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Larry Peterson, Creston News Advertiser, Iowa – It was probably destiny. When Creston High School senior Jake Marlin was born, longtime University of Iowa wrestling coach — and former Iowa State wrester —
By Wesley Lowery and Kimi Yoshino, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A former Westminster, Calif., police detective who was found dead in his prison cell early Friday morning was scheduled to
By Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant – HARTFORD, Conn. — Robert Gentile, the mobster locked in a standoff with federal authorities over hundreds of millions of dollars in artworks stolen from Boston’s
Los Angeles Times – TAYLOR SWIFT “Red” (Big Machine) 3 stars A platinum artist many times over, singer Taylor Swift at 22 seems to be on top of the world. She’s dating
FORT WORTH, Texas – Andie Malloy and Taylor Knuth came off the bench Saturday to help No. 22 Iowa State (13-7, 7-3 Big 12) to a sweep of TCU (13-9, 2-7 Big
By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee – LOS ANGELES — Look at the cast lists for many of the big-budget films released in the 21st century and you would probably find Hugo Weaving’s
Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — The fundraising arms at Iowa’s three public universities are being encouraged to raise $200 million to replace some of the student financial aid money
By Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – Finding a solution to personal debt is not always easy. Careful debt management and consolidation, however, can help individuals rein in the debt burden. Several websites
By Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State University’s board of trustees took a step Friday evening toward streamlining the process of settling civil claims with the child-sex-abuse victims of
Erin Jordan, CR Gazette – Cedar Rapids native Joshua Casteel, 32, died Aug. 25 of lung cancer his family believes was caused by toxins from an Army burn pit at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison,
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – It’s still a long-shot proposition, but Iowans may be slowly and incrementally setting up a situation where Gov. Terry Branstad could become the first governor in history
By Jason Meisner and Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Local and federal authorities had thought Steven Manning had gotten away with murder and kidnapping when courts in both Illinois and Missouri
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times – Federal charges that New York businessman Paul Ceglia engaged in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook Inc. and its founder could bring to a close a
By Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune – EVANSTON, Ill. — Did Northwestern discover a new quarterback Saturday? No, NU coach Pat Fitzgerald simply dusted off an old one. His name: Theodis Kain Colter. This
Andy Hoffman, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – A Burlington man is in the Des Moines County jail in lieu of a $255,000 bond on charges of delivery and possession of crack and
Jeff Linder, CR Gazette – FORT DODGE — Need further evidence of the depth of Decorah’s girls cross country team? Not even a catastrophic injury to one of their top runners could
(Des Moines, IA) The month of October is a time to honor and reflect on the individual rights of residents in nursing facilities, assisted living and other long-term care settings. Resident’s Rights
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – UPDATE: Republican Mitt Romney told cheering Iowans Friday he will confront the problems that politicians have avoided for more than a decade if elected president, not shrink
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested Friday afternoon on a valid Cerro Gordo County warrant. At 1:38 PM Friday, Ashley Phyllis Ashby, age 25, was booked into the Cerro
Evanston. Ill. – Northwestern beat Iowa 28-17 today in Evanston. Each team has defended its home field the last two years in the series (Iowa beat Northwestern 41-31 in Iowa City in 2011).
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University officially dedicated its $20.6 million addition to the Bergstrom Football Complex Friday. The lead donors for the project, Steve and Debbie Bergstrom of The Woodlands, Texas,
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Technically speaking, Vikings cornerback Chris Cook’s season didn’t necessarily end with him breaking his right arm in the third quarter of Thursday night’s loss
By Carl Steward, The Oakland Tribune – DETROIT — And now, some really bad news for the Detroit Tigers: The San Francisco Giants team that clocked their best pitcher in Game 1 and
By Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — In order to get to the ultimate destination: the end zone, NFL teams must achieve success in the red zone. No team
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Despite looming tax increases and budget cuts, Americans felt better about the economy this month than at any time in the past five years
By Amy Martinez, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it will begin collecting sales taxes in Arizona next February, ending a year-old dispute with the state over a $53
By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—City prosecutors charged singer Bobby Brown on Thursday with multiple misdemeanors in connection with his arrest in Tarzana this week on suspicion of driving under
By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people in northern Afghanistan as he attacked prayer goers leaving mosque on one of the holiest
By Nathan Bomey and Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney repeated a false claim Thursday night that Chrysler Group may move all Jeep vehicle production to
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Better-than-expected economic growth numbers from the government were spotlighted on the campaign trail Friday, yet economists fretted that a looming congressional showdown over taxes
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Two people were killed in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley after a state trooper flying in a highway patrol helicopter opened fire on a fleeing
Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — The first day of a cease-fire in the Syrian conflict in observance of Eid al-Adha holiday went as many observers had expected: It was violated within
By Lisa Mascaro and John M. Glionna, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was cleared for release from the hospital Friday after suffering non-life-threatening injuries when his
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Fueled by government and consumer spending, the U.S. economy expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the three months ended in September. That
By Curtis Morgan and Jacqueline Charles, The Miami Herald – GRAND GOAVE, Haiti—Mud gushed down from mountains, boulders barreled into highways and bedraggled residents waded through chest-deep flooding to get to homes under
By Jim Carney, Akron Beacon Journal – NORTH CANTON, Ohio — The Republican presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan asked an Ohio crowd Friday to help take them to the White
By Seema Mehta and Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times – NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Appealing to the same voters through different strategies, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney forwarded their arguments across the
By Richard Winton and Wesley Lowery, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—Downey police have arrested a man and booked him in connection with the deaths of three people killed in a shooting rampage
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State soccer team closed out its 2012 season with a 3-0 loss to Oklahoma Friday at the Cyclone Sports Complex. The Cyclones finished their season with their
MASON CITY – Tyler Meuer, 22, of Mason City has been arrested for intimidation with a dangerous weapon after an incident on Mason City’s north end Friday evening. Meuer was booked into the