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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Minneapolis News.Net http://www.minneapolisnews.net/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:38:33 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:38:33 -0500 30 The latest political polls suggest there may be some surprises left in the race to determine which Republican candidate will represent his party in the November presidential election. http://www.minneapolisnews.net/story/203257384 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:28 -0500 VoA - USA http://www.minneapolisnews.net/story/203257384 LAKE WACONIA, Minn. - It might have been Super Bowl Sunday, but a boisterous crowd packed into a winery here to listen to Rick Santorum, without a television set in ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203265135&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:16:25 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203265135&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Rick Santorum started off a campaign swing in Minnesota Sunday at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, telling about 3,400 parishioners about his personal spiritual journey and how it guides his political ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203265136&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:27 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203265136&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Thirty puppies found a new home Sunday after being rescued from a puppy mill in Utah. The puppies are all sorts of small breeds, and pet advocates say the dogs were used ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263436&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:51:07 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263436&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A family tragedy forced a DeLaSalle high school basketball player to move her game to another level. Tyseanna Johnson’s brother had a heart attack on the court and ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263437&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:51:02 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263437&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 ST. CROIX, Minn. (WCCO) — Never does chocolate get as much attention as it does right now — the days leading up to Valentine’s Day. Feb. 14 is a little more than a week away, so ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263438&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:57 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263438&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says there is going to be a major announcement Monday concerning a Vikings stadium. Rybak told WCCO Radio that the announcement concerns the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263435&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:49 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263435&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 RECAP: Kevin Love had 25 points and 17 rebounds, and Luke Ridnour added 22 points to lead Minnesota past Houston on Saturday night at Target Center. Ricky Rubio also had a double-double with 13 ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263440&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:23:11 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203263440&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 When a plane piloted by Twin Cities entrepreneur Luke Bucklin disappeared with his three sons on board in October 2010, his ex-wife temporarily moved in with his wife. Together, they waited for ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262197&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:40 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262197&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Newlyweds Scott Strand and KK Thomson were delighted to close last fall on a modest rambler in Edina, where they both grew up and wanted to live after they got married. At the end of the year, ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262199&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:35 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262199&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 WILLMAR, MINN. - A rural Montevideo man has been charged with rustling a herd of Holstein steers from a western Minnesota feedlot and selling them as his own cattle. Richard Kenneth Nelson, 40, was ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262198&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:29 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262198&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS — Washington's 28th-ranked women's tennis team took the first four points of the match and handed Minnesota its first defeat, 5-2 on Sunday. The Huskies' Denise Dy ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262193&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:17:13 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262193&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute score to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York’s fourth ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262194&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:15:06 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262194&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rick Santorum will attend events in Rochester Monday - one day before Minnesota's caucuses. A release from his campaign says Santorum ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262195&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:15:02 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262195&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Firefighters are battling a fire at a Northfield nursing home, authorities said. The fire started shortly after 7 p.m. at ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262196&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:14:58 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262196&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 LAS VEGAS — Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262192&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:51:24 -0500 Deseret News http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203262192&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Woodbury exceeded the Metropolitan Council's goals for building affordable housing from 1996 through 2010. But, given market conditions, city officials say there's no way Washington ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261046&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:59:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261046&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 06 About 2,500 University of Minnesota students looking for deals at campus-area restaurants are using a new app developed by a team of University students and alumni. With College ByME, an app ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261043&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:37 -0500 The Minnesota Daily http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261043&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 University student teacher Amanda Borgardt leads a class of third graders through a set of math problems Friday at Earle Brown Elementary IB World School in Brooklyn Center. A proposed bill in the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261042&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:35 -0500 The Minnesota Daily http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261042&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 The Henry B. Frey mansion at 1206 Fifth Street SE has plans for renovation to become the American Indian Movement Interpretive Center, pending ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261041&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:35 -0500 The Minnesota Daily http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261041&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 06 A digital helper will wade through millions of lines of code to make the University of Minnesota's websites more user-friendly. The goal is to fix various coding problems that make the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261040&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:33 -0500 The Minnesota Daily http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261040&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Penn State took coach Coquese Washington's message of patience to heart and rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat Minnesota 68-65 in a Big Ten women's basketball game ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261047&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:08:39 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203261047&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The search for a missing Britton, S.D., man who apparently got lost in dense fog has a happy ending as he was discovered more than 300 miles from home in Minnesota. KELO-TV in ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259711&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:18:36 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259711&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. - A memorial Mass has been scheduled for a Minnesota couple who are missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster, their family announced Sunday. Jerry and Barbara Heil, of ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259710&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:18:31 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259710&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Robert Leach, executive director of the state medical board, said people would be confused if malpractice awards were posted with no ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259709&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:18:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203259709&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The Crave restaurant in St. Louis Park isn’t serving alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday. A manager at Crave who called herself Kim - she didn't give a last name - said the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258185&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:18:01 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258185&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Santorum In MN Sunday, February 5: 9:30am Grace Church 9301 Eden Prairie Road Eden Prairie, MN 12:30pm Senator Santorum will visit the St. Philip’s Catholic Church pancake breakfast in ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258186&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:57 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258186&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 LONGVILLE, Minn. - Cass County authorities are investigating the stabbing death of a Walker man in the Longville area of northern Minnesota. Sheriff Tom Burch said in a statement Sunday that ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258187&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:47:09 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203258187&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 RED WING, Minn. -- A Canadian Pacific train derailed along the Mississippi River in Red Wing Sunday morning leaving 19 train cars off the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256938&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:51:53 -0500 KARE 11 http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256938&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Reserve guard Chip Armelin scored 15 points and Minnesota took advantage of Nebraska’s poor shooting in the second half to pull away for a 69-61 victory on Sunday. ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256933&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:21 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256933&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) -- A storm chaser featured on The Weather Channel has been killed in a head-on collision in northeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol hasn’t released the names of ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256935&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:17 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256935&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Newt Gingrich is coming to Minnesota. After visits from Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and most recently, Rick Santorum, Gingrich has announced he will also make a stop in the ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256936&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:13 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256936&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) — A 9-year-old boy was suspended last week after he mimicked Michael Jackson’s crotch grab during a rendition of ';Billie Jean'; at school. Lenny Boberg ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256937&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:07 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203256937&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mitt Romney could face a significant challenge in Minnesota. The mood has changed since the former Massachusetts governor won the state’s caucuses in 2008. A ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203254883&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:31:10 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203254883&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 PORTLAND, Ore. -- A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253708&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:10:11 -0500 KARE 11 http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253708&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Not only is this a presidential election year but a year in which many members of congress will seek re-election. That includes the woman who has represented ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253706&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:57:40 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253706&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Public Policy Polling survey in Minnesota shows a tight contest heading into Tuesday's caucuses. Rick Santorum holds a small edge over Mitt Romney, 29% to 27%, with Newt Gingrich at 22% and ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253712&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:16 -0500 Political Wire http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203253712&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists to designate a sober driver before watching the Super Bowl. The DPS Office of Traffic Safety has kept ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203252434&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:25 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203252434&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Kevin Love had 25 points and 18 rebounds Saturday and the Minnesota Timberwolves reached .500 for the first time this season with a 100-91 win over the Houston ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203250899&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:04:40 -0500 NewsTalk Radio 810 http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203250899&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 ST. PAUL, Minn.—A district court judge in Minnesota last week dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the state of Minnesota to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions. The ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203250901&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:22 -0500 Business Insurance http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203250901&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 The last time the Timberwolves played on their home court, they were pushed around by the Indiana Pacers and showed symptoms of not being tough enough, mentally or physically, to be considered one ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203248099&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:42:36 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203248099&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 The Minneapolis-based 934th Airlift Wing will lose eight of its C-130 Hercules aircraft next year as part of a paring-down of the national defense budget. Air Force officials announced Friday that ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203246666&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:50:08 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203246666&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We rarely think about our air conditioners in the middle of winter, but Minneapolis police say we should. Authorities say they’ve seen a rash of air conditioning ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245289&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:06 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245289&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Spending time on a frozen lake is a rite of passage for many of Minnesotans. But for military families, that tradition got a unique twist Saturday as technology connected ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245290&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:02 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245290&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Matt Cullen #7 of the Minnesota Wild skates against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on Sept. 26, 2010 in Montreal, Canada. (credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245291&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:28:56 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245291&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 RECAP: The Wild continued their improved play, and Kyle Brodziak scored a third-period goal to secure a point in the standings. But their losing streak in Dallas continued, and their new addition ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245292&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:59:42 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203245292&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Members of the Native Mob gang have shot rivals in Minneapolis, sold drugs in Duluth, and thrown boiling water in a person's face in Crow Wing County. Authorities say they've also ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244963&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:59:14 -0500 Pioneer Press http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244963&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 All Susan Zwaschka wanted was a light chemical peel to smooth and cleanse her face before a family vacation to Chicago. But minutes after Dr. Patrick Carney applied the solution, she winced in pain ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244069&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:41 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244069&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 In November, Paul Thielen applied for unemployment benefits after he stopped working at a St. Cloud printing plant. He thought he was getting laid off. His company told the state the same thing, ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244068&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:34 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244068&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 While increasing ridership is vital to extending the Northstar commuter-rail line to St. Cloud, so is "patience" and understanding that the line is part of a regional rail system, the head ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244067&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:29 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244067&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 With a new, higher-voltage power line planned for his Plymouth neighborhood, Manny Day says the smaller existing line is enough to give him goosebumps. "When I take walks close to the power ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244070&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:23 -0500 Star Tribune http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244070&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A suspect is still at large after he or she stole a car in North Minneapolis Saturday evening and led police up Interstate 35E to Forest Lake, authorities said. Sgt. Stephen ... http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244064&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:08 -0500 WCCO http://feeds.minneapolisnews.net/?rid=203244064&cat=3829a1ae5f48b796