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WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) — U.S. wholesale inventories rose by 1.2 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted $504.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said Friday. Inventories were up 6.5…
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) — The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in February on a gain of 236,000 jobs, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.…
BEIJING, March 9 (UPI) — China wants to use negotiations to address a dispute with the European Union over Chinese solar-panel shipments, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Friday. The issue…
TOKYO, March 8 (UPI) — Japan reports economy up 0.2 percent TOKYO, March 8 (UPI) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual 0.2 percent rate in the October-December quarter, technically…
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 9 (UPI) — Niche U.S. auto company Tesla Motors Inc. said it would pay off its $465 million government loan five years earlier than originally planned.…
NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) — News Corp. said in a U.S. regulatory filing its publishing business will start up with $2.6 billion and no debt when it spins off…
A new era in NIACC baseball begins Saturday. The NIACC baseball team, under first-year coach Travis Hergert, opens its season Saturday against the Ontario Blue Jays and Penn State-Hazleton in…
FRESNO, Calif. – Tori Torrescano hit two home runs on Friday as Iowa State (9-9, 0-0 Big 12) fell to No. 6 California (17-2, 0-0 Pac-12), 11-0, and to San…
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Sophomore Sasha Kuebel pitched seven strong innings and the University of Iowa baseball team’s offense erupted for nine runs in a 9-2 triumph over Maine in…
MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team opens its season on Monday at the Snowbird Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. NIACC is scheduled to play eight games on its annual…
MASON CITY – A Mason City man is now accused of violating his probation for a third time on a charge of carrying a weapon as a felon. Aaron Michael…
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama says that businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight – nearly 6.4 million altogether, and have added 246,000 new…
ATLANTA, March 8 (UPI) — Annual screening for cervical cancer is no longer recommended for women, a U.S. health official said. Meg Watson of the Centers for Disease Control and…
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Friday with the wife and son of Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in…
CHICAGO, March 8 (UPI) — Police in Chicago said Friday they were searching for a scrap yard owner after eight school buses were stolen and chopped into scrap overnight. Police…
LAS VEGAS, March 8 (UPI) — NASCAR driver Danica Patrick said Friday her head was “really sore” after she was hit by a rock while attending a race at a…
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (UPI) — A cyclist who fatally struck a pedestrian in San Francisco will stand trial on felony vehicular manslaughter charges, a judge has ruled. Superior Court…
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) — Rick Springfield was arrested in Los Angeles Friday on a bench warrant for missing a court date related to his 2011 drunken driving case,…
WHITEFISH, Mont., March 8 (UPI) — The host of the Sportsman Channel’s “A Rifleman’s Journal” was fatally shot in Montana by the estranged husband of a woman he was visiting,…
ARLINGTON, Va., March 8 (UPI) — The remains of two sailors who died when the ironclad Civil War ship USS Monitor sank during a storm were buried with full military…