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  • Chisholm Man Charged In Bar Shooting

    (Chisholm, MN)  --  Authorities have charged a 47-year old former police officer in a fatal shooting at a Chisholm sports bar last Saturday.  Jason Musburger of Chisholm faces a variety of charges after prosecutors say he confronted his ex-wife in the bar, left, then returned with ... More

  • Two Killed In Head-On Collision Near Ely

    (Ely, MN)  --  Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash near Ely late Thursday afternoon The Minnesota State Patrol says an eastbound car crossed the centerline on Highway 1/169 and collided head-on with another vehicle.  Both drivers were killed and a passenger was taken ... More

  • Duluth Lakewalk Damaged By Wind And Waves

    Duluth, Mn (KDAL)  Duluth's popular lakewalk has some weather related damage.  Strong winds and high waves have resulted in some boulders being lifted from the side of the lakewalk near the ship canal.  Workers will be replacing the boulders and repair some wooden planks ... More

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  • DFL Plans To Send Budget-Balancing Plan To Governor

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  Senate Democrats are proceeding with plans to send Governor Pawlenty a bill that will balance part of the state budget.  But they haven't decided yet what they'll do on the most difficult areas such as health and human services, state ... More

  • Minnesota Home Foreclosures Jump Again

    (Undated)  --  It's the same story on home foreclosures in Minnesota.  New numbers for February show a seven-percent jump in mortgage defaults over the previous month. Daren Blomquist with RealtyTrac says Minnesota's activity continues to increase but the state is doing better than many ... More

  • Redone Bonding Bill Set For Passage

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  The Minnesota House and Senate are set to pass a reworked bonding bill today which Governor Pawlenty has indicated that he'll sign. However, he also says he will line-item veto some projects.  Democrats' billion-dollar bonding package is well over the 725-million-dollar ... More

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  • NY water plan could cost power generators billions

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of the state's ... More

  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

  • U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals for affiliated television programing. The prohibition was poised to end in October 2007 unless the FCC acted, but the ... More

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  • U.N.'s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban's spokesman said. The U.N.'s Port-au-Prince headquarters collapsed along with ... More

  • U.S. man arrested in Yemen worked in nuclear plants

    SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked at nuclear reactors in New Jersey ... More

  • Clinton berates Netanyahu over settlements

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined U.S. efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians. Clinton's ... More

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  • Clinton says U.N. needs more women in top jobs

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday the United Nations needs more women in top positions as it strives to raise the profile of women's issues and fights gender-based violence. Clinton, who made history as the first mainstream female candidate ... More

  • Clinton Moscow talks to cover START, Iran, Mideast

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Moscow next week for a meeting of the quartet of Middle East mediators and talks with Russian officials about arms control and Iran's nuclear program. The quartet, which groups the European Union, Russia, the United Nations ... More

  • Clinton berates Netanyahu over settlements

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined U.S. efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians. Clinton's ... More

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  • Lehman balance sheet massaging may not be unusual

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Wall Street, massaging the balance sheet is a time-honored practice. But did Lehman Brothers Holding Inc <LEHMQ.PK> cross a line in the routine manipulation of its balance sheet, as described by an independent examiner? That is the central question to ... More

  • New York City bank among three U.S. bank failures

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Park Avenue Bank, a New York City-based institution, was among three banks seized by regulators on Friday, and is the second area bank to fail in two days. The other banks seized on Friday were small institutions in Florida and Louisiana, and ... More

  • Lehman report may point way for criminal charges

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An explosive report by a court-appointed examiner on the collapse of Lehman Brothers <LEHMQ.PK may prove to be a roadmap for prosecutors to bring criminal cases against the investment bank's former executives, legal experts say. The 2,200-page report could lay ... More

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  • Kendall gets early lead but weather wins again in San Juan

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - American Skip Kendall had a one-shot lead over Sweden's Richard Johnson at the Puerto Rico Open on Friday after completing just nine holes of the delayed first round. Thursday's opening round was washed out by rain and there ... More

  • Wozniacki battles past American King at Indian Wells

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to scrape past American Vania King 5-7 6-2 6-4 at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday. The 19-year-old Dane broke her unseeded ... More

  • Els takes control as Allenby records ace at Doral

    MIAMI (Reuters) - South African Ernie Els held a one-stroke lead in the clubhouse at the WGC-CA Championship after a six-under 66 in Friday's rain-affected second round. Els, who has not won a tournament in two years, delivered a confident display that augurs well ahead ... More

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  • Rates of food sensitivity vary by country: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in Portland are more likely than those in Iceland to be sensitive to certain foods, but reactions to fish, eggs and cow's milk appear rare in both places, new research suggests. The study, of more than 4,500 adults ... More

  • Kids outgrow growing pains: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most youngsters grow out of having otherwise unexplained bone and muscle aches known as growing pains, researchers from Israel report. Of 35 children who originally had growing pains, Dr. Yosef Uziel, at Meir Medical Center in Kfar-Saba, and co-investigators found that ... More

  • Plavix gets new FDA warning

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, U.S. regulators said on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said it was adding ... More

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  • Glenn Close has genes mapped

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science. Close, who stars in the FX television series ... More

  • Calcium may help you live longer: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their ... More

  • Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and ... More

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  • Apple COO gets $22 million reward as Jobs stand-in

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has awarded its chief operating officer a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company while Chief Executive Steve Jobs was on 6-months' medical leave last year. The cash-and-stock award came at Jobs' recommendation, and was made in recognition ... More

  • Reported cyberfraud losses double in 2009: FBI

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI's name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday. The total dollar loss rose to $559.7 million last year from ... More

  • Nokia trims share of larger handset market

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj lowered it share of global handset sales after recalculating the size of the market and the scale of the growing "grey" sector in unlicensed and counterfeit phones. Nokia said on Friday the cellphone market totaled 1.26 billion phones last year ... More

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  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

  • Ex-Gov. Blagojevich fights back on new "Apprentice"

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich has already lost one job. Now the disgraced former governor of Illinois is hoping to avoid the words "You're fired!" as he fights for his favorite charity, and his reputation, on the TV show "Celebrity Apprentice". Blagojevich, who was ... More

  • Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial. The appeal, filed earlier this week in the Second Appellate Court in ... More

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