park have discovered a prehistoric-looking sucker fish once thought to be extinct from the area. The fish,
By Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — General Motors Co. plans to hire 3,000 Hewlett-Packard Co. employees who previously did information technology work for the automaker. The move is part
By Liz Reyer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Question: I can’t seem to let go of things. When something doesn’t go perfectly, I dwell on it, and it has made it hard for me
By Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune – Like most well-adjusted Americans, I check my smartphone every 5 to 10 seconds. If I don’t, my hands sweat and I feel guilty for depriving the world
Oct. 20, 2012 How good can this team be? “I think it’s just week to week. We have a really difficult challenge coming up against one of the best teams in the
MASON CITY – Written quotations are being taken at the office of the Neighborhood Services Manager, Third Floor, City Hall, 10 – 1st St. NW, Mason City, IA 50401 until 2 o’clock
By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times – After helping the U.S. avoid embarrassment and elimination from World Cup contention last week, goalkeeper Tim Howard probably came as close as anyone to summing up
By Ken Dilanian and Shashank Bengali, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last month appears to have been an opportunistic attack rather than