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Teen Dies of Cancer After Touching Millions With Song
Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old whose battle with cancer became a global story, has died. The Minnesota native became famous when his song "Clouds,rdquo; which is about facing death, became a viral sensation on YouTube, topping 3 million views. The song was originally released in December of last year. The video was so popular that a group of celebrities were inspired to create a ...
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Body recovered from Mississippi River near Ford Dam
St. Paul and has been recovered, authorities said. The report to the Fire Department came in about 8 a.m., with fire personnel pulling the body from the water about two hours later and turning it over to the Ramsey County medical examiner's office, said Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard. Police at the scene said the body is that of a white male. There is no other information yet about the age or ...
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Vacant theater in Uptown will likely be retail space
One of the most glaring holes in the Hennepin-Lake retail corridor is the historic Granada Theater, an empty building wedged between the Apple store and a Thai restaurant. ...
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Charges Duluth man woman sold teen girls for sex in Backpage ads
In yet another case of online classifieds being used for sex trafficking of minors, a Duluth ex-con and a woman are accused of posting seductive ads on Backpage.com month after month and selling teenage girls for sex in several ...
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Utah police close missing mom case after 3 years
Dear Miss Manners o The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, ...
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Minnesota farmers plant 70 percent of corn crop
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Favorable weather has helped Minnesota farmers catch up from a late start to get 70 percent of their corn crop planted. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota says warm, dry weather gave farmers their best week for fieldwork yet this season. Statewide, an average of 5.1 days were suitable for fieldwork last week. That let corn ...
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Grim search and rescue moves ahead after OK tornado
MOORE, Okla. -- The grim work of search, rescue and recovery spun into a second day Tuesday in central Oklahoma after a massive and murderous tornado blasted through the ...
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Unsettled weather continues in metro
MINNEAPOLIS - Unsettled weather continues for now a fifth day across the region. Bring your umbrella with you again today as we'll continue to see spotty, hit & miss showers, and even isolated thunderstorms once again. In between, we'll see some peeks of sunshine. Temps will be a bit cooler today with highs near 70. Overnight a few more showers are possible and we'll see the ...
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Add Some Edible Herbs To Your Garden
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Not everything you plant in your garden this spring has to be colorful. Some plants stand out because they are edible. And nothing compares to the fragrance and flavor of fresh herbs. WCCO stepped into a garden center to take a look at the herbs and vegetables you could be growing right now. Therese Sexe, who designs containers at Leitner’s Garden Center in St. ...
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Tips To Stay Safe During Dog Bite Prevention Week
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 800,000 people require medical attention for dog bites each year in the U.S. Children are the most common victims. There's an easy way to avoid such problems with your pet: Find the right park for your pet to interact with other dogs and lower their stress. You'll want to let them play and not force it that gives them the best ...
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Medtronic cutting 500 jobs in Minnesota 2000 total
Fridley-based Medtronic is eliminating 2,000 jobs worldwide including about 500 positions in Minnesota. The medical device manufacturer announced the job cuts during a conference call Tuesday, May 21, to discuss fourth-quarter earnings results. About half the worldwide cuts are hitting the company's workforce in the United States, said Gary Ellis, the company's chief financial ...
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Best Buy beats again on earnings but profits get squeezed
An employee attaches price tags to displays at a Best Buy Co. store in Emeryville, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Best Buy Co., the electronics, appliance and entertainment retailer, is expected to release quarterly earnings on March 29. Photographer: Three months ago, Best Buy Co. Inc. cheered up investors with a better-than-expected show of revenue and earnings, and investors ...
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Legislature wraps session with taxes and bonding
The Minnesota Legislature made its deadline of passing a budget by five minutes sending a bill that will raise taxes on the richest Minnesotans (and others) and resolve a $627 million deficit. The Star Tribune has a report on the $2.1 billion tax bill, which passed 36-30. DFL leaders said it would resolve years of deficits run by the state, while Republican opponents said it raised taxes ...
