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WASHINGTON—Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, released a new report examining the retirement crisis in America and laying out a bold proposal to
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Wearing a cowboy hat and leather jacket, a Las Vegas sheriff steps out of a diner and strolls down the street in front
By Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune – If the federal government would stop relying on bill collectors to go after people defaulting on student loans and, instead, focus borrowers on getting on a path
By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA —SunTrust Banks Inc. is under investigation by a federal agency over its practices in making mortgages that were guaranteed by the government. The U.S.
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — On a cloudless morning, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stood at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. — where the U.S. dominated
ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls Fun Days is the biggest annual event celebrated in the small town just a few miles northeast of Mason City. The event is held on the third
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times – NAPA, Calif. — Instead of an Oakland Raiders logo on his helmet, Darren McFadden might want to consider a red cross. Spectacular when healthy, the running
MASON CITY – Beginning Monday August 6, 2012 at 7:00 a.m., the Mason City Utility Division will begin street repairs at the intersection of 18th Street SW and South Pierce Avenue. South
By Kim Hone-McMahan, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — Baby boomers came of age when muscle cars and in-your-face styling were cool. Manufacturers now sell copycat machines that allow boomers to recapture
By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Israeli and U.S. politicians lately have been bandying about the prospect of an airstrike on Iranian nuclear facilities, stirring fear that another
By Lorraine Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – A young man was shot in a movie theater and died on his 27th birthday. In the newspaper, the sorrowful face of his father, seeking his
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – BOSTON — The Minnesota Twins were down to their final strike Saturday night, lamenting a night of missed chances at Fenway Park, when Joe Mauer
By Cassandra Spratling, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — In one day, 9-year-old Joshua Smith of Detroit became something of a news media and civic darling. Joshua has set up a lemonade stand
By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright, wearing his beltless pants high with the red socks showing, in part to honor of the 1982 World Series champion St.
By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes made the company’s first public comment on the commercial prospects of “The Dark Knight Rises” on Wednesday,
By Elliott Almond, San Jose Mercury News – WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams danced Saturday on the green grass of Wimbledon, a rarefied space that has become her personal playground this summer. Williams
By Phil Sheridan, The Philadelphia Inquirer – LONDON — Alberto Salazar’s plan sounded simple enough. Run fast for six miles and then run really, really fast at the end. It was a winning
By Marc Caputo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — For an elderly political junkie who needs money on the side, it’s the perfect job with an exotic-sounding name: Boletero. It literally means “balloteer,” but
MASON CITY – Friday night at about 10:09 PM, Mason City police responded to a “report of a large group of people assembling with baseball bats.” The incident unfolded near the corner
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested late Saturday morning for an assault. Travis Benjamin Roberts, 28, was apprehended at about 11:30 AM in an apartment in the 300 block
MASON CITY – Mason City police were flagged down yesterday near the Mason City public pool at about 1:30 PM and “advised of a subject that complainant thought may be watching kids
by Jack McCourt of Mason City – $19,500 If you live in Mason City and you have a home that is worth for tax purposes, the above amount, it cost the owner
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The growth of the U.S. service sector picked up in July, beating analyst expectations and providing another good — though not great — economic
By Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune – MANKATO, Minn. — After losing 11 straight games to NFC North opponents, the Vikings’ view of the division might be similar to an ant’s view of a
By Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — After a record-shattering 83-point annihilation of Nigeria on Thursday, the U.S. men’s basketball team expected a tougher test Saturday against an experienced Lithuanian squad. They
By David Haugh, Chicago Tribune – LONDON — They didn’t introduce Usain Bolt on Saturday at Olympic Stadium so much as anoint him. And this is a place that knows something about coronations.
By Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – LONDON — There’s not much left for Kim Rhode to do in her Olympic career. She’s the only U.S. athlete to win five medals in five
By Michelle Kaufman, McClatchy Newspapers – WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams had just blown Maria Sharapova off Center Court 6-0, 6-1 on a blustery Saturday to win her first Olympic singles gold medal,
By Michelle Kaufman, McClatchy Newspapers – LONDON — It seems to happen every four years, doesn’t it? Locals in the Olympic host city fret for months, whine about traffic congestion, gripe about ticket
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Saturday (corrected) at around 11:20 AM, the Mason City Police and Fire Departments responded to an accident at 17th Street and South
THORNTON – A Mason City woman was arrested in Thornton early Saturday morning after an assault. According to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s media report, Nina Irene Read, 32, of Mason City
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an out-of-court agreement with the Escambia County School District in Alabama to end the use of race-based selection criteria for homecoming courts and other
From City of Mason City – Mason City residents have recently begun receiving letters from Homeserve USA Repair Management Corp. (“Homeserve”) offering coverage in the event of a needed repair to their
By Chris Megerian and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration on Friday announced that $119 million more in untapped money was found in
MASON CITY – Rainfall finally came to Mason City and parts of North Iowa very early Saturday morning. Strong wind gusts picked up after midnight in the city, and it was apparent
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Thursday morning, the new O’Reilly Auto Parts Store at 3583 4th St. SW, in Mason City, celebrated it’s Grand Opening with a
MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier this week, Jeremy Lee Klepperich, a 28-year-old registered sex offender from Woodland Township in central Minnesota, was charged by way of federal criminal complaint with possessing child pornography. The complaint alleges
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – Brent Trout found some “excess receipts” in our hotel/motel tax fund and sure enough, he found a way to blow it. At this Tuesday night’s regular meeting,
Letter to editor from Lyell Henry of Iowa City: On April 28, I was one of 35 members of the Jefferson Highway Association who toured the old highway (predecessor of U.S. 65)
By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Missy Franklin is bubbly and giggly, sunny and happy, all the adjectives that apply to a happy-go-lucky girl who cannot wait for her amazingly