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News & Features Archive
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The treasurer of the company at the heart of an alleged $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme run by businessman Tom Petters says he forged some 10,000 documents while working for Petters.
(11/05/2009)
The Hennepin County Attorney's office has brought charges against a man accused of masterminding a Ponzi scheme which allegedly defrauded investors out of at least $53 million.
(11/05/2009)
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has filed paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board notifying them of his intent to run for governor.
(11/05/2009)
Owatonna, Minn. isn't nationally recognized for a lot of things, but it can be proud of its most famous native son - Sean Tillman, a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar. After stints in the noise band Calvin Krime and his own Sean Na Na project, Har Mar's exploration of R&B and raw sexuality has found him international fame.
The Centers for Disease Control says health care workers should wear a specific kind of facemask designed to protect them from the H1N1 virus and state officials are scrambling to respond to federal guidelines as Minnesota's supply of the masks is running out.
A raid on a Hermantown home by St.
Louis County sheriff's deputies found two young children living
among nearly 400 marijuana plants and evidence of meth use.
Hydropower helped turn Minneapolis into a 19th century industrial giant, and the city is turning to the river again for power.
A 72-year-old Duluth man reported missing two weeks ago has returned home, police said.
Minneapolis elections officials have finished counting ballots in two wards. That means two council members can openly declare victory.
A 67-year-old St. Paul man was charged Thursday with unintentional second-degree murder in the death of his wife, the Ramsey County Attorney's Office said.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had
an emotional meeting on Thursday with the families of three
American hikers detained in Iran since late July and renewed
appeals to Iranian authorities to release them.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday called for an amendment to the state Constitution that would cap state spending at an amount equal to what is raised by revenue.
Fifteen University of Minnesota research projects have received more than $10.3 million in federal grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, officials announced Thursday.
An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped
overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday,
authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31
wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the
United States.
Tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Thursday afternoon for Regional Spotlight. Host Steve Staruch will highlight Minnesota choir The Summer Singers.
A Minnesota hamburger parlor that sued
McDonald's Corp. in federal court over the phrase, "Who's your
patty?" has settled the issue.
Rep. Michele Bachmann led several thousand conservatives in a rally against the Democrats' health care reform at the Capitol Thursday.
AARP, a group that represents 40 million seniors, Thursday endorsed the House health care reform bill. The endorsement comes two days before House members are expected to vote on the bill.
A Minnesota environmental group plans to release a film next week about a new type of mining that organizers said could threaten the state's lakes and rivers.
Melding their specific combination of punk, garage rock, and even pop and soul, the Austin, TX trio known as White Denim formed about three and a half years ago when members of two bands, Parque Touch and Peach Train, met and decided to start playing together in 2005.
The Brainerd area once boomed with lake home construction, and manufacturing companies offered some good paying jobs. But both of those industries have taken major employment hits. Now there may be signs of a recovery, but it depends on whom you ask.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom
Bakk is pressing for a special session to pass a construction
projects bill before the end of the year.
The Minnesota Supreme Court is hiking
registration fees for lawyers to raise more money for public
defenders and legal aid for the poor.
The opening of a new fire station and fire department headquarters in St. Paul has been delayed by a thief who made off with copper wiring and pipes, authorities said.
The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot
Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license
revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Making good on a campaign promise to hold a
yearly summit with American Indians, President Barack Obama told
tribal leaders Thursday gathered in Washington that he is
determined to reverse the federal government's history of
marginalizing Indian nations.
Democrats have ignored a Republican boycott
and pushed a climate bill through a key committee by a 10 to 1
vote.
Harvey Cox, Jr., a Baptist minister and retired Harvard University professor, speaks live at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis. Cox is the author of the new book, "The Future of Faith."
Sioux Falls police say the Hole in the
Wall Casino was robbed about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities say a man made threats that he was armed and
demanded money.
The founder of an organization in Morocco that provides services to unmarried women with children has been awarded a $1 million from the University of St. Thomas and the Opus Prize Foundation.
Fargo police say two men were arrested
Wednesday night after a man was reportedly duct-taped to a chair,
kicked and beaten during a robbery in his apartment.
A 27-year-old Duluth woman has been arrested in a hit-and-run incident that left an 18-year-old man critically injured.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing
claims for unemployment benefits falls to the lowest level in 10
months, evidence that job cuts are easing as the economy slowly
heals.
DFLer Jim Meffert is throwing his hat into the ring in the contest to unseat Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen in the Third Congressional District in 2010. Paulsen is serving his first term in Congress.
A handful of Minnesota veterans of the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan will join other vets in Washington, D.C.,
Thursday to call for more support for troops in Afghanistan.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is proposing an
amendment to Minnesota's constitution on Thursday.
The Republican governor will announce details at a morning news
conference at the Capitol.
A 38-year-old man serving life in prison
in the murder of a Blue Mounds State Park worker is asking the
Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn his conviction.
It was a taste of what's to come for other neighborhoods, as the city fights back against the Emerald ash borer, when people on a street in St. Paul, not far from the Fairgrounds, watched their ash trees coming down Wednesday.
The DNR says poaching is on the increase and poachers kill hundreds of deer illegally every year, some for money, some apparently just for fun.
Minnesota health officials are reporting three more deaths from H1N1 flu and another death from a flu-like illness that wasn't confirmed as H1N1. However, the number of schools reporting outbreaks dropped considerably in the past week. Dr. Michael Osterholm joins Midday to discuss the latest news about H1N1 and to take listener questions about the flu.
One of the most influential people in the health care business says medical care in the U.S is inefficient, wasteful and even dangerous.
John Hope Bryant rose from a childhood of poverty to become a social entrepreneur and an advocate for financial literacy. In a new book, he argues that the best type of leadership is based not on fear, but on love.
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