Winds Leave Thousands Without Power In Calif.
Tens of thousands of people are still without power — four days after Santa Ana winds blew across California. [CNN]
View ArticlePublic Input Sought On Health Insurance Exchange
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A series of websites that will simulate an idea of what Minnesota’s future health insurance marketplace could look like will be unveiled Monday. The Minnesota-Made Health Insurance...
View ArticleLuxury Cars Wrecked In Tokyo Highway Accident
There were a number of high-priced vehicles involved in a highway traffic accident in Tokyo today. Here’s the story from CBS News.
View ArticleRoundy’s Supermarkets Files For IPO
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., which operates 158 grocery stores in three states, expects to raise $230 million through an initial public stock offering. The Milwaukee-based Roundy’s is...
View ArticleQ and A With Disney’s Snow White, A Minn. Native
It’s just about every little girl’s dream to grow up and one day become a princess. And for Apple Valley’s Katie Lingen, she’s just about as close as you can get. [WCCO Curiocity]
View ArticleDayton To Counties: No Relief In Surplus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is telling leaders of Minnesota’s counties that he’s sympathetic to their financial difficulties, but he’s not promising any relief. Dayton spoke Monday in...
View ArticleDriver That Died After Crashing Into Lake Vadnais Identified
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) — A 46-year-old man who police say was driving the wrong way before crashing into a swamp Sunday evening has died. The crash happened just after 8 p.m. along Vadnais...
View ArticleMan Dies After Flipping Truck Into Swamp
The driver of a pick-up truck is dead after he flipped the vehicle into Lake Vadnais. [WCCO]
View ArticleWoman Uses Treadmill As A Dance Floor
What does your morning workout routine consist of? A jog around the lake, maybe some work on the elliptical? Well, here are some new moves that may have you seeing treadmills in an all new light.
View ArticleMan Arrested For DWI After Crashing Into Parade Float
Buffalo County sheriff’s authorities say a man is facing charges in his seventh drunken driving case after crashing his car into a float carrying children in a Christmas parade. [La Crosse Tribune]
View ArticleMaple Grove Teacher On Paid Leave After Experiment Burns 4
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (WCCO) — The Maple Grove science teacher that conducted an experiment, which subsequently exploded and burned four students, has been placed on paid administrative leave. Barb Olson,...
View ArticleGingrich Releases 1st Ad In Presidential Run
With Herman Cain out of the race and many polls showing Newt Gingrich as the one making the biggest gains in the GOP presidential race, Gingrich now releases his first advertisement. [CNN]
View ArticleTalk About Snail Mail … Slow Down Coming To Post Office
If you expect your Christmas card to get to your Aunt or Cousin in the next day or two — think again. Mail delivery could be getting slower, as the Post Office looks to cut costs. [WCCO]
View ArticleDayton Mulls Next Steps On Child Care Union
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he plans to meet with the state attorney general to consider the next steps on a union push for in-home child care providers. Dayton reacted...
View ArticleMedical Examiner ID’s Mpls. Man Stomped To Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 49-year-old man who police say was beaten by a 21-year-old Minneapolis man last month died as a result of blunt force injuries. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified...
View ArticleJudge Blocks Child Care Union Vote
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Ramsey County judge on Monday blocked a unionization vote by Minnesota child care workers that was to get under way this week, saying the issue must go through the state...
View ArticleNonprofit Bike Shop Opens In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A new, nonprofit bike shop called Venture North opened Monday in north Minneapolis and it offers its community sales, repairs and coffee. But it doesn’t just sell bikes, it...
View ArticleAstronomers Find Biggest Black Hole Yet
Astronomers report that they have taken the measure of the biggest, baddest black holes yet found in the universe, abyssal yawns 10 times the size of our solar system into which billions of Suns have...
View ArticleScientists Find Two Huge Black Holes
Scientists have found two black holes billions of times bigger (my brain hurts just writing this) than our sun. These incredibly massive light-sucking ghosts of dead stars are helping scientists...
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