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Three firms bid for crucial Vikings stadium parking sites
Parking lot proposals rarely garner much attention. But they usually don't have a $400 million, downtown-remaking project riding on them. Those are the stakes for the parking ramps set to surround the planned Minnesota Vikings stadium, however, which is why the rights to build them will likely be hotly fought over. The Pioneer Press reports on the three companies that submitted bids for the ...
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Pentagon UnitedHealth still too slow
The Defense Department has relaxed rules for thousands of military families that are covered by a newly won contract by UnitedHealth Group Inc., saying that the insurer is still taking too long to provide care. The Star Tribune reports on the move, the latest evidence that Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) is having more trouble than expected taking over the $20.5 billion contract to ...
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Stalled Bloomington hotel is back on
Bloomingtons City Council approved plans for a 300-room hotel along American Boulevard, putting a project that had been shelved for more than five years back on track. Sun Newspapers reports that McGough Development and Construction is revisiting its hotel plan last approved in 2006 at 350 rooms at the intersection of 33rd Avenue and American Boulevard East. The developer is also planning an ...
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Lineup for Minnesota State Fairs free stages includes Hanson...
Hanson Brotherly pop trio Hanson, R&B act Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Prince's pal Sheila E. are among the artists set to play the Minnesota State Fair's free stages. The full lineup for the Fair's major free stage, the Leinie Lodge Bandshell, includes country vocalist Sunny Sweeney (Aug. 22-23), classic rockers Blue Oyster Cult (Aug. 24-25), Hanson (Aug. 26-27), ...
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Ideal Diner planning a relaunch
Ideal Diner, the tiny, long-lived Central Avenue eatery that was closed for vacation, then closed for real, might be opening again. That, for now, is pretty much all the information that there is. Mpls.St. Paul Magazine writer Stephanie March spotted an "opening soon" sign in the shuttered-since-winter restaurant, along with a posting seeking cooks. There's no telling who's ...
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3500 apartments are coming. Somebodys going to need shirts
The planned Opus rental tower in Minneapolis A bevy of residential developments could reshape Minneapolis' downtown core in the coming years. Haberdasher Bob White just bet $200,000 on it. White, the owner of men's store Hubert White, just finished a pricey upgrade of his shop at IDS Center, the Star Tribune reports one of just a handful of independent clothiers (others include Len ...
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Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. The electronics retailer says net loss for the three months ended May 4 after paying preferred dividends totaled $81 million, or 24 cents per share. That compares with net income of $158 million, or 46 cents per ...
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Minn. Lawmakers Wrap Up Historic Session
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers worked right up to the end Monday before adjourning a session that produced $2.1 billion in tax hikes and a historic vote on gay marriage. The gavel fell after a frenetic final push to wrap up major issues. A lock on power by Democrats guaranteed they would get most of their wish list. In a $38.3 billion budget, lawmakers raised taxes on top ...
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Snapshot More t-storms + Twins lose + 51 killed in OK tornado photos + Body found in car at Mpls towing lot Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Trish Regan, Adam Johnson and Matt Miller report on todays ten most important stocks including Activis, Red Hat and Yahoo. (Source: Bloomberg) A Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner aircraft operated by United Continental Holdings Inc., sits on the tarmac at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Monday. Boeing Co.s 787 Dreamliner is poised to clear another ...
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Minnesota Legislature clears tax hikes ... and heads home
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } After a series of late-night floor debates and intense last-minute bargaining, Minnesota lawmakers brought the 2013 legislative session to a dramatic close late Monday night, May 20, by passing a massive tax increase needed to pay for hefty boosts in school funding and property tax relief. As the clock wound down toward the midnight deadline, lawmakers ...
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OK ME Tornado death toll now at 91 including 20 kids
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner says 91 people have now died from the day's deadly tornadoes, and at least 20 of those victims are children. At last check, officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 140 patients, including about 70 children, since the massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot says nine of 57 patients who ...
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Block E's future finally brighter?
Block E has long been cursed with misfortune and a bad reputation. The acquisition of the mall of the same name, which stands on a block with a troubled history, may signal a change in fortune for the area.
Block E. For residents of Minneapolis the downtown city block has been a source of good times and bad, highs and lows, affluence and squalor, for almost one hundred years. Read more
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