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  • State Bar Association President Appointed To Federal Bench

    (Minneapolis, MN)  --  Minnesota State Bar Association President Leo Brisbois [[ BRIZ-boy ]] has been named a U.S. magistrate judge in Duluth.  In announcing the appointment, Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis called Brisbois an experienced litigator with "an outstanding reputation for maintaining the highest ethical ... More

  • Train Accident Victim Name Released

    (Duluth, MN)  --  Duluth police have released the name of the woman whose body was found on railroad tracks near a city paper mill Monday morning.  Investigators say 48-year-old Cathy Ann Mclevis was hit by a train the night before and her death was accidental.  She ... More

  • Tettegouche Sea Arch Collapses Into Lake Superior Near Silver Bay

    (Silver Bay, MN)  --  The famous sea arch at Tettegouche [[tett-uh-gooch]] State Park collapsed into Lake Superior over the weekend.  A naturalist made the discovery at the landmark that has been photographed hundreds of thousands of times.  Park Manager Phil Leversedge says what remains is now ... More

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  • Hospital CEO Suspended After Arrest

    (Robbinsdale, MN)  --  After being charged in a prostitution sting in the south metro, the president and CEO of North Memorial Medical Center has reportedly been suspended indefinately without pay.  Sixty-year-old David Cress was one of several men arrested at a Richfield hotel early Wednesday.  Cress ... More

  • Robberies Add To Trouble In Coon Rapids

    (Coon Rapids, MN)  --  Trouble seems to be coming in "threes" in the city of Coon Rapids.  This week, the northern Twin Cities suburb has seen a Northstar rail accident which killed a train worker and the sexual assault of a six-year old girl where the ... More

  • Road Projects Halt For Holiday

    (Undated)  --  There's at least some good news for motorists dealing with Minnesota's construction zones this Labor Day weekend: Crews in most areas will knock off work for the holiday.  MN-DOT's Kevin Gutknecht says many projects will wrap up for the weekend by ... More

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  • Judge denies bail for former Enron CEO Skilling: court document

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge on Friday denied bail for former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, according to a court document. Skilling led Enron's transformation from a sleepy natural gas pipeline company into a global energy trading powerhouse, which disintegrated in ... More

  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Miami police sue city over emergency pay cuts

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Miami police union sued the city this week for abandoning their collective bargaining agreement and pushing through emergency pay and pension plan cuts. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami Dade County, the Fraternal Order of Police said the ... More

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  • Crime adds to misery for Pakistan's flood victims

    MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's provincial capital Peshawar, flour bags and tins of cooking oil bearing the logos of international aid agencies like the World ... More

  • Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings. The world No. 1 search engine company said the probe is the first by a ... More

  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • Japan Noda warns on yen, suggests joint steps difficult

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Tokyo would take decisive steps to stem the yen's rise when needed, while suggesting that coordinated currency market intervention was a difficult option. Traders are getting cautious about bidding the yen up too much ... More

  • Ex-Goldman programmer wins partial dismissal

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed part of a criminal case accusing a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> computer programer of stealing proprietary computer code from the bank's lucrative high-frequency trading platform. The defendant, Sergey Aleynikov, won the dismissal ... More

  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

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  • 'Machete' and Other Classic Revenge Films

    Machete is coming, and I don't think you're ready. This week Danny Trejo hacks and slashes his way to bloody satisfaction. For those of you unfamiliar with this project, it began life as a faux trailer that played between the two segments of ... More

  • Kutcher considers suing tabloid for defamation

    The actor took aim at a Star magazine report that his five-year marriage was ""in danger of falling apart"" following the ""bombshell news"" that the actor was ""caught cheating with a sexy, young 20-something"". Kutcher took to Twitter.com earlier this week (beg30Aug10) to address ... More

  • Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie Join 'Man On A Ledge' Cast (UPDATE)

    UPDATE: British actor Jamie Bell is in final negotiations with Summit Entertainment for a spot in the upcoming, Man on a Ledge. If the he lands the role, Bell is set to have a tremendous year, already the leading man in Steven Spielberg's The ... More

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  • CORRECTION: Timer may help kids' bladder control problems

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. For children with urinary incontinence, the first approach to treatment is usually behavior modification - sometimes called bladder training or "urotherapy." Tactics like changing drinking ... More

  • FDA staff: Biotech salmon safe for eating

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates. The AquAdvantage salmon, developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, are ... More

  • Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Williams puts on stylish show as Serena looks on

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stylish Venus Williams gave a commanding performance with little sister Serena looking on as she trounced qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday. Third-seeded Williams needed two service games to find ... More

  • Murray breezes on and Hurricane Earl a no-show

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray need not have worried. The forecasters got it wrong on both fronts at the U.S. Open on Friday. While the wind picked up and there were a few fleeting drops of rain that caused a stoppage in play, Hurricane ... More

  • Day and Johnson lead as wayward Woods struggles

    NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Australia's Jason Day and American Zach Johnson shot eight-under 63s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, but Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to stay in the tournament ... More

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