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Bus company confident of cause of tour bus crash
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota bus company remains confident that a driver's sudden medical emergency led to the fatal tour bus crash earlier this week that killed two and injured 20.
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Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year
WASHINGTON - Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.
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Alabama court: Minnesota pilot death claims to be heard
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that negligence claims against two aircraft firms in the 2002 death of a Minnesota pilot were wrongly thrown out.
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State House tells court Pawlenty abused budget law
ST. PAUL - Lawyers for the Minnesota House spell out in a 34-page brief why they believe Gov. Tim Pawlenty misused a state law to enact budget cuts without legislative consent.
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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud be…
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:25 am
Our view: Unbalanced checks ... the DFL doesn't get it
If you're keeping track at home, be careful, this could get messy:
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Man charged in UI vandalism pleads not guilty
DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Minnesota activist arrested in the 2004 animal rights vandalism at the University of Iowa has pleaded not guilty in federal court.
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Video game watchdog group to close
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis nonprofit group best known as a video game watchdog is closing its doors at the end of the year due to a lack of funding.
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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying…
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am
Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am
Palin memoir avoids serious issues
There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin’s memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Guest view: House bill is fair, effective health care reform
Americans agree the health insurance system in our country is broken.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Karen Graves: ‘Reform' could destroy health care system
A health care forum was held Nov. 7 in Rochester. We received an interesting handout, a Nov. 1, article from The Wall Street Journal headlined "The worst bill ever," "Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all."
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Megan Hatfield: We'll all miss you, coach
Words cannot even begin to describe how much coach John Ruggeberg will be missed by the Winona Senior High runners.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Lawyer denied access to terror suspect
ST. PAUL - A Minnesota law professor and advocate for Somali immigrants in the state says he was denied access to a Minneapolis man who is being held on terrorism charges in the Netherlands.
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Ramsey County marks adoption day with 35 adoptions
ST. PAUL - Ramsey County is observing National Adoption Day by finalizing the adoptions of 35 children to 24 families in one afternoon ceremony.
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Minn-Kota Red Cross has new director
FARGO, N.D. - The Minn-Kota Chapter of the American Red Cross has a new director.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
The museum formally known as Ironworld closes
CHISHOLM, Minn. - The financially strapped museum in Chisholm formerly called Ironworld has closed. No reopening date has been set.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
A fair (trade) deal
Edna Fitzmaurice trailed her fingers along the bumps and creases of a blue handwoven basket. She won’t feel guilty buying this basket — she knows it wasn’t made in a sweatshop factory or by slave labor.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Trempealeau County to cut jobs
Trempealeau County will eliminate the jobs of at least six employees, including the directors of two county departments, by Jan. 1 under the 2010 budget approved by the county board.
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