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A man working at a family lumber mill in northeastern Minnesota is killed by a flying piece of wood. Full Story »

A 20-year-old Cornell man hasn't used his credit cards, ATM card or cell phone in the week since he last was seen, Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said Monday. Full Story »

BRUSSELS — EU antitrust regulators said today that they are investigating whether Thomson Reuters Corp. is breaking monopoly abuse rules by preventing customers from applying their own codes to financial market datafeeds. Full Story »

The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of a home in rural Viroqua, Wis. Full Story »

Students have told Professor Jearold Holland he is the first black teacher they've had in high school or college. Full Story »

Like it or not, a Minnesota winter is just around the corner. And the Department of Public Safety wants us all to be prepared. Full Story »

Twin Cities-based food companies, nonprofits and faith-based groups are teaming up to discuss whether they can find a way to end hunger. Full Story »

Two members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are among those attending Tuesday's memorial service for the victims of the shooting at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas last week. Full Story »

The Le Sueur County sheriff's deputy who was recently cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man in his swimming trunks is back on the job. Full Story »

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Seven years ago this month, the captured Beltway snipers — John Allen Muhammad, then 41, and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, 17 — were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the Sept. 11 attacks of the year before. Full Story »

A Dakota County judge should have allowed an expert versed in interviewing child abuse victims to testify in the trial of Paul Hakala, a Rosemount man who was later convicted of sexual offenses against three sisters, said Hakala's attorney. Full Story »

When 15-year-old Bee Vue came home from a party early Sunday, he was so drunk he couldn't walk on his own, his sister said Monday. Full Story »

The fraud trial of Tom Petters turned contentious Monday as his attorneys had their request for a mistrial immediately denied and prosecutors played an audiotape to show Petters was running out of energy to keep the scheme alive several weeks before federal authorities raided his business. Full Story »

Sometimes, a bad harvest means the crops are lousy. This year, the crops are fine; getting them harvested has been hard. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies intercepted communications last year and this year between the military psychiatrist accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings, government officials said. Full Story »

Three Americans who were arrested by Iranian border guards in late July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq have been charged with espionage, a top Iranian prosecutor said Monday. Full Story »

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's back on Twitter. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone despite repeated communications — monitored by authorities — with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday. The FBI will conduct an internal review of its handling of the information, they said. Full Story »

Roughly 1,250 Twin Cities janitors with suspect employment documents were fired from their jobs in October as their company carried out an audit prompted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an immigration attorney said Monday. Full Story »

Three decades after he started Genmar Holdings, Twin Cities entrepreneur Irwin Jacobs is out as chairman and CEO at the bankrupt boat manufacturer. Full Story »

DULUTH, Minn. — Prosecutors charged the co-owner of a Hermantown construction company with allegedly assaulting a construction worker with a backhoe. Full Story »

NEW YORK —The Dow Jones industrial average stormed to its highest level in more than a year today as a falling dollar boosted prices for gold, oil and other commodities. Stocks also jumped as investors grew more confident that governments around the world will keep interest rates low to help the global economy. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said today that GMAC is the only one of 19 stress-tested banks that needs more capital to withstand losses if the economy softens. Full Story »

The Star Tribune will eliminate 100 full-time jobs companywide in the next two months, including 30 jobs in the newsroom, the Minneapolis-based newspaper told its employees today. Full Story »