Minneapolis-St Paul News

Pioneer Press

• Button up, it will turn bitter cold tonight; wind chills as low as 30 degrees below zero expected

  Pioneer Press – 34 mins ago  

  The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory starting at midnight for most of central and southern Minnesota. Full Story »

• Study shows pot more popular with U.S. teenagers

  Pioneer Press – 34 mins ago  

  DETROIT — Smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and using methamphetamine, according to a federal survey released today. Full Story »

• H1N1 shots available to everyone

  Pioneer Press – 34 mins ago  

  Clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin can now vaccinate all patients against H1N1 vaccine, as long as their high-risk patients have received it first. Full Story »

• Suspect pleads guilty in Fridley shooting

  Pioneer Press – 1 hr 19 mins ago  

  On the day his second-degree attempted murder trial was to begin, Isiah Jay Chandler pled guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree assault Full Story »

• Concert news: Mariah Carey coming to the Northrop

  Pioneer Press – 1 hr 49 mins ago  

  Multi-platinum RB songstress Mariah Carey will perform her first local headlining show Feb. 16 at the Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis. Full Story »

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

• Feds to spend $13 million to fight carp invasion

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune – 45 mins ago  

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Federal officials say they'll use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp. Full Story »

• State opens up H1N1 shots to all comers

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune – 1 hr 15 mins ago  

  State health officials took a small step toward opening up H1N1 vaccionations to all comers today. Now, doctor clinics can offer vaccines to everyone who wants it if they have already offered it to their high risk patients. Full Story »

• Penn State volleyball win streak: 100 and counting

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune – 2 hrs 30 mins ago  

  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - This could be another milestone week for the record-setting Penn State women's volleyball team. A 100th straight victory over the weekend moved them a step closer to an unprecedented third straight NCAA women's volleyball title. Full Story »

• Prominent local attorney charged with sex crime

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 2:52 pm ET  

  The treasurer of the Minnesota State Bar Association is facing two felony charges. He allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old boy. Full Story »

• Minneapolis police honored for their heroics

  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 2:37 pm ET  

  Minneapolis police officers were honored for risking their own lives to save others. Full Story »

WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul

• Austin Police Nab Thieving Kids After Mom's Report

  WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul – 17 mins ago  

  The Austin Police Department nabbed a couple of sticky-fingered 9-year-olds after the mom of one reported them for stealing. Full Story »

• Health Department Opens H1N1 Shots To All

  WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul – 17 mins ago  

  H1N1 vaccine is being made widely available in Minnesota under new guidelines from the Minnesota Health Department. Full Story »

• Iran To Try 3 Hikers Who Crossed Iraqi Border

  WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul – 35 mins ago  

  Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an increasingly bitter standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program. Full Story »

• Minn. DFL Party Tells Board Role In Kelliher Flap

  WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul – 45 mins ago  

  The head of Minnesota's Democratic Party said seven contributors had donations credited to a gubernatorial contender before officials realized they may have broken campaign laws. Full Story »

• 2 Women Reach Plea Deals In Wis. Revenge Plot

  WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul – 2 hrs 18 mins ago  

  Two Wisconsin women accused of seeking revenge on a cheating lover by gluing his penis to his stomach have reached plea deals that could keep them out of jail. Full Story »

Minnesota Public Radio

• Company suing State of Minnesota over alleged security breach

  Minnesota Public Radio – 1 min ago  

  A Texas company that the State of Minnesota no longer uses to verify the identities of new employees is suing the state. Full Story »

• Land housing former research center on Mississippi to become parkland

  Minnesota Public Radio – 31 mins ago  

  A former federal research site along the Mississippi River that contains a 10,000-year-old natural spring will be opened to the public as parkland, the National Park Service announced Monday. Full Story »

• Target admits to error in advertising organic milk

  Minnesota Public Radio – 48 mins ago  

  The complaint alleged that Target advertised Silk soy milk in newspapers with the term "organic" written on the carton's label, when in fact the soy milk on sale in stores did not come from organically grown soybeans. Full Story »

