Local News Headlines

• Ames man dies when caught in tanker loading door
  Police say a 46-year-old Ames man had died after he was caught in the hydraulic loading door of a water tanker truck.
• News Minute: Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
  Governor Terry Branstad says he'll push for a fuel tax increase in next year's legislative session. The Des Moines Register reports that in a discussion about a fuel tax increase, the Republican governor tells Iowa...
• Former teacher guilty of inappropriate conduct
  A 61-year-old former high school teacher in Waterloo has pleaded guilty to having inappropriate conduct with a student.
• Iowa Environmental Council's top executive resigns
  The executive director of the Iowa Environmental Council since 2007 is leaving.
• Indianola woman gets 4 years for credit card fraud
  An Indianola woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of using information from church outreach volunteers to fraudulently obtain credit cards.
• Gov. Branstad says he'll back fuel tax increase
  Gov. Terry Branstad says he'll push for a fuel tax increase in next year's legislative session.
• Group approves $2.5 million for Cedar Rapids trail
  A group has voted to spend $2.5 million on a paved bicycle trail connecting Marion and Cedar Rapids.
• Congressional panel OKs plan to keep jets in Iowa
  A congressional committee has approved legislation that would keep F-16 fighter jets at the Des Moines-based Air National Guard unit.
• Injuries force pair of Hawkeyes to end careers
  Iowa sophomore Jade Rogers and freshman Virginia Johnson are ending their college careers because of chronic injuries.
• Branstad accepts invitation from China VP to visit
  Gov. Terry Branstad says he's headed to China later this month at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (shee jeen ping).

National News Headline

• LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings
  Los Angeles police said Friday that they arrested two suspects in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month.
• Chemical sends 5 from Fla airport to hospital
  A terminal at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was closed for a time after an unknown chemical sent five people to the hospital with respiratory complaints.
• Quebec passes law in effort to end daily protests
  Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities as the government seeks to end three months of protests against tuition hikes. Outraged students...
• Diplomats: UN experts say NKorea violates sanction
  An expert panel's report says North Korea continues to violate U.N. sanctions, citing possible attempts to ship arms to Syria and Myanmar and illegally import luxury goods, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
• Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies
  The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976.
• Feds say pilot tried to bring gun on plane in NY
  An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight at Buffalo for New York City with a loaded revolver in his bag, and authorities believe he'd been flying with it for two days.
• UN imposes sanctions on Guinea-Bissau coup leaders
  The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and key supporters, demanding they reinstate the legitimate democratic government...
• Wake for Mary Kennedy held amid apparent rift
  The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday over custody of her body, just hours before she was mourned at a wake at the estate where she committed suicide.
• Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths
  Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday.
• Jokes and sympathy _ Obama greets his G-8 guests
  For a welcome, President Barack Obama acknowledged his Group of 8 guests with a joke, a pleasantry or sympathy for the weight of the world.

Sports Headlines

• Fewer Siouxland winners on day two of Iowa state track meet
  Watch highlights from day two of the Iowa high school state track meet and see the Siouxland athletes who finished in the top five in Iowa and Nebraska.
• Morningside blanked again at NAIA softball tourney
  Morningside's chances of advancing beyond pool play at the NAIA Softball National Tournament were dashed after an 8-0 loss in five innings against Lee University on Friday.
• Explorers beat Sioux Falls in 2012 opener
  The Sioux City Explorers won the opening game of their 20th season, 7-3, over the Sioux Falls Pheasants in front of 2,623 fans.
• Morningside loses NAIA softball opener
  Morningside dropped its pool play opener with an 8-0 six-inning setback against fifth-ranked Central Baptist College during Thursday's opening day of the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament in Gulf Shores, Ala.
• Iowa HS state track meet results; Day one
  See Siouxland highlights and results from day one of the Iowa high school state track meet in Des Moines.
• South Sioux staves off elimination; gets Norris in rematch
  With a loss to Norris in the second round of the Nebraska Class B Baseball Tournament, the South Sioux City Cardinals face a tough task of winning three straight games to get back in the title hunt.
• Iowa Girls High School Soccer Rankings
  The Iowa girls state soccer tournament is less than a month away, a few area teams still in the top 10 of their respective classes.
• Making the Cut -- Inside the decision making process of the Sioux City Explorers
  28 players started in camp just a week and a half ago. Three people, decide their fate. X's General Manager Shane Tritz, field manager Stan Cliburn and pitching coach James Frisbie, need to cut five players after only three exhibition games and four practices.
• Johnny Rodgers plays in 20th Siouxland Senior Open
  Teeing off in 1993, the Siouxland Senior Open is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Participating, is none-other than guest celebrity and former Nebraska Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers.
• South Sioux falls to Skutt in state soccer final
  South Sioux City lost to Omaha Skutt, 3-2, in the Class B boys state soccer championship on Tuesday in Omaha.