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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State men’s basketball program received good news today with the addition of an experienced player to its backcourt in USC transfer Maurice Jones, a 5-7, jet-quick point
MASON CITY – A north end neighborhood in Mason City is on edge after a gun was fired, neighbors said Friday evening. Mason City police officers were in the area of 9th
MASON CITY – Mason City police responded to a report of a subject causing a disturbance at 311 5th Street NW shortly before 1am Wednesday morning. When officers arrived 26-year-old Ashley Elizabeth
MASON CITY – Accused robber Joshua Albert Rutledge, now in the Cerro Gordo County Jail held on $25,000 bond, is no stranger to dangerous criminal charges and owes courts thousands in unpaid fines and fees.
MASON CITY -Mason City police and school officials took steps Thursday to protect children in schools after a nearby home invasion. After several people people were on the run after invading a
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings’ defense was doing exactly what everyone thought it needed to do in order to beat Vincent Jackson, Mike Williams and the
By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—Entertainment impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs was injured in a two-car traffic accident in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, police said Wednesday. Combs, who complained
Iowans, we are better than this. Women are still underrepresented in 48 states, with 19 states and 22 percent of the nation’s population without a female U.S. Senator or Representative. Among these,
MASON CITY – An early morning traffic stop by Cerro Gordo County Sheriff deputies has led to a felony drug charge for a Clear Lake man. Deputies made traffic contact near the
From Iowa DNR – Upland game hunters have a good reason to step out into the fields this weekend across Iowa. Pheasant numbers are up, for the first time in seven years.
CHICAGO—Three years after several self-identified “boylovers,” who met in person and online to discuss their sexual interest in children and trade child pornography, were arrested in an FBI sting during or soon
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By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Friends since the fourth grade, Gary Ortiz knew his pal Anthony Abbate was in trouble nearly six years ago after the off-duty Chicago cop was
By R. Darren Price, The State (Columbia, S.C.) – COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man being sued by a female college student who said he surreptitiously filmed them having sex and then
By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Three directors, plus six story lines, times five centuries equal one grandly conceived, impressively mounted megaflop. “Cloud Atlas” gene-splices genres, spans planets and leap-frogs millennia until
By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agreed strongly in their third and final debate that the United States needed to vigorously expand its leadership
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – CINCINNATI — Buoyed by his strong performances in the first two debates, Mitt Romney raised $111.8 million from Oct. 1 to Oct. 17 — the quickest
Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Calexico Station apprehended a 50-year-old male, Mexican national, attempting to enter the United States illegally near Calexico, California. On July 6, 1989, the Los
By Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer – “We’ll just be wine-with-dinner people,” is how Charlie and Kate Hannah, the Los Angeles couple played by Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in “Smashed,” agree
DES MOINES — NETWORK today announced the return of ‘Nuns on the Bus’ to Iowa for a one-day, three-stop tour on Thursday, November 1st. The tour will feature Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, along
By James Osborne and Darran Simon, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — The family of Autumn Pasquale, the 12-year-old found strangled to death inside a curbside recycling bin in Clayton, N.J., on
By Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Seven years ago, a small-town Illinois police chief launched a big dream to nab criminals and thwart terrorists from the air. Chief Timothy Swanson
Nogales, Ariz. — A female Mexican national was apprehended yesterday after Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Port discovered the she was in possession of animal tranquilizers often used in
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – A work of stunning images, staggering ambition and epic length, “Cloud Atlas” is an attempt to create nothing less than a “unified field” theory of science
By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — If David Stern ruled the NBA with an iron fist, he cushioned the blows by transforming a league that couldn’t get its championship
MASON CITY, IOWA, October 25, 2012 – The 10th Annual Volunteer Recognition Award Banquet was held at the MacNider Art Museum Salsbury Room on October 25, 2012. Nearly 30 volunteers were recognized
By David Enders, McClatchy Newspapers – BEIRUT — The Syrian military announced Thursday that it would abide by a United Nations-sponsored cease-fire during the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday, the first such agreement since
Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — President Barack Obama returned to Chicago’s South Side on Thursday and cast an early vote near his Kenwood home. The Democratic president chatted with poll workers in
By Mel Frykberg and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers – CAIRO — Egyptian police have arrested five Libyans who allegedly are members of al-Qaida, intercepted two truckloads of arms from Libya and killed
By Gina McIntyre, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Michael Myers, the masked silent Shape that emerged from the shadows of Haddonfield, Ill., to stalk generations of moviegoers, will return to theaters
By Maeve Reston and Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times – CINCINNATI, Ohio — In battleground states across the country, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pressed voters to their sides on Thursday, with
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY—U.S. officials Thursday returned more than 4,000 pieces of stolen and looted pre-Columbian art and artifacts to the Mexican government, the result of 11 investigations.
By Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—A South Side rapper who posted taunting tweets about the fatal shooting of aspiring rapper Lil Jojo is under fire again after video footage of him purportedly
By Dave Van Dyck, Chicago Tribune – SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants helped create their own World Series home-field advantage by starring in the National League’s All-Star game victory. And it has worked
By Bob Secter, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — As debates go, it was hardly the Romney vs. Obama beat down in Boca Raton or even the curious sleepwalk in Denver. But Chicago, where
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times – Colorado resident Lee Mulcahy discovered that there are limits to the discussion when it comes to political signage outside your home in this presidential election
By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Hamas militants fired more than 70 rockets into southern Israel on Wednesday, one day after the emir of Qatar became the first head of state
By Kathleen Hennessey and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – DAVENPORT, Iowa — For Barack Obama, Iowa was the state that launched his path to the presidency, turning a long-shot candidacy into a
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that a 24th person had died of fungal meningitis after receiving contaminated steroid
By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — Two U.S. soldiers were killed on patrol Thursday in southern Afghanistan when a man in an Afghan national police uniform opened fire on