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By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police released a photograph Thursday evening of a “person of interest” in a trio of stabbings of homeless people in
By Ben Fritz and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight Rises” is poised for one of the biggest opening weekends of all time in the U.S.
By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Pelosi was emphatic. Mitt Romney’s refusal to release more than two years of his personal tax returns, she
By Meredith Rutland, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — When brazen thieves stole Henri Matisse’s painting “Odalisque in Red Pants,” replacing the 1925 masterpiece with a forgery, they left a Venezuelan museum with
Valerie Schremp Hahn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – O’FALLON, MO • A man from O’Fallon, Mo., faces felony charges after police said he attempted to molest a thirteen-year-old girl, left her apartment, and then reentered
By Clare Byrne – PARIS — Hundreds of people gathered at the site of a World War II internment camp outside Paris on Monday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the mass
By Kevin Cowherd, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — I think we can all agree the NFL is one of the greatest moneymaking machines of all time. The 32 teams generated close
By Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — As expected, Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss as it reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday. The $492 million net loss stemmed
From the Cerro Gordo County Health Department – Hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July! Can you believe school is just around the corner? Before you send your child
By Michael A. Memoli and Seema Mehta, Tribune Washington Bureau – WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Barack Obama broadened his attack on Mitt Romney on Thursday, using Medicare to draw a
By Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News – MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google turned in a strong second-quarter earnings performance that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday, as profit rose 11 percent and
(DES MOINES, Iowa) BestBrandValues.com, a Florida-based online membership club retailer, has agreed to pay $135,000 in refunds to Iowans who had been charged for memberships in the company’s programs. The company, headquartered
By Jeff Shain, The Orlando Sentinel – LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Adam Scott ditched the cautious approach so often preached in major championships and wound up flirting with a record, grabbing
By Juan C. Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel – CHICAGO — His hope is flickering, but not extinguished. Miami Marlins President of Baseball Operations Larry Beinfest has confidence in this team, that it can
By Eduardo A. Encina, The Baltimore Sun – MINNEAPOLIS — Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter calls the month after the All-Star break the true dog days of summer. It’s the critical time
MADRID — Beijing gold medalist Rafael Nadal will be forced to miss the London Olympics due to his chronic knee problems. The world No. 3 has been trying to rehab his knees
By Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann is facing a public firestorm over her accusations that the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the federal government and working for
By Franco Ordonez and Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The families of three U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes last year in Yemen filed suit Wednesday against Defense Secretary Leon
DES MOINES, Iowa – A Mesa, AZ man was staying with friends in Mason City when he purchased a “Triple Fortune” instant-scratch game and ended up winning a top prize of $10,000.
By Patrick J. McDonnell and Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a draft United Nations resolution that could have led to sanctions against the
by Jody Spear – Mason City’s traveling softball team, Crossfire, will be heading for national tournaments in Minnesota Thursday. Click here to view photos. Crossfire is a twelve-and-under girls softball team and
(DES MOINES, Iowa) An Orange City company that pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of conspiring to manipulate the ready-mix concrete market will pay the State of Iowa $145,000 in exchange for
(DES MOINES, Iowa) A Polk County judge today issued a temporary injunction against a California man doing business as “Iowa Corporate Compliance” after Attorney General Tom Miller alleged it to be a
By Barry Koltnow, The Orange County Register – The box-office numbers for the blockbusters “The Hunger Games” and “The Avengers” were pretty impressive earlier this year, but there are many movie fans
By Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Forget Crosby, Stills and Nash and maybe even Crazy Horse. Jonathan Demme might be Neil Young’s ultimate collaborator. The third tête-a-tête between the “Philadelphia” filmmaker
By Susan King and Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Hey, wait a sec, is this the Oscars or the Emmys? Several big-screen stars — including Kevin Costner, Nicole
By Susan King and Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — As HBO dominated the Emmy nominations on Thursday morning, nominees in the outstanding miniseries or movie category ranked among
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves’ tireless, seemingly timeless pursuit of restricted free agent Nicolas Batum finally did end on Wednesday, when Portland officially matched the rich
By Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers – Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” aims to be nothing less than the be-all, end-all of the comic-book genre, a movie that encapsulates all the superhero
By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — George Zimmerman went through almost $36,000 of contributions in 18 days spent mostly in jail, spending a bulk of his newfound cash on telecommunications,
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have begun a drumbeat of opposition to Pentagon cuts they agreed to last summer as part of the debt deal with
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Tiesha Powell has a new nickname for her 10-month-old son: “Aladdin.” A friend suggested it after little Kyan survived a fall from the family’s
By Tonya Root, McClatchy Newspapers – NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.— The pilot of a plane carrying a banner jumped from his aircraft just before it crashed into the ocean near North Myrtle
By Jeremy Kelley, Dayton Daily News – BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Aware that jobs and the economy are key issues in the election, both presidential campaigns Wednesday pointed to jobs studies that
By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman told a national TV audience on Wednesday that he doesn’t regret anything that happened the night he
By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The ATF’s acting director has warned agents they risk “consequences” if they complain to anyone outside their chain of command, which some
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — The three people accused of killing a 22-year-old Marine wife were engaged in a sadistic sexual lifestyle that may be linked to
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM — As Israeli victims of the Bulgarian bus bombing began arriving home Thursday, security officials said they now believe the attack was carried out
MASON CITY – Accused Mason City drug dealer Timothy Lee Rucker, age 37, entered voluntary negotiated pleas of guilty to three drug charges brought against him by the North Iowa Drug Task
WASHINGTON – Cincinnati landlord Henry E. Bailey agreed to the entry of an $855,000 civil judgment against him, after admitting that he violated the Fair Housing Act as alleged in a complaint