Category: Watercooler

By Nate Ulrich, Akron Beacon Journal – CLEVELAND — Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson cut to his left to avoid linebacker Jarret Johnson, slipped out of strong safety Atari Bigby’s grasp and

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Chief executives of more than 85 major U.S. corporations jumped into the debate over the federal budget mess Thursday, calling on Washington to

By Matea Gold, Melanie Mason and Joseph Tanfani, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney each held unique financial advantages headed into the final 19 days of the

Los Angeles Times – TAYLOR SWIFT “Red” (Big Machine) 3 stars A platinum artist many times over, singer Taylor Swift at 22 seems to be on top of the world. She’s dating

By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee – LOS ANGELES — Look at the cast lists for many of the big-budget films released in the 21st century and you would probably find Hugo Weaving’s

Diane Heldt, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — The fundraising arms at Iowa’s three public universities are being encouraged to raise $200 million to replace some of the student financial aid money

(Des Moines, IA) The month of October is a time to honor and reflect on the individual rights of residents in nursing facilities, assisted living and other long-term care settings. Resident’s Rights

Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – UPDATE: Republican Mitt Romney told cheering Iowans Friday he will confront the problems that politicians have avoided for more than a decade if elected president, not shrink

MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested Friday afternoon on a valid Cerro Gordo County warrant. At 1:38 PM Friday, Ashley Phyllis Ashby, age 25, was booked into the Cerro

By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—City prosecutors charged singer Bobby Brown on Thursday with multiple misdemeanors in connection with his arrest in Tarzana this week on suspicion of driving under

MASON CITY – Tyler Meuer, 22, of Mason City has been arrested for intimidation with a dangerous weapon after an incident on Mason City’s north end Friday evening. Meuer was booked into the

By Tom Avril, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA—With a 3:30 p.m. meeting for his group design project, a class from 6 to 9 p.m. and a mechanical engineering exam the next day, Kevin

By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times – Show of hands: How many of you had “Made in Jersey” at the top of your TV death pool? If you did, give yourself a hearty

By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Look out, President Obama. Bill Maher is feeling conflicted about your reelection. Has the sky fallen? Has the relentless basher of Republican presidential

MASON CITY – Shortly before 2 AM Wednesday morning Mason City police were dispatched to 610 11th Street NE on a report of an attempted theft from a residence. During the investigation

MASON CITY – A man convicted of a sex offense who was wanted for failing to register turned himself in on Thursday. James Chris Landrum, 20, living in Mason City but showing

By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda made her TV series debut this year with guest shots on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series, “The Newsroom.” Apparently, she liked

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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – President Barack Obama told Jay Leno Wednesday night that Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comments about pregnancy and rape illustrate why men alone should