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WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security to look into possible improper use of B-1 visas by certain companies looking to import cheaper foreign
Jefferson, IOWA — Today, 21 year old Patrick Ryan Thompson of Jefferson, Iowa was arrested and charged with Child Endangerment Causing Serious Injury for an incident that occurred in late January of
Cleveland, OH – Late last night, the United States Marshals Service captured one of America’s Most Wanted and elusive fugitives who is accused of stealing millions of dollars that had been donated
By Bob Cooney, Philadelphia Daily News – CHICAGO — Doug Collins says his favorite aspect of coaching in the playoffs is the game within the games. In the days, hours and minutes
CLEVELAND—Five people were arrested and accused of conspiring to use explosives to destroy a bridge near Cleveland, Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony,
BROOKLYN, NY—Earlier today, following a four-week trial, Adis Medunjanin, age 34, a Queens resident who joined al Qaeda and plotted to commit a suicide terrorist attack, was found guilty of multiple federal
By Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Tuesday marked 428 days since Adam Wainwright put his career on a surgeon’s table. It also represented one of the more significant
A Long Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted by a federal grand jury with sex trafficking and forced labor in connection with coercing women to engage in
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man charged with assault resulting in substantial bodily injury was sentenced on May 1, 2012, by United States District Judge
BIG STONE GAP, VA—United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced today that three former inmates at the United States Penitentiary at Lee County were indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in
DENVER—Jon Christopher Baker, age 32, of Denver, Colorado, was charged by criminal complaint yesterday with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography U.S. Attorney
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Milwaukee on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth game at Duane Banks Field, 10-9. The Hawkeyes won in the bottom of the
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly announced Wednesday that former I-K-M Manning and Des Moines Area Community College player Ashley Hagedorn will walk on at the school
AMES, Iowa – May 2, 2012 – Showing roadways, rivers, rail lines and more from Larchwood in the northwest to Keokuk in the southeast, the new 2012 Iowa Transportation Map is now
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today announced that Robert S. von Wolffradt has been appointed to serve as the state of Iowa’s Chief Information Officer. Wolffradt, 55, was most recently the Chief
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Nothing has come easy for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, so why stop in Game 2 of the first round? They
By Kent Babb, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The memories are of Neil Smith bringing down a quarterback, then rising to deliver his trademark celebration: a swing of an invisible
By Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A woman who has served seven years in prison for a sledgehammer attack on her ex-husband and his wife will be allowed a new trial
By Michael Cunningham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – ATLANTA — There was a constant, nagging sound that followed Hawks players from the light practice Tuesday morning to the locker room before the game
On Monday, April 30, 2012 approximately 1:30 PM, a United States Postal Service worker was delivering mail in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue. A small Chihuahua dog ran at her and
By Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – SAN DIEGO — Looking back at the 2011 season before his team opened its series against San Diego on Monday, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke
By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – SANFORD, Fla. — Just as George Zimmerman’s attorney pushes the envelope of accepted legal practices by launching a social media operation for his client, another site has
By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News – SAN JOSE, Calif. — Racing to branch out from traditional personal computers where most of its chips are used, Intel Corp. is making a huge
By Melanie Mason and Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A hard-hitting commercial blasting President Barack Obama’s stimulus spending as a “failure” flooded television sets last week in eight swing states
By Denise-Marie Balona, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Several people will be charged Wednesday in the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, who was severely hazed on
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Counted together, independent evangelical congregations comprise one of the largest religious groups in the nation, after their evangelical compadres in the Southern Baptist Convention
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — A move is under way in Congress to strike any reference to “lunatic” in federal law in an effort to reduce the stigma
The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Wind and rain began driving a few May Day protesters away Tuesday evening, hours after a cluster of about 75 demonstrators dressed in black and carrying
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – A wide-ranging floor debate is brewing today in the Iowa Senate. Senators are scheduled to take up the fiscal 2013 budget measure dealing with standing appropriations. The
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday granted the Treasury Department authority to blacklist foreign nationals and companies that help Iran and Syria evade U.S. and
By Michael Rosenberg, Detroit Free Press – College football will have a four-team playoff, somehow and some way. This is no longer a prediction, a dream or a shout in the wilderness. It
By Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Though the summer schedule’s crammed with movies of every fashion, two guys in tight suits stand out: Batman in “The Dark Knight Rises” and
Mary Divine, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Three suspects who broke into Diamonds on Main in Stillwater are thought to be part of a major smash-and-grab ring operating in Minnesota. The robbers
Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – CEDAR RAPIDS — One Lisbon High School wrestler pleaded guilty last week to an assault charge involving bullying behavior against a teammate, and a charge against another
Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – An effort by a dozen GOP senators to ban traffic enforcement cameras come July 1 got pulled to the side of the road by the Iowa Senate’s
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Mitt Romney marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death Tuesday by alternately praising President Barack Obama for ordering the targeted killing of
By Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday that after a decade of post-September 11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, “we can
By Anne Blythe, McClatchy Newspapers – GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jurors for the John Edwards trial saw video on Tuesday afternoon of the house outside Chapel Hill where Edward’s pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, lived
By David S. Cloud, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Thousands of tons of military equipment intended for the Afghan army and police is stranded in Pakistan, which for months has refused to
By Rene Stutzman, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — The judge in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder case has issued a written order, saying there’s no need for a gag order on