Tuesday 9th March, 2010
Chilean police recover $3 mn worth of looted goods
Minneapolis News.NetChilean police have recovered roughly $3 million worth of goods that were looted in the southern city of Concepcion and neighbouring towns after the Feb 27 earthquake, authorities said.
Lindsay Lohan demands $100 mn over 'milkaholic' ad
Minneapolis News.NetTroubled actress Lindsay Lohan may not be getting the plum film roles anymore, but she might bring in millions in a lawsuit over a widely viewed television ad.
24 car dealers in Minnesota are back in business
Star TribuneStillwater Motors was down to the last few Buicks on the lot. But the third-generation General Motors dealership is looking to the future and ready to order -- and hire -- again after GM included it ...
Bill stuck on sex offender funding
Star TribuneThe fate of $1 billion in proposed building projects across Minnesota could pivot on one question that state lawmakers are having a hard time getting answered: How much will it cost to expand the stat...
3M's plan to burn more waste draws fire in Cottage Grove
Star TribuneA chasm of mistrust between many Cottage Grove residents and the city's major employer, 3M Co., is widening as a plan to bring more materials to the state's only hazardous waste incinerator proceeds. ...
Costco looks like a go for Grossman auto site
Star TribuneOnly the thumbs-up from what appears to be an enthusiastic City Council stands in the way of the long-rumored opening of a Costco in Burnsville. The Burnsville Planning Commission voted 6-0 on Monday...
3M's plan to burn more waste draws fire in Cottage Grove
Star TribuneA chasm of mistrust between many Cottage Grove residents and the city's major employer, 3M Co., is widening as a plan to bring more materials to the state's only hazardous waste incinerator proceeds. ...
Lib. ed. requirements to change next fall
The Minnesota DailyEffective fall 2010, the University of Minnesota will change some liberal education requirements, although many of the changes will not affect current students, the University announced Tuesday. Ever...
Race-related controversy causes drug flop
The Minnesota DailyJay Cohn, a cardiologist for more than 50 years, was fighting a losing battle against heart failure in the 1980s. Treatments of the day weren’t working, and people were dying at a rate of 20 percent...
Dead Sea Scrolls come to St. Paul
The Minnesota DailyIsrael Antiquities Authority Coordinator of Special Projects Helena Sokolov, front, centers the 2,000 year-old scroll jar and lid at the Science Museum of Minnesota on Thursday as other conservation w...
Medical schools gain ground in tax debate
The Minnesota DailyStill in the midst of a lengthy battle with the Internal Revenue Service over whether medical school residents qualify for a student exemption from payroll taxes, universities and medical students acr...
U grad to take a second shot at House of Representatives
The Minnesota DailyDespite being defeated in 2008 by more 40 percent of the vote, University of Minnesota alumnus Ole Hovde is taking another shot at the Minnesota House of Representatives. Hovde, who graduated from th...
U study reveals evolutionary traits
The Minnesota DailyA University of Minnesota study that took place in Papua New Guinea identified important evolutionary information using a process that revealed diversity within a species. Widely known for its abilit...
Reports of indecent exposure lead to arrest
The Minnesota DailyA Minneapolis man was arrested Sunday in the Southeast Como neighborhood after University of Minnesota police responded to reports of a man exposing himself in front of an apartment building. Roger P...
After Slow Start, Tornado Season Under Way
WCCORead More Weather News Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as "Tornado Alley" could lead to an active spring -- perhaps starting wi...
Group Says 20 GM Dealers In MN Will Be Reinstated
WCCORead More Business News Twenty auto dealers in Minnesota have received preliminary calls from General Motors Co. saying their franchises will be reinstated as GM dealers. The Minnesota Auto Deale...
Minnesota homeschool field trips with homeschool days at Mount Kato or Ice Age 2010
ExaminerView all » Homeschool families in Minnesota have two field trip options available in March, one involving snow skis, the other ice – as in Ice Age. Even though many in the area have been e...
Info 101: movie-music news 29: Glen Campbell in Mille Lacs, MN, April 16-17.
Examiner6/6/2007: Public Domain; source-en.wikipedia; author: original-LawriM at en.wikipedia; later versions-TimSeid1 at en.wikipedia. The veteran singer/songwriter/actor will bring his band to the Mille Lac...
Roasted red pepper & tomato soup - enriched
ExaminerYou say pasta e fagioli; I say pasta fazhool Many of us subscribe to family dinners -everyone around the table when it's possible. Dinner planned, prepped and cooked with fresh ingredients. It is cert...
Grand jury adds new charges, including bankruptcy fraud, against Hecker
Pioneer Press< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } A federal grand jury added more criminal charges against Denny Hecker today, raising the stakes just his lawyers have asked to step aside because they haven't been ...
Concert news: Steve Martin bringing his banjo to State Theatre in Minneapolis
Pioneer PressSteve Martin plays the Banjo at the press conference for 'Pink Panther 2' as part of the 59th Berlin Film Festival at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 13, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images: Sean...
New tool lets patients call shots at end of their lives
Star TribuneDoug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy. He got his wish a year ago at age 83, when h...
Blog boast: 'Great escape' at Mpls. City Hall
Star TribuneAfter learning last week that a sheriff's deputy was about to serve him a lawsuit in Minneapolis City Hall, a North Side activist slipped out through a back office -- accompanied by an aide to Mayor R...
St. Paul suspends police academy
Star TribuneAfter going so far as to interview and narrow its recruit list, St. Paul police have scuttled an April police academy in the face of proposed budget cuts and anecdotal evidence that fewer officers are...
MnDOT worker's arm is caught in auger
Star TribuneA Minnesota Department of Transportation worker was hospitalized Tuesday after his sleeve got caught in an auger being used to take soil samples, the State Patrol said. The worker and at least one ot...
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