More than 200,000 Minnesota residents are jobless, and last month’s shutdown caused the state’s unemployment rate to jump to 7.2 percent.
Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties
Police found shrapnel, plastic tubing, timing and fuse devices the student was amassing in a plot he intended to be worse than the Columbine mass killings, police said Wednesday.
FBI investigates fatal rundown of black Miss. man
An FBI spokeswoman in Mississippi, said Wednesday that the bureau is investigating the June 26 death and said the agency wants to “determine whether federal civil rights crimes occurred.”
S&P’s competency among the issues
As the president fires back, some lawmakers and economists have questioned whether the ratings agencies have the competence to evaluate the country’s finances, based on their own performance before the 2008-09 financial crisis.
Chile’s president, miners mark year since collapse
Several of the miners carried an image of the Virgin to the Candelaria cathedral in downtown Copiapo, a dusty mining city in Chile’s northern desert 31 miles (50 kilometers) from the isolated mine that has been closed since the miners were pulled out alive 69 days after their ordeal began.
Cargill recalling 36M pounds of ground turkey
Cargill said that it is recalling fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company’s Springdale, Ark., plant from Feb. 20 through Aug. 2 due to possible contamination from the strain of salmonella.
ACLU seeks info on how police use cellphone data
The civil rights organization said 34 of its national affiliates have filed open-records requests with hundreds of law enforcement agencies seeking disclosure on cellphone location data, which is used to pinpoint where people go with their phones.
Judge nixes proposed 450-foot BWCA cellphone tower
A judge blocked the plan, ruling that the proposed tower with flashing airplane safety lights would likely hurt the “scenic and aesthetic resources” of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness.
Giffords’ vote the most memorable of all
Seven months after she was shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House on Monday to cast her vote. Thunderous applause and emotional hugs from her Republican and Democratic colleagues greeted her.
Businesses play critical role in thwarting terror
The enduring lesson for a post-9/11 world: America’s work force plays a crucial role in preventing potential terror attacks.
Debt mess shows Washington’s awful side
Even if a bitterly divided Congress and President Barack Obama avoid a U.S. debt default by striking a last-second deal, as all sides expect, plenty of damage has been done.
Authorities examine body of girl killed in 1957
The body was exhumed weeks after authorities announced they’d arrested a Seattle man and charged him with murder in the death of the girl, who was abducted by a man as she played outside her home in Sycamore in December 1957.
North Korea predicts new nuclear arms race
Sin Son Ho told a General Assembly meeting that if “the largest nuclear weapon state” — a reference to the United States — wants to stop the spread of nuclear weapons “it should show its good example by negotiating the Treaty of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons.”
Norway victim’s father recounts last words
Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week’s bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief to an already reeling nation.
Aid workers rush to help East Africa’s hungry
Officials warn that 800,000 children could die across the Horn of Africa. Aid workers are rushing to bring help to dangerous and previously unreached regions of drought-ravaged Somalia.