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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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  • Investigation questions Prius driver's story: report

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal investigation of the Toyota Prius involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week found a pattern of wear on the car's brakes that raises questions about the driver's account of the event, the Wall Street ... More

  • U.S. stem cell expert is "hottest" researcher

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researcher, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. The annual hot list from Thomson Reuters' Science Watch also ... More

  • Toyota to build Prius at 3rd Japan plant: report

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will start making the Prius hybrid model at a third Japanese factory from September in a bid to shorten delivery time to customers, the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper said on Monday. The third-generation Prius has topped Japan's best-selling chart ... More

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  • Corrected: Israeli envoy sees "historic crisis" with U.S.: paper

    (Corrects paragraph 4 to show Sinai occupied in 1967 war) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli-U.S. relations have hit a 35-year low over a West Bank settlement plan that threatens to derail peacemaking efforts with the Palestinians, Israel's envoy to Washington was quoted as saying on ... More

  • U.S. official set up unit to kill Afghan militants: report

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citing military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States. According to a ... More

  • Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake

    SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A major blackout left most of Chile without power for hours on Sunday, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds and weakened infrastructure. Electricity was restored quickly, but the failure of the South American country's main power grid was another ... More

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  • Senate financial reform bill boosts Fed: sources

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the Senate's architect of financial reform. In a turnaround for the central bank ... More

  • Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack. An American woman working at the consulate in ... More

  • Healthcare overhaul will pass: Axelrod

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior White House adviser said on Sunday that President Barack Obama would get the votes necessary to pass a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," David Axelrod, a senior Obama aide, told ... More

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  • Arrow to reject Shell, PetroChina $3 billion bid: report

    PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy is set to reject as too low a $3 billion joint takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, a newspaper reported, a move that could prompt the bidders to return with a higher, hostile bid. A stream of ... More

  • Talks start in Australia on Pacific trade deal

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Officials from eight nations including the United States began talks on a transpacific trade deal on Monday in a move Australia said could add momentum to stalled World Trade Organization talks. President Barack Obama, who aims to double U.S. exports in five ... More

  • JP Morgan fund invests in China, India

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - JP Morgan <JPM.N> Asset Management has invested almost a quarter of its $860 million Asian infrastructure fund in China and India assets, as part of efforts to complete investments in the next two years. The Asian Infrastructure & Related Resources Opportunity Fund ... More

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  • News Corp to net $350-400 million from "Avatar": report

    (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance. The amount represents News Corp ... More

  • Four actors join "The Descendants"

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii. Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, the film stars George Clooney as an indifferent ... More

  • "L Word" vixen starring in USA legal drama

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Shahi, who played Carmen the DJ on Showtime's lesbian drama "The L Word," will headline "Facing Kate," a legal drama at USA Network. Shahi will play a top litigator who, frustrated with the bureaucracy and injustice she witnesses in ... More

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  • Donors asked for $4.3 billion for vaccines for poor

    LONDON (Reuters) - A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunizations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organization said on Monday. The GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance on Vaccines and ... More

  • Novartis drugs fail to help high-risk patients

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Novartis diabetes drug Starlix failed to reduce progression to the disease or cut down on serious heart problems in patients at high risk for both diabetes and heart disease, according to a large study released on Sunday. The 9,306-patient study tested ... More

  • No heart benefit seen with fibrates in diabetics

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - Adding a triglyceride-lowering drug to cholesterol-fighting statins provided no additional protection from heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to data from a large study. The study run by the National Institutes of Health, dubbed ... More

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  • U.S. stem cell expert is "hottest" researcher

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researcher, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. The annual hot list from Thomson Reuters' Science Watch also ... More

  • Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and destructive pests. A team led by Cyril Zipfel at Britain's Sainsbury Laboratory found that transferring a single gene ... More

  • Glenn Close has genes mapped

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science. Close, who stars in the FX television series ... More

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  • Investors seek signs of China Mobile 3G commitment

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Mobile's 3G outlook will take center stage this week as China's three telecoms carriers begin to kick off quarterly results, with market focus on whether the nation's dominant player will turn up the volume in its low-key 3G roll-out ... More

  • Facebook to open office in southern India

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Popular social-networking site Facebook will open an office in India, joining a long list of international firms that have looked to tap a skilled workforce that provides support services at relatively cheap wages. Facebook's office in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad ... More

  • Google says China talks continue, but pullout signs grow

    SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Google said on Monday it remained in talks with the Chinese government about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, despite mounting signs the company could soon shut the site. Google Inc, the world's biggest search engine, has been in a two-month ... More

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  • Sharapova makes early exit, Wozniacki cruises

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Former champion and 10th seed Maria Sharapova of Russia was knocked out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday, losing an error-strewn marathon to China's Zheng Jie 6-3 2-6 6-3. While Sharapova made a premature exit ... More

  • Tomlinson charges across country to NY Jets

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Running back LaDainian Tomlinson has signed with the New York Jets, the team said on Sunday on its website (http://www.newyorkjets.com). Tomlinson, who was recently released after nine seasons with the San Diego Chargers, had visited several potential teams before ... More

  • Few surprises in seeds as NCAA bracket announced

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - There were few surprises when the 65-team NCAA championship bracket was announced on Sunday with all the predicted top teams earning number one seeds. Top seeds Kansas will begin March Madness in the Midwest against 16th ranked Lehigh while fellow number ones ... More

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