Ventura Dangles Idea Of 2016 Presidential Bid
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is back from his part-time home in Mexico and eagerly spreading the idea he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016.
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Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is back from his part-time home in Mexico and eagerly spreading the idea he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016.
Service dogs can do a lot of things -- including alerting diabetics when their blood sugar is low. Dog trainers from North America and Europe are in the Twin Cities to learn about dogs like Grace.
No raking the leaves, no condo association fees and no mortgage. They're all reasons that are pushing many people to rental housing in the Twin Cities as high-end apartments pop up all around the metro.
Hundreds of artists from around the country are in the west Twin Cities metro this weekend for the annual Edina Art Fair. It's one of the biggest art events in Minnesota. The 47th annual Edina Art Fair gets started at about 10 a.m. Friday and goes through the weekend.
The Brides Against Breast Cancer tour has made its way to Minneapolis. One thousand designer and brand name wedding gowns will be for sale at the Millennium Hotel. Show manager Kelsey Anderson says the discounts are deep."All of our gowns are discounted up to 85 percent-off the original value. And they've been donated by designers, manufacturers and brides," Anderson said.
The Democrat gearing up for a rematch against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended his campaign Friday, proclaiming success in his goal to oust the polarizing conservative from Congress two days after she announced she wouldn't seek re-election.
A Minnesota Supreme Court decision in the case of a little girl with cancer changes the way the state looks at medical malpractice claims. Friday's ruling says a patient may recover damages when a doctor's negligence causes that patient to lose a chance of recovery or survival. It comes in the case of a couple who claimed their daughter's cancer would have been curable if diagnosed earlier.
Scientists are trying to figure out why the moose population in Minnesota has gone down as much as 65 percent. The answers aren't good news. The Minnesota DNR captured 49 moose calves and fitted them with GPS transmitter collars. Days after finishing their work, 22 of the newborn moose had already died.
A Minneapolis man agreed to plead guilty Friday to a 2003 murder which was originally appealed and was awaiting a Supreme Court decision. According to the Hennepin County Attorney's office, 27-year-old Jonathan "Thirsty" Turner agreed to plead guilty to intentional second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Marcus Dortch on July 29 2003.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken and his wife Franni are grandparents for the first time. Franken's Senate office released the details Friday. The Frankens' daughter Thomasin and her husband, Brody Greenwald, became parents a day earlier.
A 46-year-old Apple Valley woman allegedly stole nearly $350,000 from the car wash where she worked at between 2008 and 2012. Connie Marie Rogers has been charged with nine counts of felony theft by swindle, and one count of gross misdemeanor theft by swindle, in connection with the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars from Paradise Car Wash.
After Earth is a battle between the once and probably not future king of the summer movie, who wants nothing more than to see his son ascend to the crown in his stead, and the director whose name has steadily devolved from wunderkind to wonder-why-he's-still-allowed-to-direct-movies.
A Minneapolis father whose 4-year-old son found a gun in the home and accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old brother with it has been found guilty on four criminal counts, including manslaughter and child endangerment.
Police believe the two suspects accused of being involved in a Washington County shooting that took place along Highway 5 near Highway 36 are already in custody. According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, authorities found Vy Lai Yang, 37, at 9:28 a.m. on May 21 with multiple gunshots in the lower part of his body as he sat in the passenger seat of a car driven by Demi Marie Ferguson, 20. He was taken to Regions Hospital, treated and later released.
A 24-year-old man is accused of breaking into an Inver Grove Heights home while a family was inside just weeks after being released from jail, according to charges filed Friday in Dakota County Court.
