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Good Question Who Manages Money Better Men Or Women
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Managing money is the top thing couples fight about. And research shows that men and women have different habits, different styles of dealing with money. Nicole Middendorf owns Prosperwell Financial. She thinks women get a bad rap, especially when it comes to spending. "Men and women spend a lot of money," she said . But a 2011 Gallup poll showed that men ...
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Deduno ready for season debut facing Tigers
An offseason injury delayed his arrival, but Samuel Deduno is set to rejoin the Twins' rotation. Deduno, who was scheduled to start for Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, instead will start against the Detroit Tigers on Friday night at Comerica Park. The 29-year-old right-hander started 15 games for the Twins last season, recording a 4.44 ERA with 57 strikeouts and 53 walks in 79 innings, but ...
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Man Rescued After Falling Off Mississippi River Bluffs
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A man fell off the edge of the bluffs on the St. Paul side of the Mississippi River Thursday afternoon, St. Paul Fire Department spokesman Steve Zaccard said. Zaccard said the man was rescued by the Minnesota Air Rescue Team, the Minnesota State Patrol, and St. Paul Firefighters after falling off near Mississippi River Boulevard between Lake Street and the Ford ...
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Fielder’s Single Gives Tigers 7-6 Win Over Twins
DETROIT (AP) -- Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton’s glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. Omar Infante started the inning with a single and was bunted to second by Torii Hunter. Ron Gardenhire then ordered Miguel Cabrera intentionally walked, but Fielder foiled the ...
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Minnesota Twins Poor pitching extends losing streak to nine
Minnesota Twins center fielder Aaron Hicks dives but misplays a ball hit by Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez for a run-scoring single during the seventh inning. (AP Photo/Carlos ...
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Minnesota Vikings New punter Jeff Locke a social crusader in his...
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Let us get this out of the way first, since the two will be linked and compared for as long as punter controversies somehow manage to captivate the public: Jeff Locke is not Chris Kluwe. The rookie Vikings punter, like the one he is replacing, is a UCLA product. Locke graduated with a 3.885 grade-point average in economics. Kluwe turned down Harvard after ...
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Viewers’ Choice For MN’s Best Playground Litchfield’s On Lake Ripley
LITCHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) – Summer unofficially begins this weekend and for families with young kids, that means a trip to the playground. WCCO viewers voted and their favorite playground in Minnesota is the Litchfield Community Built Playground on Lake Ripley. The Litchfield Community Built Playground is exactly what it sounds like — practically all volunteers working together to ...
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Willinghams homers cant prevent ninth straight loss
MIN@DET: Willingham hammers second dinger of game DETROIT -- Josh Willingham homered twice and drove in four runs, but the Twins couldn't hold a late lead in a 7-6 loss to the Tigers that extended their losing streak to nine games on Thursday night at Comerica Park. Reliever Jared Burton gave up the go-ahead RBI single to Prince Fielder with one out in the eighth inning to score Omar ...
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Tigers 7 Twins 6 Minnesota loses ninth straight
Minnesota Twins' Josh Willingham is congratulated in the dugout after his three-run home run off Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Rick Porcello during the third inning Thursday. (AP Photo/Carlos ...
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ViaWest plans big Minnesota data center
ViaWest logo ViaWest is expanding to Minnesota, building its first data center there in coming months and opening the first part of it in early 2014. The Greenwood Village-based data center company bought 28 acres in the Minneapolis area and has designed a 150,000-square-foot data center to house and manage clients computer servers or host their cloud computing services. Demand within our hybrid ...
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Zach Sobiech funeral Mourners sing Clouds to bid him farewell
Balloons were placed outside St. Michael's Church in Stillwater on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for the funeral of Internet singing sensation Zach Sobiech, who was 18. (Courtesy of Shawn Hogendorf, Stillwater ...
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Two Arrested After Airing Of Hastings Robbery Video
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two people are under arrest after a dramatic convenience store robbery in Hastings was caught on tape. WCCO-TV showed surveillance video of the robbery Wednesday night. The video captured a man armed with a knife demanding cash from the registers. No one was hurt in the robbery. After the video aired, police say they got a number of tips leading to two ...
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Florimon exits with sprained right index finger
Email DETROIT -- Shortstop Pedro Florimon left Thursday's game against the Tigers with a sprained right index finger, and he's listed as day to day. Florimon, who singled to lead off the third inning, injured his finger while sliding into third base while advancing on a single from Jamey Carroll. Florimon scored on an RBI single from Joe Mauer but was examined by head trainer Dave ...
