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• Delta CEO plans to add jobs in NE Minnesota
  The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says he plans to add jobs at the carrier's reservation center in the northeastern Minnesota city of Chisholm.May 19, 2013
• 'Dan Patch moratorium' bans talk of south metro commuter rail
  Buried deep in the Senate transportation policy bill is a dead horse -- actually, a rail line named after him. The Dan Patch line, named for a famous early 20th century race horse, carries freight between the Twin Cities and Northfield. The idea of bringing back passenger service along that route is so controversial that lawmakers passed a special law to halt discussion of it more than a decade ago. This year, lawmakers are considering whether to lift the "Dan Patch moratorium."April 29, 2013
• Delayed flights expected starting Sunday
  Nearly 7,000 flights daily could be delayed starting Sunday as air traffic controllers are furloughed nationwide, warns an airline industry trade group.April 19, 2013
• SE Minn. now on hook for more costs in Mayo plan
  If the Mayo Clinic is to expand in Rochester, city and county residents must contribute a larger share of the $500 million needed for public transit and other improvements, state lawmakers said this week.April 16, 2013
• American Airlines fixes computers
  American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems.April 16, 2013
• Expanding mass transit in east metro is a fight to catch up
  Proposals to help pay for expanding mass transit in the Twin Cities will be announced by state lawmakers later this week. East metro officials are watching the action very closely and have renewed efforts to advance their wish list of bus and rail lines.April 9, 2013
• Airline passenger complaints surged in 2012
  Airline passengers are getting grumpier, and it's little wonder. Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats that once provided a little more room are now occupied and more people with tickets are being turned away because flights are overbooked.April 8, 2013
• Long sequester-related delays predicted at MSP airport
  Twin Cities air travelers could experience long flight delays toward the end of April. The problem is the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts known as the sequester.April 5, 2013
• FAA delays closing towers; 2 in Minn. spared
  The Federal Aviation Administration says it will delay closing nearly 150 air traffic control towers until June 15.April 5, 2013
• Forgotten US airship crash recalled 80 years later
  Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison's plaintive cry, "Oh, the humanity!" made the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station probably the best-known crash of an airship. But just four years earlier, a U.S. Navy airship crashed only about 40 miles away, claiming more than twice as many lives.March 31, 2013
• Hearing set for Mpls-to-Duluth rail line
  A public hearing and open house on a proposed high-speed rail project between Minneapolis and Duluth will take place this week.March 31, 2013
• Victim of plane crash was Duluth man, 48
  Clay County authorities have identified the victim of a fatal small-plane crash as Kevin Ferris of Duluth.March 30, 2013
• Low levels in Great Lakes bad news for shippers
  Water levels on the Great Lakes are so low that shippers are being forced to leave as much as 15 percent of their cargo behind, said industry experts who are working to find ways to alleviate the problem.March 29, 2013
• Allegiant plans temporary halt to flights
  Allegiant Air will temporarily suspend flights from St. Cloud this fall. Airline officials say flights will be suspended from Aug. 14 to Oct. 9.March 23, 2013
• Delay for reroute of Iron Range Hwy. 53
  A project to reroute a major highway on the Iron Range could be delayed by a year or more, after a plan to have the highway span an operating taconite mine was rejected.March 23, 2013

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