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Don’t Rely On Sirens During Severe Weather; They Are A Last Resort
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Monday was the first day of Severe Weather Awareness Week and only hours earlier shelf clouds and wall clouds hung over Minnesota, dropping heavy rain and hail. As the storm...
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Twins’ Morneau At 1st Base For 1st Time This Year
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Morneau found out he was being dropped to fifth in the Minnesota Twins’ lineup, allowing AL Player of the Week Josh Willingham to fit between him and Joe Mauer, and made a...
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More Than $15K In Copper Stolen From St. Cloud Business
ST. CLOUD (WCCO) – St. Cloud Police are asking for the public’s help after they say $15,000 to $20,000 worth of copper was stolen from a business. On Monday, police were dispatched to the 4800 block of...
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Parole Denied For Man Who Killed Robbinsdale Cop
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Corrections denied parole Monday for the man who killed a Robbinsdale police officer in 1985, saying Ronald Schneider has not shown he’s met the criteria required...
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Could Better Tornado Warnings Cause Complacency?
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters who issued dire warnings ahead of last weekend’s tornado outbreak in the Midwest deemed the effort a success Monday, largely because dozens of tornadoes hit yet caused...
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West Leads Pacers Past Timberwolves
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers approached Monday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves as though they were facing the Chicago Bulls or the Miami Heat. The Pacers rolled to a 25-point...
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Pavano, Morneau Help Twins Beat Yankees 7-3
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Pavano quieted an unfriendly Yankee Stadium crowd with seven solid innings, Justin Morneau played in the field for the first time this season and hit a long homer, and the...
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Minnesota House Committee Votes Down Vikings Stadium Bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —A Minnesota House committee voted down the Vikings stadium bill Monday night, dealing a major blow to the team’s decadelong effort to secure a taxpayer subsidy for a replacement...
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Officials Blame Smoking For High Cancer Rate, Residents Aren’t Convinced
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – New numbers are raising questions about cancer in one Twin Cities suburb. Last month, state health officials said Fridley had 10 percent more cancer cases than the state average...
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Weather Blog: Up And Down
Let’s start off with the good news: there isn’t a threat of severe weather this week. Nobody will wake up to 11 inches of wet, heavy snow in the morning. And Monday will be remembered as our coldest...
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Good Question: If You’re Not Part Of The 1%, What Percent Are You?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Money and class are a huge part of the national discourse right now. Who is the 20 percent, the 10 percent, the top 1 percent? Where does your family compare to the rest of...
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Click Here For Links From April 17, 2012
WCCO 4 News At Noon Tax Day Coupons Coupons for Tax Day Freebies can be found at the link below. Tax Day Freebies WCCO This Morning Tax Day Coupons Coupons for Tax Day Freebies can be found at the link...
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Teammates Rally For Former Gopher Diagnosed With Leukemia
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Eight months ago, a former Minnesota Gopher athlete got the shock of his life. Rob Smith learned he has an aggressive cancer. But his friends on his old baseball team stepped up...
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Vikings Stadium Bill Dealt Major Blow For 2012
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Vikings have had no stronger booster at Minnesota’s Capitol than Gov. Mark Dayton, who now faces the Herculean task of trying to keep the team’s bid to build a...
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DNR Seeks Input On Minn. Deer Population Goals
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Wildlife managers are seeking public input on revised deer population goals for southwestern and north-central Minnesota. The Department of Natural Resources is gathering the...
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Newborn DeBrazza’s Monkey To Debut At Minn. Zoo
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Zoo introduces a newborn De Brazza’s monkey to the public Tuesday. The monkey was born last Thursday and does not have a name yet. The zoo says so far the...
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Tech Minute: Time To Ditch That Old Computer?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Let’s face it, computers don’t last forever. But how do you know when it’s time to ditch your old computer for something new? Geek Squad agents take these types of questions all...
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Lab Tests: ND Patrol Captain Was Over Legal Limit
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Lab tests show that a North Dakota Highway Patrol captain arrested in Minnesota allegedly had a blood alcohol level nearly twice that state’s legal limit for driving. Grand...
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Bodies Of 2 Minnesotans ID’d From Cruise Ship Wreck
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO/AP) – CBS News has confirmed a White Bear Lake couple was among 30 people killed in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of Italy earlier this year. The bodies of Jerry...
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Services Held In Mpls. For Triple Murder Victims
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Funerals were held Tuesday morning for three members of one family killed inside a home day care. DeLois Brown and her parents, James and Clover Bolden, were found dead last week...
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