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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Feb. 17 (UPI) — President Obama played golf at an exclusive Florida golf club Sunday with professional Tiger Woods, the White House said. The Floridian, a gated course
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The Austin Peay pitching staff held the University of Iowa baseball team to just one run Sunday to lead the Governors to a 6-1 victory over the Hawkeyes at
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The No. 22 Iowa State wrestling team (9-4 overall, 1-2 Big 12) picked-up its first shutout of the 2012-13 season Sunday afternoon, defeating Eastern Michigan (7-13 overall, 1-4 MAC)
IOWA CITY – The Iowa men’s basketball team fell into a huge early hole against the Minnesota Golden Gophers Sunday afternoon, but you’d never know it looking at the final score. Iowa
DALLAS, Feb. 17 (UPI) — New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, noted for his sideline prayers during games, will speak to a controversial Texas pastor’s congregation, the church said. Tebow is scheduled
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 17 (UPI) — Ben Brust’s double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds Sunday helped power No. 19 Wisconsin over 14th-ranked Ohio State 71-49. Jared Berggren supplied 15 points, eight
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 17 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s request that Afghan forces stop requesting international airstrikes in residential areas will be honored, U.S. officials said. “We can continue to support
CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) — An Illinois state senator has dropped out of a primary contest to fill Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional seat and said she’s endorsing one of her opponents. State
EXETER, England, Feb. 16 (UPI) — British researchers suggest liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they assess risk and this is linked to their political leanings. Dr. Darren
From Sen. Amanda Ragan – I believe Iowa’s public universities are some of the best in the country. They help expand Iowa’s middle class, grow our economy, provide an excellent education to
ROCK FALLS – The Iowa Alcohol Beverage Division has imposed two $1,500 fines against the Rock Falls Lounge located at 3 East Mill Street in Rock Falls for serving minors alcohol. In
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) — Convicted terrorist Ramzi Yousef filed a lawsuit seeking release from solitary confinement in a high-security U.S. prison. Yousef, 44, has been in solitary for 15 years and
UNION COUNTY – An Iowa woman is dead after a fiery crash on a desolate gravel road late Friday. The incident took place Friday at about 11:40 PM in Union County, Iowa
LAUDNER, DELBERT and MARY LOU Mary Lois (Wilson) Laudner of El Cajon, CA, died November 24, 2012. She was born September 20, 1924 in Charles City, Iowa the daughter of May (Holtz)
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 16 (UPI) — U.S. actor Joaquin Phoenix said he simulates the act of drowning for a PETA ad to show the “slow, painful” death for fish when they’re pulled from
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 16 (UPI) — Wages grew 11.2 percent for top U.S. earners as the economy recovered in 2011, but fell 0.4 percent for all others, an economics researcher said. A
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama said he is open to the idea of eliminating the penny, but experts say that’s not a good idea. During a Google+ hangout
KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Police have charged activists who dismantled a statue of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in the Sumy region of Ukraine, officials said. The group of Liberty party
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15 (UPI) — A videotaped encounter between white state troopers and two young black men during New Orleans’ Mardi Gras should be investigated, a civil rights group says. The
CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Former U.S congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will plead guilty to charges he misused campaign finds for personal purposes, his attorney said. Lawyer Brian Heberlig issued a written
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 16 (UPI) — A senior U.N. official on called on both sides of the conflict in Syria to put an end to all forms of sexual violence. In a
PALM CITY, Fla., Feb. 16 (UPI) — U.S. officials said a plane was escorted from restricted air space in Florida, where President Obama is spending President’s Day weekend at a gated golf
From Rep. Sharon Steckman – Some things I know now that I didn’t know before: – Any veteran from anywhere in the country is allowed to pay in-state tuition rates – Iowa
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday renewed his call for a “balanced approach” to reducing the federal debt, saying “we can’t just cut our way to prosperity.” In
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) — U.S. immigration officials said they never put into effect a controversial plan to mine driver’s license databases to ferret out undocumented immigrants. An official with the Immigration
HOLLEY, N.Y., Feb. 16 (UPI) — Animal rights activists have flooded rural western New York village officials with emails and calls in protest of a planned squirrel hunt, the officials said. New
BRUSSELS, Germany, Feb. 15 (UPI) — Online retailer Amazon’s Germany subsidiaries have been accused of providing terrible conditions for workers and using neo-Nazi guards to intimidate employees. The allegations against Amazon were
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (UPI) — A Group of 20 nations meeting in Moscow concluded Saturday with a pledge to focus monetary policy on domestic growth to steer away from a currency war.
From Rep. Linda Upmeyer – The fifth week has wrapped up at the Capitol and we remain committed to running a focused and efficient legislative session. We are working hard to pass
MIAMI, Feb. 16 (UPI) — A Texas woman filed the first lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines hours after the crippled Carnival Triumph arrived in Mobile, Ala., her lawyer says. Cassie Terry, 25,
SAFETY HARBOR, Fla., Feb. 16 (UPI) — Florida police have arrested a lawyer for allegedly killing his ex-wife during an Italian cruise and dumping her body overboard in 2006. Lonnie Loren Kocontes,
ATLANTA, Feb. 16 (UPI) — An Idaho man was charged with assaulting a minor after allegedly slapping a crying toddler on an airplane and calling the boy a racial epithet. Joe Rickey
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he plans to prohibit Afghan ground forces from requesting NATO airstrikes “on Afghan homes or Afghan villages.” Karzai announced his
MASON CITY – A trivia contest, a king’s cake with prizes, and music by Little Bluestem will highlight the Winter Carnival fundraiser for Stebens Children’s Theatre. The Mardi Gras-like event will begin
(Mason City) – The Walking School Bus Program is encouraging adults to volunteer to walk students to school in the Mason City Community Schools Districts for the Spring 2013 Session. The Walking
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 16 (UPI) — Fifty-three percent of U.S. small-business owners said in January they had difficulty finding the qualified employees they needed, a survey indicated. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business
WASHINGTON, N.J., Feb. 16 (UPI) — The FBI is investigated allegations that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., had sex with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, The Washington Post reported. Citing what it
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Iran’s supreme ayatollah said Saturday his nation was not developing nuclear weapons and was in favor of banning the bomb worldwide. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei told an
Forest City, Iowa – The Waldorf College Choir will present its first annual Choral Masterwork Concert on Monday, February 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City. The Choir
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications – DES MOINES, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team knocked down 13 three-pointers in a 71-64 win over intra-state rival Drake Saturday night in