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Airport commission favors flight pattern compromise 20 Nov 2012 | 09:00 am
The Metropolitan Airports Commission voted to support partially implementing a proposed change in flight patterns at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Senate questions pharmacy boards after outbreak 20 Nov 2012 | 07:32 am
A Senate committee investigating the deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness.
Analysts say taconite layoffs not the start of a trend 20 Nov 2012 | 06:32 am
Iron ore mining is a classic boom and bust industry. When times are good, they can be really good. Of course, the opposite is true when the economy slows.
Businesses in court ask for Central Corridor impact study 20 Nov 2012 | 05:06 am
A handful of St. Paul business owners went to court today to try to convince a federal judge that light-rail planners are taking too long to study how Central Corridor construction is affecting them.
Appetites: Take lowly cranberry to new heights this Thanksgiving 20 Nov 2012 | 02:45 am
Take a moment to consider a delicacy that has an important place on the Thanksgiving table and throughout the holiday season: the lowly cranberry.
Dow gains 207 in best day since election 20 Nov 2012 | 02:10 am
Market-watchers cite optimism about a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.
Judge asks Hostess to mediate with union 20 Nov 2012 | 02:04 am
Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the company won't go out of business just yet.
Sabo pedestrian bridge set to reopen 20 Nov 2012 | 01:55 am
City officials say contractors have completed structural repairs on the Minneapolis bridge, where support cables broke loose last winter.
Art Heroes: Photographer Wing Young Huie goes beyond appearances 20 Nov 2012 | 01:30 am
Duluth native Wing Young Huie is known for his public art installations, most recently the University Avenue project in which he turned a six-mile stretch of the thoroughfare into an outdoor photo gal...
Best Buy denies website crash reports 20 Nov 2012 | 01:18 am
The retailer says its website has received "unprecedented" traffic Monday but has not gone down.