• Senate spending bill includes funding for Franken's service dog legislation

  Minnesota Public Radio – 1 hr 11 mins ago  

  The first piece of legislation authored by Sen. Al Franken - a provision to expand a service dog program for disabled veterans -- received funding from the Senate on Sunday as part of the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill. Full Story »

• Health Department opens H1N1 flu shots to all

  Minnesota Public Radio – 1 hr 25 mins ago  

  The department says local public health agencies and private health care providers can offer the vaccine to everyone, provided they have enough doses for priority groups. Full Story »

5 Eyewitness News St. Paul

• Mpls. Attorney Accused of Sex with Teen

  5 Eyewitness News St. Paul – 1 min ago  

  A prominent Minneapolis attorney was arrested and locked up for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy and giving the teen alcohol... Full Story »

• In Duluth, Carbon Offset Boosts Holiday Cheer

  5 Eyewitness News St. Paul – 30 mins ago  

  A Duluth-based company purchased renewable energy credits to offset the energy used to power its holiday light display... Full Story »

• Minn. Health Department Opens H1N1 Flu Shots to All

  5 Eyewitness News St. Paul – 45 mins ago  

  Swine flu vaccine is being made widely available in Minnesota under new guidelines from the Minnesota Health Department... FluLine: 1-866-259-4655 Vaccine Finder Full Story »

• Wis. Legislature to Take up Drunken Driving Bill

  5 Eyewitness News St. Paul – 45 mins ago  

  The Wisconsin Legislature is expected to pass a bill Wednesday toughening the state's drunken driving law... Full Story »

• 22M Missing Bush White House E-Mails Found

  5 Eyewitness News St. Paul – 45 mins ago  

  Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President Bush and the Obama... Full Story »

KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul

• Toys for Tots "Bus Stop Drop" at the Maple Grove Transit Station - Thursday, Dec. 17

  KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul – 1 hr 43 mins ago  

  During the Toys for Tots campaign, we routinely ask you to come to KARE or to a nearby drop site to donate a toy. This Thursday, Dec. 17th, we're coming to commuters! Full Story »

• Target admits to error in advertising organic milk

  KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul – Mon Dec 14, 12:57 pm ET  

  Target Corp. has admitted to wrongly advertising soy milk as organic, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a letter Full Story »

• Minn. leans on higher ed systems to cover bills

  KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul – Mon Dec 14, 12:42 pm ET  

  Minnesota finance officials say they are borrowing earlier and more extensively from one state higher education system Full Story »

• K-9 deputy cleared of using excessive force

  KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul – Mon Dec 14, 9:55 am ET  

  A southern Minnesota sheriff's deputy has been cleared of allegations that he used excessive force by unleashing his police Full Story »

• Pedestrian struck and killed in southern Minn.

  KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul – Mon Dec 14, 9:12 am ET  

  A pedestrian was struck and killed in southern Minnesota early Monday night. The State Patrol says a 23-year-old man from Full Story »

FOX 9 News Twin Cities

• Frostbite Warning as Frigid Temps Hit

  FOX 9 News Twin Cities – 8 mins ago  

  Overnight temperatures in the metro are expected to be dangerously cold, with frostbite possible in less than 12 minutes. Full Story »

• 911 Transcript of Stillwater Shooting

  FOX 9 News Twin Cities – 1 hr 23 mins ago  

  FOX 9 has obtained a copy of the 911 call transcript leading up to the shooting death of two people at a Stillwater, Minnesota apartment complex over the weekend. Full Story »

• Charges: Lawyer Had Sex With Boy

  FOX 9 News Twin Cities – 1 hr 38 mins ago  

  Aaron Frank Biber, an attorney with the law firm Gray Plant Mooty, was charged Monday in the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy. Full Story »

• 2 Rescued From SW Minneapolis Fire

  FOX 9 News Twin Cities – Mon Dec 14, 2:59 pm ET  

  Two people were rescued from a house fire Monday morning in the Armatage neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis. Full Story »

• Armed Robber Demanded Oxycontin

  FOX 9 News Twin Cities – Mon Dec 14, 2:29 pm ET  

  A CVS Pharmacy in Andover, Minnesota was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night by a man demanding Oxycontin pills. Full Story »

MinnPost

• Will Tom Horner be the IP candidate for guv?

