Lead utility drops out of Big Stone II on Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:48 PM PDTThe utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota pulled out of the project Friday, citing the economic downturn and uncertainty about climate change legislation to regulate carbon emissions.
Kidnapped girl's story gives hope to some parents on Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:41 AM PDTPatty Wetterling keeps a scrapbook of news clippings about abducted children being reunited with their families years later. It's a source of hope for Wetterling, whose son, Jacob, was abducted nearly 20 years ago in central Minnesota.
Clergy abuse survivors doing well after transplant on Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:30 AM PDTA Massachusetts man who was abused by a priest as a boy says he's doing well a day after getting a kidney from another clergy abuse survivor from Minnesota.
Man beaten by Minn. police: 'No one deserved' that on Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:04 PM PDTA man who's seen in a police video being kicked and punched by Minneapolis officers says he made the recording public in order to prevent the same thing happening to others.
Minn. man killed by deputy after day of swimming on Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:35 PM PDTA plainclothes sheriff's deputy shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old man wearing only swim trunks after an argument ensued when he confronted the man for erratic driving, authorities and witnesses said Tuesday.
Authorities: Man in swim trunks killed by deputy on Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:40 AM PDTState investigators say a plainclothes Minnesota sheriff's deputy fatally shot an unarmed man dressed only in swim trunks.
In tough times, second look at burials for poor on Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:43 AM PDTThe slender figure of Guy Finch, zipped up in a body bag after the 83-year-old died alone in his Minneapolis apartment, was brought to funeral director Todd Maisch one Saturday last month.
