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By Jann Blackstone – Q: Do I have to let my ex see our 4-year-old son if he is behind on his child support? He does see him regularly — two or
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — About 20,000 AT&T Inc. workers in the Northeast and West went on strike Tuesday even as the telecommunications giant reached tentative deals with
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — Government-controlled housing finance giant Freddie Mac on Tuesday reported a $3 billion profit for the second quarter of the year and said it would
By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As if there were not already enough tumult on talent shows: Sharon Osbourne is openly threatening to leave “America’s Got Talent”over what now she
By Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers – Creatures from Dr. Seuss and the Brothers Grimm are featured in this week’s new DVD releases. —“The Lorax,” Grade A-minus: In an almost doomsday scenario, the film
By Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Everclear singer Art Alexakis is putting ‘90s radio rock music on a pedestal with his new tour, Summerland. The tour also features
By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times – “Sound Shapes,” released Tuesday for Sony’s PS3 and handheld system Vita, isn’t the typical video game score. The game uses previously unheard tracks from the likes
By John Horn, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Matt Damon didn’t want to make another Jason Bourne movie, and neither did director Paul Greengrass. When your leading man and star filmmaker
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Kyle Rudolph, the last player off the practice field, walked through the gate, then paused. First impression: The hot afternoon sun doesn’t seem so bad when
On August 4, 2012 at approximately 8:41 p.m. Officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Locust Street reference a disorderly conduct report. Prior to arrival information was received that a subject
At approximately 1338 hrs, on August 3rd, 2012, officers of the Waterloo Police Department were sent to the area of the 300 block of Allen Street, on a reported shooting. The following
On Friday, August 3, 2012 at approximately 1:35 PM, Waterloo Police and Waterloo Fire Rescue were sent to 302 Allen Street on a report of a shooting. Responding officers found two victims
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – I like art as much as the next guy. I take pictures of trees and buildings and I have been to my share of museums. I’m not
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times – Although there’s no resolution in sight to the NFL’s lockout of officials, a historic moment for the league is just around the corner. Shannon Eastin is
Michael Futch, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. – Two Fort Bragg paratroopers were killed in action Thursday by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Sunday. Killed were 1st
CLEAR LAKE – Clear Lake City Hall has confirmed that despite a message that went out to some Clear Lake residents, there was no water main break. “It was a false alarm,”
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Bernie Kukar expects problems if replacement officials continue to call NFL games. This shouldn’t come as a surprise on a divisive issue. And how you feel
Now it’s the statues, next it’ll be something else and all who visit here will be rightfully pissed. You will rant and rave about injustice, about how things aren’t fair. But you
Incumbent Republican Steve King and Democratic challenger Christie Vilsack are battling it out in cyberspace for the newly-created fourth district congressional seat, which will serve western Iowa and the Mason City area.
By Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — Eleven U.S.-trained Afghan police officers defected to the Taliban on Monday in southern Helmand province, the spokesman for the province’s governor said. Daud Ahmadi,
By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Curiosity robot not only survived its elaborate landing on Mars, but also wound up in the most scientifically exciting pocket of its
From The Computer Guy, Pat Palmer, of Hampton – A lot of communities are kicking the tires on streaming council meetings, including Hampton and Mason City, but someone is trying to get
By Josephine Marcotty, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Prairie and other natural landscapes have been plowed up at an unprecedented rate across the nation’s midsection since 2008, especially in the Corn Belt,
By Cammy Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – KEY LARGO, Fla. — In 1962, seven years before astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, Albert Falco and Claude Wesly captured the world’s imagination by becoming
By David Barber – WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Scientists monitoring a New Zealand volcano that erupted for the first time in 115 years said it was quiet on Tuesday but unpredictable and
MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department is looking to begin replacing an important crime fighting tool. The Mason City Council will consider a request from the MCPD to replace four
By Tim Townsend, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Nearly 900 Roman Catholic nuns will gather in St. Louis this week to discuss their future relationship with the Vatican. Ordinarily, this annual
By Brian Bennett, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — On a chaparral-covered hillside 40 miles north of Los Angeles in June 2010, researchers from the Department of Homeland Security hid a device the
By Cynthia Dizikes, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — There’s a common saying among people who have Multiple Sclerosis: If you’ve met one person with MS, you’ve met one person with MS. Each person’s
Scott Dochterman – CR Gazette – Which is more memorable: a touchdown pass on the game’s final play that lifts your team to victory or a heartbreaking field goal that stuns your
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – CLEVELAND — It’s almost as if someone flipped a light switch on the Twins and Indians on July 27, turning Minnesota’s season suddenly brighter and Cleveland’s
By David Wharton, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — As night descended on center court at Horse Guards Parade, a gentle rain began to fall. In that moment, you could see it and
By Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – LONDON — Seconds after zipping through her preliminary heat to the second-fastest time of the day in the 100-meter hurdles Monday at the Olympic Stadium, Lolo
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – SAN DIEGO — The Cubs entered Monday night’s game at Petco Park with a five-game losing streak, falling 20 games under .500 after playing at a .655
By Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – LONDON — There’s nothing like a little international intrigue and a punch in the groin to liven up the men’s basketball tournament at the Olympic Games.
By Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST.LOUIS — California punk rockers the Offspring, with well over 20 years in the game, don’t harbor any concerns over how to keep music
By Mark K. Matthews, The Orlando Sentinel – WASHINGTON — Elated scientists, cheered by the successful landing of the most sophisticated collection of scientific instruments ever landed on the surface of Mars, got
By Danny O’Neil, The Seattle Times – RENTON, Wash. — Will Terrell Owens use a Sharpie to sign his contract with the Seahawks? It would be kind of funny if he did. Ten
By Mark Whicker, The Orange County Register – LONDON — Ryan Bailey was too upset to talk, Tony Azevedo was mystified, and Coach Terry Schoreder admitted to some concern. The U.S. men’s water
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The word has spread steadily in the past month through comments made in the Cardinals’ clubhouse and into the manager’s office. First, it