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Blythe Bernhard, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – A pit bull puppy that was dragged behind a truck on Interstate 55 for a mile on Wednesday is recovering from severe injuries, Humane Society officials said
By Alejandra Matos, Star Tribune – MINNEAPOLIS — Lottery jackpots are growing bigger more quickly, and ticket sales are soaring all over the country. Now Minnesota is the first state to make buying
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman who left the scene of an accident last year was finally found guilty in Cerro Gordo County District Court and is now serving her time
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — New home sales dipped 0.3 percent in October and the government revised down its figures for September in a report that threw some cold
By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News – One item sure to be on many holiday shopping lists this year is a tablet. But which one to choose? Consumers will see more tablets
By Reid Kanaley, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Check out these smartphone applications for shopping in the holiday season. All are free and have versions for Android and Apple devices. ShopAdvisor, by Evoqu Inc.,
Des Moines, Iowa – According to a new report released by the AFL-CIO, over one half million Iowans could be negatively impacted if Congress attempts cuts to Social Security, including 71,000 people
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune – WASHINGTON — “Joy to All” is the theme of the Obamas’ fourth Christmas in the White House, which threw open its festive, fir-draped doors Wednesday to the
by Matt Marquardt – Time for some blunt talk. This is an update to the public on the status of NorthIowaToday.com. Throughout its existence, practically since the day it was launched on
MASON CITY – North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) is the first business in North Iowa to be designated as a Blue Zones Worksite. The Blue Zones Project™ is a community-wide, well-being
MASON CITY – The Mason City Council had been warned months before about the trestle on East State Street, which has been without signage indicating the allowable height of vehicles that are
MASON CITY – The public is being asked to help catch a vandal. On Sunday, November 25th at about 5:50 AM, a guest at the Holiday Inn Express in Mason City, located
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – BLACKSBURG, Va. —Virginia Tech buried Iowa with impressive free-throw shooting and countered a mid-second half Iowa run to beat the Hawkeyes 95-79 in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge
Los Angeles Times – AMMAN, Jordan — Dozens of people were killed Wednesday morning in four consecutive explosions that rocked a pro-regime suburb of Damascus, the Syrian capital. Twin car bombings first
Orlan Love, CR Gazette – D14, a Decorah bald eagle fitted with a satellite transmitter, was electrocuted Monday near Rockford, Iowa, about 50 miles southwest of its natal nest at the Decorah
AMES, Iowa – Bill Fennelly said Monday that he liked how his team was defending. Drake got a first-hand demonstration Tuesday as Iowa State routed the Bulldogs, 87-45 in Hilton Coliseum. The
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – BLACKSBURG, Va. — In a basketball game filled with runs, Iowa ended up with the streaks. Like extending its consecutive loss streak to seven in the ACC-Big
By William Douglas and Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Republican opposition to the potential nomination of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice as secretary of state appeared to harden Tuesday after she
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Taliban fighters didn’t discriminate when they wounded then-Capt. Mary Jennings of the California Air National Guard. She was the enemy, so they shot at her
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Pvt. Lazzaric T. Caldwell slit his wrists and spurred a legal debate that’s consuming the Pentagon, as well as the nation’s top military
NEWARK, NJ—The Republic of Mauritius’ ambassador to the United States was fined $5,000 today for failing to properly pay a domestic worker minimum hourly and overtime wages, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Six U.S. senators from West Coast states urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to conduct a refinery-by-refinery probe to determine the causes of punishing
By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald – Morgan Knable stumbled on more excitement than he bargained for Nov. 11, the last day of deer season in the area he hunts southwest of
The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a civil investigation into use of force by the city of Albuquerque, N.M., Police Department (APD). The investigation will focus on allegations
DES MOINES – Good news for small business owners in Iowa who are not able-bodied white men. The Targeted Small Business (TSB) Assistance Program supports the creation and expansion of small businesses
James Ferrara, Daniel Hanley, and Peter Kanakis were arrested today on a federal indictment charging them with extortionate extension of credit, extortionate collection of credit, and conspiracy to do the same.The defendants
By Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers – ISTANBUL — The top U.S. aid official said Tuesday that Syria faces an immediate humanitarian emergency and that international plans to feed and support millions of destitute