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CHICAGO, March 2 (UPI) — Olympic speedskater Andy Gabel issued an apology Friday for alleged misconduct with a teenage teammate in the late 1990s. Gabel told the Chicago Tribune he…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 2 (UPI) — All of the thrusters on Dragon spacecraft launched by private U.S. company SpaceX are now working properly, officials said. The spacecraft, which is…
PARIS, March 2 (UPI) — A controversial French law requiring motorists to carry breathalyzer kits in their vehicles has been reinstated, a government official said. French Interior Minister Manuel Valls…
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 2 (UPI) — The head of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan apologized Saturday for the killing of two young children in an airstrike gone tragically awry. Gen. Joseph…
ST. LOUIS, March 2 (UPI) — Independent testing of three varieties of Budweiser beer shows alcohol content slightly under the levels listed on the label, CNN said. The cable news…
LUBBOCK, Texas – NIACC sophomore Emily Burchett placed seventh in the weight throw at the NJCAA national indoor track and field meet Saturday. Burchett earned her seventh-place finish with a…
FORT WORTH, Texas -No. 23 Iowa State (20-7 overall, 11-6 Big 12) trailed by 15 points with 12:03 left and chipped away at TCU’s (9-19 overall, 2-15 Big 12) lead…
WASHINGTON, DC—President Obama used this week’s address to urge Congress to stop the harmful automatic cuts that threaten thousands of jobs and affect our national security—called the sequester—from taking effect…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning guided Arkansas-Little Rock to a 9-3 victory over the University of Iowa baseball team Saturday at Gary…
OMAHA, March 2 (UPI) — Wall Street kingpin Warren Buffett said 2012 was the year in which the big ones got away, referring to his pursuit of profitable acquisitions. Berkshire…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Iowa State (8-5, 0-0 Big 12) staged a dramatic seventh-inning comeback against St. John’s (3-9-1, 0-0 Big East), winning 11-9, on Friday before losing, 13-4 in six…
MOSCOW, March 2 (UPI) — Russia’s arms industry rang up $2.5 billion in sales during the first two months of 2013, the Kremlin said. Alexander Fomin, head of the Federal…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2 (UPI) — The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska, with a short showcase of the competitors, officials said. On Sunday, mushers…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Iowa baseball team was unable to capitalize on offensive opportunities Friday at Arkansas-Little Rock, falling to the Trojans, 5-2, at Gary Hogan Field.…
MASON CITY – Reports are now coming into the NIT newsroom that a pit bull attacked at least 5 people early Saturday morning in Mason City. Mason City police confirmed…
By MARCELLA S. KREITER CHICAGO, March 2 (UPI) — It sounds counterintuitive, but the Great Recession actually was a good thing for the $305 billion housewares industry. “Suppliers felt the…
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y., March 2 (UPI) — Members of Congress are like first-graders, “only not as well-behaved,” a freshman lawmaker told a first-grade class in talking about Washington politics. Rep.…
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s 2013 football game at Tulsa will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26. The game was moved from the previous Saturday to accommodate a national television…
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Saturday morning at about 6 AM, Mason City fire fighters and Mason City police officers responded to an emergency call…
Des Moines – March 2 – Governor Terry E. Branstad has announced the appointment of Sandy Blodgett to to a full, six-year term on the Iowa Judicial Qualifications Commission, it…
NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) — LeBron James had no immediate response to Magic Johnson’s generous offer to pay the Heat star $1 million to enter the dunking contest at…
MASON CITY – The Mason City Police Department is investigating the theft of a Case 430 skid loader from the 100 block of 4th St SW sometime between February 11th…
Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King released the following statement after receiving the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Award. The AMA is a non-profit association that serves as the “premier advocate” of…
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) — U.S. oil giant Shell in a new report said solar could eclipse oil to become the dominant energy source by 2060. As part of its…
SANFORD, Fla., Feb. 28 (UPI) — A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly told her son he would have to sleep in the woods as punishment for a fight…
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) — In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the American Sociological Association said children fare as well with same-sex parents as traditional parents. Cecilia…
Smith (Charles City, Ia.) is also seeded 10th in the 3,000 (8:44.92) and 18th in the mile (4:21.11). At last season’s national indoor meet, Smith was fourth in the 5,000 (15:19.81) and…
HYVINKAA, Finland, Feb. 28 (UPI) — A teenager who opened fire from a rooftop in suburban Helsinki, Finland, killing two people and injuring seven, was sentenced to life in prison…
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Seventeen Texas prison guards have been charged with smuggling cellphones into prison that allowed inmates to organize murders and sell drugs, officials say.…
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