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Cyber Monday Great For Travel Deals, Too
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It turns out Cyber Monday is a good time to shop for vacations. Combine a slow week at the hotels, with some Thanksgiving dinner conversations and you have a hot week for travel...
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New Guidelines To Curb Infant Flat Head Syndrome
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More babies are getting flat heads from sleeping on their backs, so the American Academy of Pediatrics is releasing some new guidelines for the problem. Since doctors recommended...
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Barney Frank’s Best YouTube Moments
Barney Frank announced Monday he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Frank could usually be depended on to offer some great sound bites. Here’s a collection of some of his...
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Countdown To Stadium Hearings At State Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – The Minnesota Senate on Tuesday will hold highly-anticipated hearings on whether to build the Minnesota Vikings a new stadium. The Senate calls them “informational” hearings,...
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Next Step For Cirrus Aircraft: Small Jets
DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) — To say that Dale Klapmeier is excited about general aviation would be a gross understatement. Klapmeier is co-founder and CEO of Duluth-based Cirrus Aircraft, the company that...
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Oscar-Nominated Director Dies
Ken Russell, who directed the Oscar-nominated 1970 movie “Women in Love,” died over the weekend at 84. Some of his other notable films include “The Devils,” “Tommy,” “The Boy Friend” and “Altered...
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HIV-Positive Man Sentenced For Having Unprotected Sex
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Hennepin County judge sentenced Monday a man who was convicted of having unprotected sex knowing all the while he was HIV-positive. This is the first case of knowingly...
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What Gingrich’s N.H. Endorsement Means
The endorsement of Newt Gingrich over the weekend by the Union Leader newspaper had many politicos buzzing. Check out CNN’s take on what the endorsement really means. [CNN]
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EPA Completes Minneapolis Arsenic Cleanup
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an arsenic cleanup project in south Minneapolis. The EPA says it finished digging Sept. 21 on the last of 472 properties. The...
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Walker Recall Effort Says 300,000 Signatures In 12 Days
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Organizers of the effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office said Monday they have collected 300,000 signatures, more than half of what is needed to force...
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Stalin’s Daughter Lana Peters Dies In Wis. At 85
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a best-selling author, has died. She was 85....
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Kim Vs. Kris … Who Was Worse?
People Magazine continues to force the important questions on the most pressing issues of the day. Kardashian vs. Humphries. Who was worse? [People]
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TLC’s T-Boz Files For Bankruptcy, Again
Old habits die hard. TLC band member, T-Boz, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy for the second time since doing so in 1995. TMZ reports that Tionne Watkins aka T-Boz filed for bankruptcy in October....
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Stalin’s Daughter Dies In Wisconsin
Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of the infamous Joseph Stalin, died on Nov. 22 in Wisconsin, where she has lived off and on after becoming a U.S. citizen. Svetlana, a.k.a. Lana Peter, fled the...
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Kardashians Break Record With Premiere Of Show
There may have been an online campaign to get the Kardashians off the air, but it apparently didn’t stop close to 3.2 million viewers from tuning in to Sunday’s premiere of “Kourtney & Kim Take New...
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Backstrom Steadies Wild In 3-1 Win Over Lightning
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Niklas Backstrom rebounded from a rough game and an early exit with 32 saves, and the Minnesota Wild stopped a two-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning...
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Woman Alleges Long Affair With Cain
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an explosive allegation, a Georgia woman said Monday she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former...
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Forever Alone: Japanese Singles
An amazing 61 percent of Japanese single men ages 18-34 said they don’t have a girlfriend (or boyfriend) and don’t want one, a Japanese government study found. Japan has one of the lowest birth rates...
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MDA: Beware Of Bugs When Buying Trees Online
The Agriculture Department is warning consumers about buying Christmas trees and wreaths online that come with bugs that destroy forests. The department is asking consumers to get proof from online...
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Pope Faces Lawsuit For Not Buckling UP
Seriously. German authorities confirmed that the spiritual leader of the Catholic church is being sued for not wearing a seat belt during his Popemobile drive through the country. [Hurriyet Daily News]
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