Man Found Dead May Have Been “Scrapping” Wire
Updated: 26 mins agoThe Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death.
Riceville Police Chief on Paid Administrative Leave
Updated: 20 hours agoNew // RICEVILLE, IA – Riceville Police Chief Kim Orth is on paid administrative leave, after a City Council meeting on June 12th. Riceville Mayor Dean Eastman is confirming that, but will not say why, and that it is a… More »
Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
Updated: 1 hour agoST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.
A statement from Flynn’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said he died
Railroad says no trace of fuel after derailment
Updated: 7 hours agoCHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Canadian Pacific Railroad says an evaluation shows no trace of fuel following a May derailment east of Charles City.
The Charles City Press reports (http://bit.ly/17XSVWy ) Wednesday that an evaluation commissioned by… More »
Italian icons find no respite from tax man
Updated: 30 mins agoMILAN (AP) — Sophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the taxman, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay off a tax debt.
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ND judge allows new complaint to abortion lawsuit
Updated: 33 mins agoBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge on Wednesday agreed to combine a lawsuit that challenges a new requirement for doctors who perform abortions with litigation over a 2011 law that limits the use of drugs to
Militants kill 6 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
Updated: 37 mins agoPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior police official says militants attacked a military convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in northwest Pakistan, killing six soldiers.
Shafiullah Khan says two soldiers were wounded in the attack Wednesday,
Group: Exclude Chad troops from UN force in Mali
Updated: 44 mins agoUNITED NATIONS (AP) — A network of human rights groups on Wednesday criticized plans to include Chadian troops in a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali while Chad’s military remains on a U.N. ‘list of shame’ for child
Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill
Updated: 48 mins agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
Updated: 32 mins agoCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
A combination of government austerity