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By Ahmad Pathoni – JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police Tuesday said they had refused to issue a concert permit for U.S. pop star Lady Gaga, citing objections from conservative Muslim groups. The
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A former Buddhist priest from Stickney Township, Ill., was arrested in Alaska after officials issued an arrest warrant charging the man with sexually assaulting a
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Obama administration is stepping up its courtship of active-duty military personnel and their families by offering them a free pass to any
By Dan Hinkel, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Lake County, Ill., prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, who spent 20 years in prison before DNA pointed away from him. Assistant State’s
By Richard A. Serrano and Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON —The FBI has opened a preliminary inquiry into the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co. “We are aware
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – DES MOINES, Iowa — Visiting the state that launched Barack Obama’s path to the presidency, Mitt Romney went on offense Tuesday, accusing his rival of carelessly
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — National restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday abruptly closed its restaurant at 2215 Edgewood Rd. SW on Tuesday, laying off about 30-35 employees. Justin Powrie, a
By Linda Robertson, McClatchy Newspapers – DALLAS — Michael Phelps intends to make the 2012 London Games his third and final Olympics while gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson hope to be Olympians
By Rob Manker, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Two months into her husband’s sentence, Patti Blagojevich has shared her thoughts on visiting the Colorado prison where former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is
By Lee Margulies, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Females were “dramatically under-represented” in the United States’ top 100 grossing films last year, accounting for 33 percent of all characters at a
By Dick Polman, The Philadelphia Inquirer – To borrow a phrase from the poet T.S. Eliot, it’s likely that the gay marriage issue will impact the 2012 presidential race not with a bang,
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (Chicago Tribune) – JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, deserve the heat they’re getting for underestimating the magnitude of their derivatives trades gone wrong, but one important
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Ready for another debt ceiling standoff in Congress? House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said Tuesday he will insist on spending cuts in
By Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune – While it played football in 2010, Notre Dame paid men who ran the program a total of $4,949,867 — one to coach the team and one
By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — A day after a boardroom coup at Yahoo, the struggling Internet company is in the hands of a major shareholder and
MASON CITY – The public is invited to attend a free “Preview Night” event to learn about the performances scheduled for the 2012-13 Performing Arts and Leadership series at North Iowa Area
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – Officials at MidAmerican Energy Co. are studying potential options now that the Iowa Legislature adjourned without taking action on a bill the utility sought to lay the
TENTATIVE AGENDA NIACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS May 17, 2012, Meeting 6:00 p.m. – Public Reception – Clear Lake Arts Center – 17 South Fourth Street – Clear Lake, Iowa 7:00 p.m. –
LEVELLAND, Texas – NIACC’s Tanesha Edmond (So., St. Elizabeth, Jamaica) sits in first place in the heptathlon after day one of the NJCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Edmond was first
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The plan was called for in the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), which President Obama
Editorial by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – It appeared that no one was hurt in an apparent explosion at Soy Energy LLC, located at 4172 19th St. SW. At the scene,
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – DES MOINES – Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney unleashed a scathing attack on President Obama’s economic policies Tuesday, blaming Obama for creating a “financial crisis of
By Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal – MINNEAPOLIS — Is there anything more satisfying than watching your team hit three home runs in the same inning? Sure, watching your team hit four in
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – ST. LOUIS — Discussing the Cubs’ roller-coaster season Tuesday morning in Busch Stadium, Bryan LaHair suggested the team was taking “baby steps.” If that sounds familiar, Ryan
By Jason Lloyd, Akron Beacon Journal – INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kyrie Irving had three months to write his acceptance speech. Just like his performance on the court, he nailed it. Irving accepted his
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Capt. Jennifer Horton, of the Fresno County, Calif., Sheriff’s Department, stood erect in the near-shadow of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday. Her hand covered her
OMAHA, Neb. — The University of Iowa baseball team earned a 5-4 come-from-behind victory at Creighton on Tuesday in its final road game of the season. The Hawkeyes trailed 4-0 entering the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today joined a bipartisan group of 44 Senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to respond to allegations from whistleblowers regarding the agency’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Federal Airfield
Clayton County, IOWA — Murder suspect, 17 year old Isaiah Sweet is in police custody while awaiting his initial appearance at 1:00 PM today at the Clayton County Courthouse. On Sunday, May
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – Twenty-Seven Racers showed up for the Inaugural Mason City Moto Races, Sunday, for dirt bike and Quad racing. It was sponsored by
Iowa AFL-CIO President Ken Sagar on the Mitt Romney Campaign Visit to Des Moines: (Des Moines IA.) As Mitt Romney visits Iowa and cities across the Midwest working people, retirees, jobless workers
Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – A rural Austin man who authorities said repeatedly struck a woman last March changed his plea to guilty Monday and was convicted. Nicolas Gomez, 24,
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times – JOHANNESBURG — With an estimated 300 hostages currently in the hands of Somali pirates, the first attack on a pirate land base by the European
MASON CITY, Iowa – Sophomores Nick Tillo and Tyler Peterson will end their NIACC baseball careers by receiving 1st-Team All-Region XI honors. Tillo, a left fielder from Sioux City, led the Trojans
By Diana Moskovitz, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — A Miami-Dade fire captain has been demoted down to firefighter as punishment for a rant, posted on his personal Facebook page, about the Trayvon
Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — One day after announcing that he would no longer campaign in states that have yet to hold primaries, officials with Ron Paul’s campaign
by Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County Supervisors heard an economic development plan from North Iowa Corridor Director Brent Willett today at their regular meeting. Willett said regular government
Elizabeth Mohr, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Hennepin County authorities pulled a man’s body from the Mississippi River Tuesday, May 15, after he was seen jumping off the Franklin Avenue bridge.
MASON CITY – Rep. Steve King will be in Mason City on May 22. Cerro Gordo County Republican Chairman John Rowe confirmed that King will be back in Mason City to hold