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  • Historic Beacon Lighting At Split Rock Lighthouse

    (Two Harbors, MN)  --  This is a very big weekend on Minnesota's North Shore.  Big crowds are in Duluth to see the nine tall sailing ships.  And many folks are heading farther up the coast for tomorrow night's big event at Split Rock Lighthouse ... More

  • Gas Chain Executive Killed In Motorcycle Crash

    (Bozeman, MT)  --  A top executive of a Wisconsin-based gas station and convenience store chain was killed in a motorcycle crash in southwestern Montana Wednesday.  Fifty-five-year-old David Erickson of Lakeland, Minnesota drifted off the road, went over an embankment and hit several rocks.  Erickson's wife ... More

  • Two Suspects Charged With Setting Man On Fire In Virginia

    (Virginia, MN)  --  Two suspects are charged with attempted murder and assault after a man was found badly burned and naked on a street in Virginia.  Twenty-one-year-old Forrest King had burns over half his body and was taken to a Duluth burn unit Monday in critical ... More

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  • New Domestic Violence Laws

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  The Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women is applauding new domestic violence laws that take effect in Minnesota Sunday.  "Stalking" as defined by law now also includes use of the Internet or text messaging.  Witness-tampering becomes a misdemeanor.  The ban on using G-P-S ... More

  • Minnesotan Serviceman Killed In Alaska Cargo Plane Crash

    (Elmendorf AFB, AK)  --  A serviceman from the the north-central Minnesota township of Hines is among four airmen killed Wednesday when a cargo plan crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.  Major Michael Freyholtz was a pilot assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard ... More

  • Petters Appeals Federal Fraud/Money Laundering Conviction

    (St. Paul, MN)  --  Attorneys for ex-Minnesota businessman Tom Petters are appealing his conviction for running a three-point-six-five-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.  His defense team wrote in papers to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals "the case against Tom Petters was 'dirty' at best."  They claim Petters was ... More

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  • Iran rebuffs Obama's call to free U.S. detainees

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has rejected President Barack Obama's plea to release three Americans arrested more than a year ago near the Iraq border, the foreign ministry said, insisting that justice would take its course. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested on ... More

  • Marquez calls out Pacquiao after defeating Diaz

    LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Juan Manuel Marquez retained his WBA and WBO lightweight titles with a unanimous decision victory over American Juan Diaz on Saturday before demanding a third fight with Manny Pacquiao. The Mexican drew with the Filipino in 2004 and suffered a narrow defeat ... More

  • Grand jury eyes monitor shutdown at Massey mine: report

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony this week about possible illegal tampering with a mine safety monitor, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The ... More

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  • Iran rebuffs Obama's call to free U.S. detainees

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has rejected President Barack Obama's plea to release three Americans arrested more than a year ago near the Iraq border, the foreign ministry said, insisting that justice would take its course. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested on ... More

  • Israel strikes Gaza tunnels after rocket launch

    JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters ) - Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel and a militant training camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a rocket was fired into Israel from the territory, the Israeli army and militants said. The air strike caused damage but no casualties ... More

  • China launches new global positioning satellite

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services. A rocket carrying the fifth of a planned array of 35 orbiters blasted off from the Xichang space launch center in Sichuan ... More

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  • Nebraska's Nelson first Democratic senator to oppose Kagan

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced he will oppose the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, making him the first Democrat to declare against her. "I have heard concerns from Nebraskans regarding Ms. Kagan, and her lack of a ... More

  • Obama: Republicans holding small businesses "hostage"

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package. Senate Republicans blocked the package on Thursday, dealing a fresh blow to Obama's efforts to ... More

  • Second senior Democrat may face ethics trial

    By Corbett B. Daly and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second senior Democratic lawmaker may face a public ethics trial this fall, adding a new threat to their party's efforts to keep control of the House of Representatives in the November elections. The House ... More

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  • UAE to suspend Blackberry service on security fears

    DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will suspend use of Blackberry services in October, citing concerns about security risks, the state news agency said on Sunday. The UAE said it would halt Blackberry services until an "acceptable solution" is developed and applied. "It's a ... More

  • UK's Osborne urges banks to lend, restrain bonuses

    LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne urged the country's banks to use strong first-half profits to boost business lending rather than pay large bonuses, in an interview published late on Saturday. Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland are all due ... More

  • Eurazeo in exclusive B&B Hotels talks with Carlyle

    PARIS (Reuters) - French financial holding firm Eurazeo said on Saturday it is in exclusive talks to sell its B&B Hotels chain to U.S. private equity firm the Carlyle Group. The negotiations assume an enterprise value for the business of 485 million euros ($633 ... More

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  • Thor Trailer Leaks!

    Thor Trailer Leaks!San Diego Comic-Con audiences got the first look at footage from Marvel's upcoming superhero epic, Thor, but now you can see it for yourself. The Comic-Con trailer has hit the net, although not in the 3D form in which it was ... More

  • Kerr's model pal fuels pregnancy reports

    The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 33, exchanged vows with Kerr in a top secret ceremony last week (22Jul10), less than a month after announcing their engagement. Tabloid reports have since claimed the pair wanted to rush down the aisle and wed because Kerr is ... More

  • Counterpoint: How To Win An Internet PR Fight

    How Do You Win An Internet PR Fight? Don't Have One...Growing up my father tried to instill in me the idea that "the better man walks away from a fight." Of course, it was a hard sell. We live in a culture that ... More

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  • For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are. As expected, the study found that overweight or obese people were more ... More

  • What prevents falls after strokes? Study: Not much

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia. Up to three in four stroke survivors fall within six months of their stroke, and these falls ... More

  • The pill equally effective in obese, thin women

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs. As long as a woman-heavy or thin--took the pill consistently ... More

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  • Canadian archeologists find lost ship in Arctic

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian archeologists have discovered the wreckage of the ship that has been credited with discovering the fabled Northwest Passage, saying the vessel remains in good condition after being abandoned more than 150 years ago in the Arctic ice. Archeologists were able to snap ... More

  • Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday. Only a single compound called a growth factor was needed to induce the rabbits' bodies to remodel the joint tissue, said the team at Columbia University in ... More

  • Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday. They found that rivers that swept away sediments ... More

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  • UAE to suspend Blackberry service on security fears

    DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will suspend use of Blackberry services in October, citing concerns about security risks, the state news agency said on Sunday. The UAE said it would halt Blackberry services until an "acceptable solution" is developed and applied. "It's a ... More

  • BlackBerry maker to launch tablet in November: report

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion will introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc's iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the company's plans. The Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry smartpnone will call the device ... More

  • Software released for attacking Android phones

    LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's email and text messages. "It wasn't ... More

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  • Marquez calls out Pacquiao after defeating Diaz

    LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Juan Manuel Marquez retained his WBA and WBO lightweight titles with a unanimous decision victory over American Juan Diaz on Saturday before demanding a third fight with Manny Pacquiao. The Mexican drew with the Filipino in 2004 and suffered a narrow defeat ... More

  • Gonzalez completes cycle with winning blast

    DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez drove the first pitch of the ninth inning into the upper deck in right field to complete the cycle and lead Colorado to a 6-5 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. "I didn't even think I ... More

  • Yankees acquisition of Berkman headlines trade flurry

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees acquisition of five time All-Star Lance Berkman headlined a flurry of trades as Major League Baseball's non-waiver deadline passed Saturday. "I never thought in a million years it would happen, being a lifelong Houston Astro," said Berkman ... More

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