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Small helicopter crashes in Minnesota neighborhood
A helicopter contracted for mosquito control spraying crashed in a suburban neighborhood just east of St. Paul. Police say the small helicopter crashed in the backyard of a home in Maplewood, igniting the chopper and a detached garage. Maplewood Lt. Kerry Crotty says no one was in the house or garage when the helicopter went down shortly after 8 a.m. Police declined to say if anyone was hurt. ...
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Helicopter crashes near house in Minneapolis suburb
according to the Star Tribune . It's unclear if anyone was injured or killed in the crash, though the Star Tribune reported a medical examiner's office vehicle was at the crash site. The helicopter is believed to have been on a mosquito control spraying assignment, but that has not been confirmed. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash. Module type name is ...
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Automakers Finding Many Customers Now Appreciate Simplicity
DEARBORN, MI (WWJ) – After years of putting more and more features on computer screens, car companies are finding out that customers like to ';keep it simple.'; Ford says it will soon start adding old fashioned buttons and knobs to its audio systems. This comes as the company takes a closer look at some of the customer complaints involving ';MyFord Touch.'; The word ...
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Police Dodge County Burglary Suspect Arrested At Casino
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Authorities said a man suspected in a string of burglaries in southern Minnesota was arrested last week after being spotted at Mystic Lake ...
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Scooping Ice Cream For A World Record
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – Hundreds of people headed to White Bear Lake this week for a chance at breaking a world record. Their goal was to make the longest ice cream sundae in the world, while raising money for cancer research. WCCO-TV’s Edward Moody headed to Grandma’s Bakery, where the record attempt was being orchestrated. Over 500 people were expected to show up to ...
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Road Test 2013 Toyota Avalon
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It looks like Toyota may have finally figured out a way to make the Avalon, well, cool. In previous incarnations of Toyota’s take on the big American family car, Toyota put in a lot of functionality, a lot of value and a lot of reliability — and that’s all well and good — but you gotta bring style and soul to the table if you want to go up ...
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Poll indicates Daytons approval rating is up
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A newspaper's poll published Wednesday shows strong support for Gov. Mark Dayton with more than half of Minnesotans surveyed happy with his ...
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VIDEO The LeBron James Headband Game
James lost his signature accessory with just over 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, got a dunk on that very play and never replaced the headband the rest of the way. He finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Heat rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime in Game 6 of the NBA ...
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The Good Ol’ Days When Gas Was 93 Cents Per Gallon
ATLANTA (WAOK) – When I started driving, gas was 93 cents per gallon. I could fill my tank with $10 and have change for chips and a drink. Today, $10 will get you to the next gas station. The national average for a gallon of gas today is $3.62 per gallon. Help is on the way…or is it? Automobile manufacturers and our government are looking for ways to make the automobile more fuel ...
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Sporty New Corolla Aimed At Youthful Buyers
DETROIT (AP) – Toyota is giving the Corolla a sportier look and more gadgets, a recognition by the world’s biggest automaker that the under-50 crowd wants more than just reliability in a compact car. The world’s largest automaker rolled out the 2014 version of America’s top-selling compact Thursday night at a splashy event in Santa Monica, Calif., hoping to shed the old ...
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Best-selling Twin Cities author Vince Flynn dies of cancer at 47
Wednesday June 19, 2013 2005 profile: Through his fictional hero, CIA maverick Mitch Rapp, writer Vince Flynn has become a heavyweight in the ...
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1 Dead In Overnight Crash In Coon Rapids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Authorities said one person was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning in Coon Rapids after a car struck a cement ...
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Curiocity Food Truck Feature — Cave Cafe
With so many new -- and delicious -- food trucks hitting the streets of the Twin Cities each summer, it’s almost too tough to keep up. Well, fear not, we’re here to help. Here’s this week’s food truck ...
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Why The Spurs Must Win Game 7
Last night, the San Antonio Spurs possibly choked away a championship. They led the Miami Heat by 5 points with 20 seconds to play and lost in OT. That’s a choke. You don’t blow 5 point leads with 20 seconds to play. You just can’t do that. Not with a title on the ...
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Gopher Hockey Team Hands Out Awards
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The season has been over since early March, but the University of Minnesota men's hockey team handed out awards Tuesday night at the team's banquet at TCF Bank ...
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Helicopter crashes into garage in Twin Cities
The Star Tribune reports the helicopter may have been doing mosquito control spraying, and the head of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District was headed to the scene. The crash happened about 8:15 a.m. ...
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Goodhue County adopts frack sand mining rules
The regulations limit mines to 40 acres of exposed or uncovered ground at any one time. Operations are limited to 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The county gets authority to require air quality monitoring. And mines must be 1,000 feet from any existing dwelling or platted residential ...
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LeBron Leads Heat To Game 6 OT Win
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Minnesota mayors take victory lap on local aid bump
Mayors from around Minnesota are gathering to discuss how an $80 million bump in state aid to cities will affect their cities. The increased local government aid also means $40 million more for counties and $10 million for townships. The mayors were meeting Wednesday with Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans. Local government aid was an attractive target for state budget cutters over the years, ...
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Helicopter Crashes In Maplewood Injuries Unknown
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office has confirmed with WCCO-TV that a helicopter crashed near the 2700 block of 7th Street in Maplewood. Dispatch reports indicate that the helicopter crashed into a detached garage of a residence, but it is not known at this time if anyone is injured. The area is just east of Highway 36 and McKnight Road in Maplewood. WCCO has a crew headed to the scene and ...
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MN Author Vince Flynn Dies At 47
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota author Vince Flynn has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. WCCO-TV has learned that Flynn died Wednesday morning at United Hospital in St. Paul. Flynn has authored 15 novels centered around the character of Mitch Rapp, an undercover CIA agent. The majority of those novels have made it to the New York Times bestseller list. After releasing his ...
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DNR Man Mauled By Bear In Wis.
SHELL LAKE,Wis. (AP) -- A man who was attacked by a black bear in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering at a hospital in the Twin Cities. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the man was attacked while out in his yard near Shell Lake Monday about 9:30 p.m. DNR carnivore specialist David MacFarland says the man’s dog apparently had initiated contact with the bear before the ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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Duluth Still Recovering 1 Year After Flooding
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It came on faster than anyone could have imagined. One year ago today, 10 inches of rain fell north of the Twin Cities in Duluth, causing widespread flooding. And today a lot of rebuilding still needs to be done. Many roads washed away from the force of the water and created sinkholes large enough to swallow cars. The floods also hit the Lake Superior Zoo, drowning ...
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Authorities Find Body Of College Student From Northfield
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Authorities said late Monday they recovered the body of a missing college student from Northfield. David Rodgers hadn't been seen since April, when the UW-Eau Claire student apparently fell off a pedestrian bridge in Eau Claire and went into a river. Authorities said his body was recovered late Monday from the Chippewa River. Rodgers, 20, was a sophomore at UW-Eau ...
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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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