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WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury is investigating a prominent Democratic lobbyist and a former GOP congressman from Minnesota for their involvement in an influence campaign on behalf of Ukrainian interests tied to Paul Manafort, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation. At the center of the widening probe are Tony Podesta, a longtime Democratic operative, and Vin Weber, a former Republican congressman from southwestern Minnesota and leader of his own high-powered lobbying firm, Mercury LLC. The two men were hired as part of a multimillion-dollar lobbying effort directed by Manafort and longtime associate Rick...

Bail was set at $1 million Wednesday for a Cottage Grove man who authorities linked to a complex Dark Web plot to pay for his wife’s murder before he ultimately poisoned and shot her himself and staged her death as a suicide.

Officer Jeronimo Yanez faces three criminal charges for the killing of Philando Castile, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced Wednesday. Choi said it was his conclusion that “use of deadly force by Officer Yanez was not justified.” Yanez was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.

Apple's latest software update for the iPhone and iPad features one of its subtlest but most symbolically significant design changes yet. iOS 10, which will be available for free download this fall, removes the revolver emoji and replaces it with a squirt gun.

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ABSTRACT New results are presented from an extended experimental investigation of anomalous heat production in a special type of reactor tube operating at high temperatures. The reactor, named E-Cat, is charged with a small amount of hydrogen-loaded nickel powder plus some additives, mainly Lithium. The reaction is primarily initiated by heat from resistor coils around the reactor tube. Measurements of the radiated power from the reactor were performed with high-resolution thermal imaging cameras. The measurements of electrical power input were performed with a large bandwidth three-phase power analyzer. Data were collected during 32 days of running in March 2014. The...

Between 22 and 27 defensive players on the New Orleans Saints, as well as defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, maintained a "bounty" program funded primarily by players in violation of NFL rules during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons, the NFL announced Friday.

http://www.kstp.com/livevideo/videoWindow.shtml?aID=177 Very large gas main fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uef17zOCDb8&feature=player_embedded This may make 3D finally usable, or not.

Why would the federal government fly a U.S. Navy officer, his Samoan wife and her unemployed sister thousands of miles from Hawaii to Minnesota to appear in a small St. Paul courtroom? Would you believe an alleged extortion plot involving Mexican hit men hired by Wal-Mart, t he Samoan mafia, an exotic dancer from Guam, her love child and a fearful farm family from Granite Falls, Minn.?

Minnesota's Republican governor used to make soaring speeches about defusing climate change. Now he's making jokes, and some environmentalists are wondering whether his gone-missing support amounts to "bait and switch" politics. Gov. Tim Pawlenty is stoking frustration among Democratic state lawmakers and prominent climate thinkers for becoming "totally silent" on two major efforts to stem greenhouse gas emissions in Minnesota and in a strip of states stretching from Canada to Kansas. The turnaround is striking because it was the governor who powerfully promoted the initiatives. Now, chafed participants believe Pawlenty is abandoning climate action to mend his conservative credentials before...

Could there be a calculated, cross-country plot to kill young college men, including some in Minnesota? It seems a little hard to believe, but two New York detectives say, they can prove it.

Revered Hmong leader charged in Laos plot Gen. Vang Pao, a legendary figure to many Hmong Minnesotans, and 8 others are accused of planning to overthrow the communist government of Laos. The general, who has strong Minnesota ties, battled for control of Laos for most of his life. BY TIM NELSON, LAURA YUEN, JOHN BREWER and TAD VEZNER Pioneer Press Article Last Updated: 06/05/2007 06:33:15 AM CDT Former military leader Gen. Vang Pao meets with the Twin Cities Hmong community in St. Paul in this May 21, 2004 photo. (AP file photo) Related content PDF: Read the complaint The patriarch of...

It was one of the most serious cases of smuggling of nuclear material in recent years: A Russian man, authorities allege, tried to sell a small amount of nuclear-bomb grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket. The buy that took place last summer, it turned out, was a setup by Republic of Georgia authorities, with the help of the CIA. Their quiet sting operation — neither U.S. nor Georgian officials have publicized it — is an unsettling reminder about the possibility of terrorists acquiring nuclear bomb-making material on the black market.

Recall ends risky flights on the water Many riders injured, and a few killed, by inflatable "kite tube." Paul Levy, Star Tribune Travis Kladivo was 10 to 15 feet above the water when a gust of wind swept beneath his "kite tube" -- an inflatable device that goes airborne when towed by a boat. The gust violently shook the inflated saucer, lifting it another 10 feet into the air. Kladivo, 19, of Tower, had ridden his family's kite tube several times before and knew the danger of trusting his body to the 10-foot-wide device being pulled by a boat traveling...

Source: Mayo Clinic     Released: Wed 02-Feb-2005, 17:10 ET  Printer-friendly Version  Researchers Create ‘Obedient Virus’; Use Measles Virus Against Cancer LibrariesScience News   KeywordsMEASLES, VIRUS, CANCER Contact InformationAvailable for logged-in reporters only DescriptionAn international team of Mayo Clinic-led researchers is first to devise a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts down and destroys cancer cells -- and cancer cells only. Newswise — An international team of Mayo Clinic-led researchers is first to devise a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts down and destroys cancer cells -- and cancer cells...

Authorities also look at 2001 hunter slayingUpdated: 11-24-2004 12:18:03 PM(AP) - Clark County's sheriff says his detectives "jumped on it right away" when trying to determine any possible link between the fatal Sawyer County shootings and the 2001 death of a hunter near Neillsville, Wisconsin. Sheriff Louis Rosandich says the homicide of Jim Southworth in November of 2001 has not been forgotten by area citizens or anyone else. Southworth was hunting alone on family land when he was shot twice in the back. Witnesses reported a late 1980s-model Nissan or Chevy truck near the scene of the shooting. Three occupants...

Mere immortals August 11, 2003 Print this article Email to a friend Related:Immortality Your say Five years ago the question would never have been uttered in scientific circles but it is now. So here goes: Will we ever live forever? Michelle Hamer reports.If he had been born a few generations later, my 84-year-old grandfather, Ron Casey, could be in the autumn of his life rather than the winter - with perhaps another 35 years of life to fill and the good health to support his whims.A few of our more radical experts believe that, in the next 50 years, 90-year-olds could look like 30-year-olds and...

<p>July 14 (Bloomberg) -- A car bomb blew up today outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, an unidentified U.S. military policeman told Agence France-Presse.</p> <p>Details of the attack weren't immediately available.</p> <p>Coalition forces began a crackdown on Saturday aimed at armed groups opposed to the U.S.-led occupation, arresting 226 people, as one American soldier was killed and six were wounded today in the latest attack on a military convoy, the U.S. Central Command said earlier today in e-mailed statements.</p>