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Copper Mining Runs Afoul of Wild Rice in Minnesota
By not in system - AOL NewsMINNEAPOLIS -- Wild rice is sacred to the Ojibwe of Minnesota, but that may not be enough to protect it from the promise of jobs that a new copper-nickel mining industry would bring to the state. Lawmakers and business interests are working to loosen Minnesota's water quality standards to make it easier to start copper mining in the northeastern part of the state, but it could come at an environmental price. The fight is being closely watched by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, who fear that weaker standards could wipe out important natural stands of wild rice that provide food ...
Dangerous Storm Threatens Thunderstorms, Tornadoes in Parts of US
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsThe second major outbreak of dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes is poised to sweep across parts of the United States in the coming days, following quickly on the heels of a storm that produced more than 1,800 severe weather reports earlier this week, including 66 tornado reports. The severe weather is expected to be most widespread on Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center, comprising the government's thunderstorm and tornado forecasting experts, has outlined a large area from the Plains to the Midwest and parts of the South as a potentially dangerous region on Sunday and Sunday night. The ...
Minn. Senator Objects to Religious Prayer in Senate Chamber
By not in system - AOL NewsA debate over prayer and its place in Minnesota's state Legislature is heating up at the Capitol and it's Minnetonka's own state senator, Terri Bonoff who is at the heart of the fight. Sen. Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka) said on Tuesday that she wants it to be not only a standard policy, but also an enforced rule, that any prayer said in the Senate chamber be non-denominational in nature. "We have a policy at the Minnesota Senate that says the prayers must be non-denominational [and] I want to make sure that it's crystal clear," she told Minnetonka Patch on Tuesday. The move comes less than ...
Overdose Leaves Minn. Teen Dead, 10 Hospitalized
By not in system - AOL NewsBLAINE, Minn. -- One teen died and 10 teenagers and young adults were hospitalized Thursday after an apparent mass overdose on a designer hallucinogen at a suburban Minneapolis home, authorities said. Investigators said the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified the drug as 2C-E. It appeared the hallucinogen, which is sometimes known on the street as "Europa" and has no approved medical use, was legally ordered over the Internet for a spring break party, said Paul Sommer, a commander in the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. A 19-year-old Coon Rapids man, whose name was not ...
Bad Vibrations: Russian Bomb Squad Called to Disarm Sex Toy
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsA sex toy sparked a terror drill in Russia on Monday, when a bomb squad was summoned to defuse a vibrator. Anti-terrorism experts responded to a call from a post office in Petrozavodsk in the republic of Karelia, where an employee had discovered a package that was emitting a bizarre ticking noise, The Telegraph reports. "The post building was ringed by the security forces and people were evacuated," a police spokeswoman told the press. "In the package the bomb squad found a vibrator." The pleasure device -- which was deemed harmless -- had reportedly been turned on "by accident." The ...
Mother and Father Deliver Baby in U-Haul
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsProud father Draper Lewis has a new slogan for U-Haul: Baby on Board. Draper; his toddler, Alyssa; and his very pregnant wife, Angel, were driving the family's belongings from their old home in Minnesota to their new home in Illinois earlier this week. Their 5-year-old son Draper Jr. waited with his grandmother up the road in Chicago where, the Lewises presumed, a new sibling would be born on or around Angel's due date, March 17. The third-time mom had been having mild contractions for a few weeks, Draper told AOL News, but her other children had been induced, and she thought she was fine to ...
Lady Gaga and Target Unite for LGBT Causes
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyLady Gaga has power, and to snicker at it is a mistake. The 25-year-old pop goddess played hardball with Minnesota-based retailer Target and won. Target wanted a special edition of her newest hit, "Born This Way," which has already been called a gay anthem by Elton John. (Upon its release two weeks ago, it became the fastest-selling song ever on iTunes.) Lady Gaga wasn't so willing to agree, given that Target had previously supported political candidates with anti-gay reputations. "That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I've ever had in a business meeting," Lady Gaga told ...
Storm System Moving Across US Brings Threat of Tornadoes, Flooding
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsSpring storms are notorious for producing a wide array of dangerous weather, ranging from powerful thunderstorms and flooding rain to heavy snow, and a spring-like storm system moving out of the Plains and through the East will produce some of each today and Friday. Tornadoes are a threat for eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee through tonight, according to the federal government's Storm Prediction Center. But thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will occur over a much larger area, as far west as eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas ...
After Dumping a Foot of Snow in Midwest, Storm Heads East
By not in system - AOL NewsMINNEAPOLIS -- A major snow storm dealt another winter wallop to Wisconsin, Michigan and northern Ohio on Monday as it moved east out of Minnesota leaving more than a foot of fresh snow in its wake. Operations were returning to normal at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after the storm prompted Delta Airlines to cancel hundreds of flights Sunday, although hourlong delays were reported. Airport spokeswoman Melissa Scovronski said about 60 departures and 100 arrivals were canceled early Monday, but she said she didn't expect more because the weather was clearing. The National ...
Tim Pawlenty: Meeting and Greeting on Mike Huckabee's Arkansas Turf
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyArkansas doesn't have the political star power of Iowa or New Hampshire, but that isn't stopping potential 2012 presidential hopefuls from visiting. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty popped into the state this week to meet with GOP elected officials and leaders. His journey to the land of former Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee was the first this year for a likely GOP contender for the White House. Pawlenty had no public events in Arkansas, but this wasn't about selling books and giving a speech to the masses. Pawlenty's visit focused on networking and making big-money ...
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