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Day: December 18, 2013

Deputies detect drugs, driver dodges discipline

MASON CITY – A fleet-footed man fled cops Wednesday after a chance encounter on the city’s North End. According to a report, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Deputies were patrolling on the city’s

Sports

Twins trade Ryan Doumit to the Braves

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Twins have traded catcher/outfielder Ryan Doumit to the Braves for Minor League left-handed pitcher Sean Gilmartin, the Twins reported Wednesday. The 32 year-old Doumit hit .247 in 2013.

Sports

NIACC women ranked No. 1 in latest poll

MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team moved into the top spot in the NJCAA Division II poll Wednesday. NIACC, which was ranked No. 2 in last week’s poll, topped previously No. 1

Watercooler

ESPN analyst: Black voters have “disenfranchised” themselves

The following opinion was written today by ESPN sports analyst and journalist Stephen A. Smith, an outspoken African-American TV personality and co-host of the First Take program which analyzes sports headlines as well as an occasional hot-button social issue:

Poll shows match ups in 2016 president race

In an early look at the 2016 presidential race, New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 45 – 40 percent. There is a large gender gap as

U.S. home construction pace picks up

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for November 2013: BUILDING PERMITS Privately-owned housing units authorized by

San Luis CBP intercepts half-ton of marijuana

San Luis, Ariz. – A Mexican national was arrested yesterday at the Port of San Luis after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered 1,041 pounds of marijuana co-mingled within a shipment

Iowa inmate dead from cerebral hemorrhage

DES MOINES – David Deangelo Wise, an inmate assigned to the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, died Sunday December 15, 2013 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Wise died of natural causes due