House Rejects Capitol Restoration Bill By 1 Vote
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A $221 million plan to renovate the state Capitol failed by one vote Thursday in the Minnesota House despite pleas from project supporters, including a lawmaker who pleaded for...
View ArticleCuddyer Feeling Right At Home In Rockies Lineup
DENVER (AP) — Michael Cuddyer has settled in at the plate much faster than at his new place. Then again, feeling at home on the field was always the easy part for the Colorado Rockies outfielder....
View ArticleNews Apprentice
Title: News Apprentice Department: News Shift: Varies Date: 4/19/2012 JOB DESCRIPTION: CBS Television Stations implemented the News Apprenticeship Program in 2005. The purpose of the Program is to...
View ArticleMinn. Legislator Finds ND Capitol Lacking
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota legislator trying to build support to restore the state’s crumbling Capitol took a shot at North Dakota in doing so. House Majority Leader Matt Dean was speaking on...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Connection To Rochester Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 22-year-old man is behind bars in connection with the homicide of a 47-year-old man in Rochester. Police said they found the body of David Alan Biester, of Rochester, a little...
View ArticleCharges: Man Stole Copper Wire From Light Rail Station
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 60-year-old man is accused of trying to steal copper wire from a light rail station in St. Paul and causing nearly $20,000 in damage, according to charges filed Thursday in...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Gave Birth On The Toilet, Kept Body In Her Room
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after they say a Minneapolis woman gave birth to a boy in her bathroom, kept his body in her room and later brought him to her mother’s home in...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Murder After Drug Overdose In Rogers
ROGERS, Minn. (WCCO) – A 32-year-old Rogers woman has been charged with two felonies after her 32-year-old boyfriend died of a drug overdose back in February, according to authorities. The Hennepin...
View ArticleVikings Threatened? NFL Boss Headed To Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s latest stadium snag has the NFL publicly questioning the state’s interest in keeping the Vikings and league Commissioner Roger Goodell is concerned enough that he’s...
View ArticlePolice: ‘U Of M’ Student Stalked, Ex-Boyfriend Assaulted
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities are investigating after a University Of Minnesota student told police she needed to leave her Minneapolis apartment to get away from an aggressive stalker. According to...
View ArticleJudge: Senser’s Silence Can’t Be Used Against Her
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Next week one of the most anticipated Twin Cities criminal trials in recent memory will get underway. Amy Senser faces three counts of criminal vehicular homicide in connection...
View ArticleWoman Back Home Nearly 1 Year After North Minneapolis Tornado
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- If you hear tornado sirens going off Thursday, don’t be alarmed. Just be aware, as they’re a reminder to everyone that the season for tornadoes is near. The drills and sirens are...
View ArticleDNR: After Geocaching Program Ends, Another Is Set To Begin
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunting activity for out-of-doors types, will continue following a short break after the current program ends next month, the DNR says. The...
View ArticleMN State Trooper Talks Dangers Of Distracted Driving
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Part of a statewide campaign involving nearly 400 Minnesota law enforcement officers, law enforcement are making an extra effort to find distracted drivers Thursday. Distracted...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Bridles At Neighbor’s Capitol Insult
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s governor has bitten back at a Minnesota lawmaker who compared his state’s Depression-era Capitol building to an insurance office, calling the critic ignorant of...
View Article18 Arrested During Immigration Raids In Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities say 18 people have been arrested in Iowa on warrants for immigration violations. A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt says the...
View ArticleAuthorities Say Iowa Mom Drowned Boy Under Faucet
ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa mother held her infant son under a bathtub faucet to drown him. Twenty-four-old Ashley Cameron, of Onawa in western Iowa’s Monona County, has been charged...
View ArticleLittle Girl Wins Penmanship Award
7-year-old Annie Clark got a trophy and $1,000 as one of two national winners of the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellent Penmanship. Click here to read story and see video.
View ArticleMovie Blog @ MSPIFF, Day 9: ‘Year Of The Tiger’
Besides daggers, mirrors and labyrinths, the Argentinian poet Borges felt an intense connection to tigers, and while reading Kipling’s Jungle Book as a kid, he was upset that Shere Khan was a villain...
View ArticleLooking For A Used Car? Wait Until June
If you’re looking to buy or sell a used car, take note: the National Automobile Dealers Association says that used car values are about to peak. If they’re right, now could be the perfect time to...
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