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Emmer's budget focuses on business tax breaks
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:19:26 GMT
Republican Tom Emmer's budget plan focused on cutting business taxes to spur the economy, rather than dealing directly with the looming $5.8 billion deficit.
Less labor for some, forces more for others
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:07:19 GMT
While the state gained 41,000 jobs so far this year, Minnesota's unemployment rate sits at 6.8 percent.
More men turning to seminary; St. Paul welcomes largest class
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:31:19 GMT
Every dorm room on the seminary's campus is now full, and it has church leaders full of hope.
Momentum builds for Jimmy Johns Workers Union ahead of National Day of Action
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:46:34 GMT
The Minneapolis Jimmy Johns Workers Union, the first chapter in the country, is riding high on the momentum of several days of successful demonstrations and pickets in Minneapolis with crowds in the hundreds.

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Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raises $58.9 million
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:16:16 GMT
The amount was down from nearly $60.5 million last year and a record $65 million in 2008.
New tropical storm gains strength
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:41:19 GMT
Tropical Storm Hermine is getting a little stronger in the Gulf of Mexico as it heads toward the coasts of Texas and Mexico.
Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:33 GMT
Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo's vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others
Endangered or not, wolf killings set to expand
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:11:08 GMT
Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes.
Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:19:55 GMT
A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency
Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:42:51 GMT
In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.
Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:39:09 GMT
Engineers have hoisted a key piece of evidence in the BP oil spill to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and investigators will soon
Las Vegas casino evacuated after bomb threat
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:35:36 GMT
A man claiming to have a bomb around his chest prompted an evacuation of a Las Vegas casino for several hours.
Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:50:02 GMT
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services
Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:02:14 GMT
Los Angeles-based Global Horizons Manpower Inc. CEO Mordechai Orian surrendered Friday in Honolulu, and he entered his not guilty plea in federal court shortly afterward.
 
Stressed? Not from around here, are you?
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 18:56:56 CST
Could it be the lakes? The parks? The snow effect? Apparently, the Twin Cities area is among the least-stressful metropolises in the United States, according to a new survey.
Emmer releases job-creation proposal
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 16:20:00 CST
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer unveiled a plan to revitalize the economy through business tax cuts and breaks to spur investment in new businesses.
Wrong-way driver hits 100 on St. Paul's Summit Av.
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 19:29:12 CST
Fleeing police, he crashed his car after about 2 miles. Summary.
MnDOT to move 35W bridge collapse wreckage Tuesday
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 17:07:35 CST
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin removing the steel wreckage of the 35W bridge collapse from a nearby Minneapolis park on Tuesday.
Woman shot in the chest in Minneapolis
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 18:50:07 CST
Motive unknown for the shooting..
Man killed in Isanti County crash identified
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 9:09:35 CST
Authorities have identified the man killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Isanti County as Evan Gregory Stein, 18, of Anoka.
Jerry Lewis Telethon raises $58.9 million
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 17:43:50 CST
Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year's Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million.
Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 19:11:09 CST
Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.
Woman badly hurt in hay ride accident in W. Wis.
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 14:04:29 CST
A 23-year-old woman suffered severe injuries when she fell off a hay wagon, which then rolled over her in Trempealeau County in western Wisconsin.
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St. Paul Seminary sees best enrollment since '81
Mon, 6, Sep 2010 7:07:13 CST
The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity has its largest enrollment of aspiring Catholic priests for the new school year since 1981.

     
 
 
   
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