  MinnPost – 1 hr 2 mins ago  

  Will Tom Horner be the Independence Party candidate for guv? By Eric Black | Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 Tom Horner, a lifelong moderate Republican, is thinking about running for governor and, if he did so, it seems most likely he would do so via the Independence Party. Full Story »

• Senate bill has millions for 19 Minnesota health and education projects

  MinnPost – Mon Dec 14, 11:35 am ET  

  The Omnibus Appropriations Act passed Sunday by the Senate includes 19 health and education projects that had been requested by the Minnesota delegation. Full Story »

• Atoned Vikings romp into playoffs

  MinnPost – Mon Dec 14, 10:50 am ET  

  REUTERS/Eric Miller Adrian Peterson Atoned Vikings romp into playoffs By Jim Klobuchar | Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 The Vikings called it a game of atonement. It was also a game of good, hard cash because today for the second straight year the Vikings are securely installed in the NFL playoffs with their 30-10 romp over Cincinnati. Full Story »

• Hard times for local media

  MinnPost – Mon Dec 14, 10:50 am ET  

  Hard times for local media By Max Sparber | Mon., Dec. 14 ALSO: Good news and bad news about drinking; Mark Dayton wants to tax the rich; Antoine Winfield is a tackling machine. Full Story »

• Snow early, cold air to follow

  MinnPost – Mon Dec 14, 9:36 am ET  

  Good Monday to you, hope you had a good weekend. This week will be another flash of winter with snow early today and frigid cold to follow. By Todd Nelson Full Story »

Southwest Journal

• Helping green business Sprout

  Southwest Journal – 2 hrs 21 mins ago  

  LINDEN HILLS — Going green should be easy. That’s the idea driving the Linden Hill start-up company Sprout (sprout.mn), an online directory to local green businesses with a social networking twist. Full Story »

• Two people rescued from burning triplex in Armatage

  Southwest Journal – Mon Dec 14, 2:46 pm ET  

  Minneapolis firefighters this morning pulled two people from a burning triplex on the 5700 block of Russell Avenue. Both received medical attention at the scene and were released without injuries, said assistant fire chief Cherie Penn. Full Story »

• Bourn accused of campaign violations

  Southwest Journal – Mon Dec 14, 10:01 am ET  

  He won’t be seated until Jan. 4, but a newly elected Southwest representative to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is already finding himself in hot water. Full Story »

• When Mike met Marissa

  Southwest Journal – Mon Dec 14, 1:05 am ET  

  Last year, I drove to Duluth to visit my old band mate Mike. We settled in to his modest home overlooking Lake Superior, had tea and talked about old gigs, people, parties, posters we made together and how he, a budding artist when our band first got going, once scrawled on the basement wall of the 7th St. Entry a caricature of drummer/songwriter Grant Hart as Fred Flintstone and the caption ... Full Story »

• The decade in Southwest

  Southwest Journal – Mon Dec 14, 1:05 am ET  

  With the dawn of this decade, I fall in love with our neighborhood. Shortly after turning 40, my husband came home from the hospital after a month-long near death fight with Guillain-Barre. Full Story »

Inter-County Leader

• Frederic graduate travels to Sesame Street

  Inter-County Leader – Thu Dec 10, 3:55 pm ET  

  Brenda Sommerfeld 10.DEC.09 FREDERIC – As a child, many people dreamed of meeting the famous Muppets of Sesame Street as they watched the ever-popular TV show. Full Story »

• Obituaries

  Inter-County Leader – Wed Dec 9, 12:10 pm ET  

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