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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • California revenue jumps, tax refunds should be paid on time

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Controller John Chiang said on Wednesday. There had been some ... More

  • NY lieutenant governor proposes deficit plan

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state may need a dose of the same medicine that saved New York City from a near bankruptcy in the 1970s as the state struggles with a five-year, $60 billion structural deficit, Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch said on Wednesday. Ravitch ... More

  • Walmart returns items to shelves after lost sales

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has put roughly 300 items back on its U.S. store shelves after the retailer said it "disappointed" customers by not stocking certain products. "We did discontinue some things that people didn't buy very often, but were aggravating ... More

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  • California revenue jumps, tax refunds should be paid on time

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Controller John Chiang said on Wednesday. There had been some ... More

  • Arab League chief says Mideast talks off

    CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the contacts. The about-turn puts on hold U.S. efforts ... More

  • World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. It is only ... More

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  • Toyota hands over 2006 dissident memo to U.S. panel

    By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor said on Thursday it has handed over to a U.S. congressional committee a letter sent to its management by a splinter union in 2006 seeking reforms to improve safety after a recall crisis at ... More

  • Volcker rule gets lift in Senate amid reform talks

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The controversial "Volcker rule" to curb risky trading by banks got a boost in the Senate on Wednesday, as two Democrats introduced a bill that would enact and expand the rule. Senators Jeff Merkley and Carl Levin introduced their bill on the rule ... More

  • Republican Bunning stirs anger with WTO block

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator who held up action earlier this month on a bill to renew jobless benefits faced more criticism on Wednesday for blocking approval of President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization. Senator Jim ... More

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  • U.S. warns EU of rift over fund regulation: report

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has written to the European Commission warning that plans to regulate hedge funds and private equity firms could cause tensions with Washington, the Financial Times reported. Citing a letter but not quoting from it directly, the Financial ... More

  • HSBC says Swiss data theft affects 15,000 clients

    LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings said the theft of data by a former employee affected about 15,000 Swiss client accounts, after previously saying it affected "less than 10 clients." Herve Falciani, a former HSBC computer specialist, has admitted stealing client data from the bank which ... More

  • EADS sees no financial hit from U.S. tanker loss

    PARIS (Reuters) - The apparent loss this week of a U.S. in-flight refueling tanker contract worth up to $50 billion will not affect EADS's <EAD.PA> finances, the European aerospace group's chief executive said on Thursday. On Monday EADS's U.S. partner ... More

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  • Sharp shot gives Blackhawks 3-2 win over Kings

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patrick Sharp scored a game-winning wrister at 2:08 in overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. With the game locked at 2-2, Chicago center Dave Bolland intercepted a stray pass from Brad Richardson ... More

  • Mavericks drop Nets to win 13th straight

    DALLAS (Reuters) - The Dallas Mavericks rallied after a stuttering start to extend their league-leading winning streak to 13 games with a 96-87 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday. Jason Kidd recorded 20 points and nine assists as the Mavs survived an off-night by ... More

  • Ravens boost receiving corps with two-year Mason deal

    BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens have reinforced their commitment to a strong passing game for next season by agreeing a new two-year deal with wide receiver Derrick Mason. The deal, worth $8 million according to the Baltimore Sun, comes after the Ravens traded for ... More

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  • FDA rules out bisphosphonate, thigh fracture link

    BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures. The Food and Drug Administration issued its statement following the publication of case reports of ... More

  • Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough

    LONDON (Reuters) - Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday. German researchers said that over 10 years ... 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

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  • SpaceX aborts rocket engine test

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. The test was aborted two ... 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

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  • Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. Opera Mini is the world's most widely used browser on cellphones, ahead of Apple's iPhone browser, as Opera benefits ... More

  • New racing videogames set to rev up sales

    LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Blatant disregard for oncoming traffic and speed limits will get you into serious trouble on the road, but drivers seeking similar thrills can indulge in a fleet of new racing video games due out soon. Sony Computer Entertainment's (Sony) "Gran Turismo ... More

  • Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system. Motorola said the partnership with Microsoft means that a Bing bookmark and search widget will ... More

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  • ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. The man behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has received a pilot order from ABC ... More

  • Steve Martin watching birds in "Big Year" comedy

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger. The recent Oscar co-host and Grammy winner is in negotiations to go bird-watching in "The Big Year" alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson. The Fox comedy, which starts filming in May in ... More

  • Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, having headed its predecessor agency ... More

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