News

  Top Stories in Local

  • Lawmakers' Views On Minnesota Mining

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  Non-ferrous mining in Minnesota is among the issues on lawmakers' plate at the State Capitol today. Lawmakers get an overview of the PolyMet project in Hoyt Lakes this afternoon in Senate committee, and that same panel takes public testimony tonight on the ... More

  • Welcoming Back Mining Jobs

    (Chisholm, MN)  --  After standing idle for nearly a year, the Hibbing Taconite plant will resume production the first week of April.  Chisholm Mayor Michael Jugovich (JEW'-go-vitch) says more than 500 steelworkers will be back on the job, adding "It's not just the miners ... More

  • Latest On Chisholm Bar Shooting

    (Chisholm, MN)  --  Police are keeping close watch over the 47-year old man accused in the fatal shooting at a sports bar in Chisholm Saturday night.  Authorities say 40-year old Edward Walberg died and two other men from Chisholm are in the hospital.  The shooter was ... More

  • More Stories in Local »

  Top Stories in State

  • Brain Injury Awareness

    (Undated)  --  More than 100-thousand Minnesotans are living with a brain injury and 12-thousand of them are children.  The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota is urging parents to make sure their kids wear a helmet in sports.  Physicians say prevention is the only cure, and that ... More

  • Bonding Bill Remains Unresolved

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  Democrats and Governor Pawlenty have agreed on General Assistance Medical Care but the high-profile bonding bill for state construction projects remains unresolved.  Democrats pulled back their first bonding bill after the governor said he'd veto it, but they could bring a ... More

  • GAMC Debate Continues

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  A new month begins at the state Legislature as the Democratic-controlled House considers an override of the governor's veto of extending General Assistance Medical Care benefits for Minnesota's poorest people.  With Governor Pawlenty's deadline of scrapping the program now ... More

  • More Stories in State »

  Top Stories in National

  • NY state debt in red zone, should cut $20 billion: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $120 billion that New York state owes in debt, health and pension benefits for public workers puts it in the danger zone, and getting down to the safety zone requires a $20 billion cut, a study said Tuesday. By this measure ... More

  • Missing energy exec found dead in New Orleans

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A senior executive with an Atlanta-based energy services company was found dead on Tuesday after going missing during a business trip to New Orleans, city police said. Searchers pulled the body of Douglas Schantz, the president of AGL Resources' wholesale energy-trading unit Sequent ... More

  • U.S. weighs aiding airlines with air traffic upgrades

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is weighing help for U.S. airlines to meet the costs of modernizing the air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Tuesday. Airlines are pressuring the government not to saddle them with the bulk of expenses for ... More

  • More Stories in National »

  Top Stories in World

  • Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer ... More

  • 9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say

    GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair. The White House is reviewing options to bring the 9 ... More

  • U.S. and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty

    GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian arms control officials began on Tuesday what both sides hope will be a final push to clinch a treaty cutting their strategic nuclear arsenals, officials said. Dozens of negotiators from each country were taking part in the START talks ... More

  • More Stories in World »

  Top Stories in Politics

  • NY gov says may seek extra power to cut spending

    ALBANY (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday said the multi-year deficit-closing plan his lieutenant governor is devising might seek to give governors "extra authority" to cut over-spending. New York's financial situation will worsen over the next five years because spending is expected ... More

  • Biden raises concern about Iranian "dictatorship"

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is concerned that Iran is becoming more of a military dictatorship and insisted that Tehran will not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon. Biden also said he was unsure how much power ... More

  • Jobless aid, tax breaks clear Senate hurdle

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic efforts to spur job creation advanced in Congress on Tuesday as a $149 billion package of tax breaks and unemployment aid cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. The 66 to 34 vote allows the Senate to move toward a final vote ... More

  • More Stories in Politics »

  Top Stories in Business

  • Senators to seek wider "Volcker rule"

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Senate Democrats said they will propose on Wednesday placing new limits on proprietary trading by banks and nonbank financial firms, widening the 'Volcker rule' backed by the White House. Senators Jeff Merkley and Carl Levin said in a statement they will hold ... More

  • Bailed-out U.S. financial stocks surge

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The shares of companies bailed out by the U.S. government during the financial crisis surged on Tuesday, fueled by speculation about money-making asset sales, cheap valuations and a recovery. Citigroup Inc <C.N> stock rose as much as 8.4 percent ... More

  • Toyota to fix more Tundras for rust problems

    DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota said on Tuesday it would fix all Tundra pickups sold in the United States for the 2000 to 2003 model years to address a risk that part of the truck's frame could corrode, causing spare tires or even the gas tank ... More

  • More Stories in Business »

  Top Stories in Sports

  • Former Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis dies aged 69

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 69. Known as "Three Dog" for his ability to often hit triples and ... More

  • Pacquiao confident speed can trump Clottey's size

    DALLAS (Reuters) - Filipino ring king Manny Pacquiao said his lightning fast speed will be enough to nullify Joshua Clottey's size advantage when the two meet in Dallas on Saturday. "My quickness will be the key, my speed," the seven-time world champion told Reuters as ... More

  • Be patient and the wins will come, Nicklaus tells McIlroy

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Jack Nicklaus has told Britain's Rory McIlroy that he needs to add patience to his armory if he is to continue his climb up golf's world rankings. The 20-year-old from Northern Ireland has risen swiftly to ninth in the world rankings ... More

  • More Stories in Sports »

  Top Stories in Health

  • FDA approves Botox to treat wrist, finger spasms

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the use of Allergan Inc's wrinkle smoother Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug to treat spasticity in the ... More

  • Live kidney donors do not die sooner: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The conclusion was drawn from the 80,347 ... More

  • U.S. says "drugged driving" growing threat

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday. The United States is ... More

  • More Stories in Health »

  Top Stories in Science

  • SpaceX fires rocket engines in quest to fly cargo

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. The engine firing occurred at the privately owned company ... More

  • Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday. The Royal Society, an influential science academy whose ... More

  • Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday. Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some ... More

  • More Stories in Science »

  Top Stories in Technology

  • LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

    SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups. LG, which is fighting an uphill battle ... More

  • U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. "We ... More

  • Cable group wants U.S. FCC to end fee disputes

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters. The group, which includes rival TV distributors such ... More

  • More Stories in Technology »

  Top Stories in Entertainment

  • Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time. Studies show that the number of jobs for women ... More

  • Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer ... More

  • Lindsay Lohan sues over "milkaholic" E*Trade ad

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her. Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also ... More

  • More Stories in Entertainment »

Category List

Recent Comments