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St. Paul school district looks for more productive ways to handle troublemakers
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Amid a national backlash to "zero tolerance" school discipline, the St. Paul Public Schools district is reining in suspensions. Banishing children from school derails learning and teaches them little about how to behave better, educators say. And the gaping disparity in suspensions, especially for black boys, has drawn criticism from advocates ...
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Minnesotans who buy online soon will pay sales tax
Minnesota's brick-and-mortar retailers have long complained of being at a competitive disadvantage because they must charge sales taxes while their online rivals do not - a requirement that raises their ...
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Police Still Waiting For Evidence Statements Before Speaking On Uptown Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s been almost two weeks since an officer-involved shooting left one man dead and two police officers with gunshot wounds in a south Minneapolis basement. Recently, Chief Janee Harteau has faced criticism for releasing few details about the case. Of the five officers involved, sources say three gave statements within 72 hours of the shooting. Police say the ...
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After Passing Away Teen Lights Up Scoreboard Again
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Louis Park teenager who died after a battle with leukemia is being remembered in a very special way. Eighteen-year-old Derrick Keller was a stand-out high school baseball player and was offered a scholarship to Southwest Minnesota State University. But before he could go to college, he was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away last summer. On Wednesday, the ...
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Generosity Takes Center Stage In HS Tennis Match
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There are a lot of differences between Minneapolis Edison and The Blake School. The Blake School is a perennial power in tennis - and Minneapolis Edison is not. So when the two were matched up last week, there was little doubt what the result would ...
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Memorial Growing For 2 Students Lost In Lilydale Landslide
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Counselors were on hand at Peter Hobart Elementary School on Thursday for returning students, parents, and staff. And there’s a growing memorial that’s been set up outside the school as the community honors the two children who died in the Lilydale Park land slide — Mohamed Fofana, Haysem Sani — and also the two students injured in ...
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Arcia out of the lineup for fourth straight game
Email DETROIT -- Rookie outfielder Oswaldo Arcia was on the bench for a fourth straight game on Thursday, but Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he wants to get him back in the lineup on Friday against the Tigers. Arcia didn't start any of the club's three games in Atlanta but did serve as a pinch-hitter in all three games, belting a pinch-hit homer in Wednesday's 8-3 loss. ...
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Mastroianni to be out six weeks after ankle surgery
Email DETROIT -- Outfielder Darin Mastroianni underwent successful surgery on his left ankle on Wednesday and is expected to be out six weeks. Mastroianni, who was moved to the 60-day disabled list on Wednesday, had a bone chip in his ankle repaired by team physician Dr. John Steubs in Minnesota. He initially sustained the injury when he fouled a ball of his ankle in Spring Training and ...
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Twins relievers effective despite heavy workload
Email DETROIT -- With Twins starters not going deep into games, the club's relievers have been called on to eat innings but have stayed effective. The Twins haven't had a starter go more than five innings since Vance Worley went six on Friday against the Red Sox. But Worley only went 3 2/3 innings on Wednesday and was optioned to Triple-A Rochester after his start. So manager Ron ...
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Suspended St. Paul attorney gets jail time after driving drunk
Rachel Lauren Toberman Rachel Toberman, a suspended St. Paul attorney who pleaded to obstructing legal process and drunken driving, was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in jail. Toberman, 32, tearfully told Ramsey County District Judge Robyn Millenacker that she was a different person than the one who hit a vehicle in January 2011 in the Sweeney's Saloon parking lot and then fought with ...
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Two Harbors sexual harassment case splits Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court has sent a case back to the trial court to determine whether a Two Harbors businessman sexually harassed three women employees, but two of the justices issued strong dissents and said they believe the women already proved their case. In his dissent, Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Anderson said the court is sending a message to Minnesota citizens that victims of ...
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Poll Minnesota resorts motels bullish on summer season
The majority of Minnesota resorts and campgrounds polled in a recent survey, 84 percent, expect their 2013 summer season to be as good as or better than last year, according to Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state-funded tourism promotional agency. The poll was released on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend holiday, traditionally the kickoff of the summer vacation season. Explore Minnesota ...
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Minnesota Sinfonia is the state's only professional and free orchestra
The Minnesota Sinfonia is the only free-of-charge orchestra performing in the Twin Cities region at a professional level, most members have graduate music degrees and private teaching studios and have been with the orchestra for many years. In addition, the orchestra strives to disseminate as best it can the skills and talent that it has accumulated over the years.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or so the saying goes, but residents of Minnesota need not look further than their own state to find one form of entertainment that is professional, world-class and completely free for people of all ages. Read more
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