B10 Minnesota Michigan St Basketball

2010-03-12T21:16:25Z

Michigan State's Draymond Green (23) gives high-fives after being fouled by Minnesota's Ralph Sampson III in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterf...

Twins 8, Orioles 3, 8 innings

2010-03-11T19:30:16Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td></td> </tr> <tr><td>Baltimore @ Minnesota @</td> </tr> <tr><td>ab r h bi @ ab r h bi</td> </tr> <tr><td>Reimold dh 3 0 0 0 Span cf 3 1 2 1</td> </tr> <tr>&...

Top Big Ten teams still have much to prove

2010-03-10T15:00:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Top Big Ten teams still have much to prove at conference tourney</div><div><p>Injuries to Ohio State's Evan Turner and Purdue's Robbie Hummel might have dimmed the Big Ten's chances...

Panthers-Wild Sums

2010-03-09T20:00:20Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>Florida 0 0 2 0_3</td> </tr> <tr><td>Minnesota 2 0 0 0_2</td> </tr> <tr><td>Florida won shootout 1-0</td> </tr> <tr><td>First Period_1, Minnesota, Koivu 18 (Barker, Burns), 3:01 (pp). 2, Minnesota, Earl 6 (Schultz), 11:01. Penalties_McCabe,

Iowa Minnesota Basketball

2010-03-07T17:46:03Z

Minnesota's Colton Iverson, top, defends as Iowa's Aaron Fuller ponders a shot in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 7, 2010, in

Upper Midwest braces for severe spring flooding

2010-03-05T22:00:06Z

<div id="subtitle">The torrents of spring: Folks in the Upper Midwest brace for severe flooding _ again</div><div><p>Salesmen in Fargo are hawking products with names like the Muscle Wall and the Sandbagging Buddy. Emergency workers in Keokuk, Iowa, are planning to barricade the water treatment plant with limestone boulders. The farmers' cooperative in CHS Inc., an energy and grain-based foods member-owned cooperative, said on Thursday that it expects to distribute up to $225 million to its owners.</p><p>CHS already has distributed $190 million of that to more than 37,000 individuals and 1,000 companies such as local cooperatives, most o...

Wild-Flames Sums

2010-03-03T21:45:05Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>Minnesota 1 2 1_4</td> </tr> <tr><td>Calgary 0 0 0_0</td> </tr> <tr><td>First Period_1, Minnesota, Brodziak 8 (Nolan, Zidlicky), 18:56. Penalties_None.</td> </tr> <tr><td>Second Period_2, Minnesota, Brunette 18 (Miet...

Heavy demand closes Minn. appliance rebate program

2010-03-02T14:15:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Heavy demand closes Minnesota appliance rebate program just a day after it opens</div><div><p>Minnesota's appliance rebate program is closed.</p><p>Just a day after the program opened, the state Commerce Department said the 25,400 available rebate reservations were all claimed by 9 a.m. Tuesday. Reservations...

Minn. deficit shrinks for now, but growth expected

2010-03-02T14:00:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Minn. deficit shrinks to just under $1 billion, but is projected to grow again in longer term</div><div><p>The budget pressure on Minnesota lawmakers eased slightly with an economic report Tuesday that projects the state's deficit shrinking to $994 million — although warnings of a bigger problem to come fed the political tension.</p><p>Revised budget estimates released by state officials show...

Senate roll vote on tax breaks for new hires

2010-02-24T09:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate approves tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed</div><div><p>The 70-28 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed a jobs bill offering tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 13 Minnesota's House are considering several legislative bills on the subject of gay unions</div><div><p> <p>Lawmakers in Minnesota's House are considering several legislative bills on the subject of gay unions, 'Politics in Minnesota' reported.</p> <p>Three proposals would limit marriage to a heterosexual union by amending Minnesota's Constitution. Those bills have yet to re...

Food And Farm Whats Organic

2010-02-24T00:17:08Z

In a May 31, 2006 file photo, cows are shown grazing on an organic dairy farm in Jordan, Minn. New federal rules that define what makes milk and meat organic has advocates for natural food optimistic that the government is committed to ensuring that the label means something. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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Saturday's College Basketball

2010-02-21T00:30:07Z

<div><p>EAST</p><p>Albertus Magnus 77, Suffolk 63</p><p>Army 69, Navy 50</p><p>Bloomsburg 66, Millersville 54</p><p>Boston College 71, North Carolina 67</p><p>Boston U. 78, Rochester 70</p><p>Brown 80, Penn 73</p><p>Cornell 79, Harvard 70</p><p>Dartmouth 48, Columbia 44</p><p>Hamilton 71, Vassar 53</p><p>Iona 69, William &amp...

Guard troops wait for promised post-deployment pay

2010-02-22T09:01:59Z

<div id="subtitle">After 3 years, thousands of Guard troops finally in line to get promised post-deployment pay</div><div><p>Thousands of National Guard soldiers who served extra-long deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts were supposed to get paid time off when they came home three years ago.</p><p>Now, th...

Translation to explain Episcopal tenets in Hmong

2010-02-22T09:03:40Z

<div id="subtitle">'Christ have hulb': Hmong church undertakes ambitious translation of Book of Common Prayer</div><div><p>Words like "peace" and "mercy" are vital to talking about Christianity. They're just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to create a Hmong version of the denomination's Book of Common Prayer.</p><p>"Lord have mercy. Christ have...

Vancouver Olympics Curling

2010-02-15T00:30:55Z

John Shuster of Chisholm, Minn., center, releases the rock as his teammates Jeff Isaacson of Gilbert, Minn., left, and John Benton of St. Michael, Minn., prepare to sweep during a practice session at the

Canucks-Wild Sums

2010-02-22T09:32:55Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>Vancouver 0 0 2_2</td> </tr> <tr><td>Minnesota 1 2 3_6</td> </tr> <tr><td>First Period_1, Minnesota, Latendresse 20 (Belanger, Nolan), 13:17 (pp)....

The nation's weather

2010-02-22T10:50:56Z

<div id="subtitle">The nation's weather</div><div><p>Wet weather was in the forecast Sunday for the Northwest, as a Pacific storm pushed a cold front ashore.</p><p>The storm was expected to bring heavy rain, as well as snow at higher elevations. By evening, the wet weather was expected to have moved into the Cascades and into western Idaho.</p><p>Meanwhile, cold weather was expected to...

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