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Drivers Had Really Unsafe Reaction to Ducks in Road

Somehow, no humans or ducks were injured

(Newser) - Now, the Minnesota State Patrol doesn't explicitly say, "Run over the ducks." But you can read between the lines to get that message after a harrowing video captured by DOT cameras on I-35 emerged. In it, a group of ducks crosses the highway as a dozen vehicles...

Archdiocese Charged With Failing to Protect Kids

Prosecutors say Minneapolis church authorities ignored pedophile priest

(Newser) - Criminal charges were filed today against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for its handling of a priest who molested children, with a prosecutor saying church leaders "turned a blind eye" to the abuse. Ramsey County prosecutors charged the archdiocese as a corporation with six gross...

10 Most Literate US Cities


 10 Most Literate US Cities 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Apr 12, 2015 10:32 AM CDT

10 Most Literate US Cities

Minneapolis is No. 1 in new survey

(Newser) - An annual ranking of the most literate cities in the US has a new champion: Minneapolis. It bumped Washington, DC, which has reigned supreme for the last four years, to No. 2. The survey by Central Connecticut State University factors in data from bookstores, online and physical libraries, newspaper circulations,...

Man Arrested Following Shooting of Minneapolis Cop

Police rep says shooting linked to officer's response to a call

(Newser) - A man has been arrested, police say, after a shooting left a Minneapolis police officer in the hospital . The 43-year-old was arrested over allegedly violating probation in a possible burglary and domestic assault, KARE reports. The injured officer—who is now in fair condition in the hospital—was investigating a...

Minneapolis Officer Shot Near Patrol Car

Chief says wounded cop was deliberately targeted

(Newser) - A Minneapolis cop got shot this morning in what the police say was a deliberate attack, reports CBS Minnesota . The officer is hospitalized in satisfactory condition, and his injuries are not life-threatening. He and his partner were wrapping up a burglary call about 5am when the officer was shot while...

Car Plows Through Michael Brown Protest

Minneapolis woman suffers minor injuries

(Newser) - A terrifying moment at one of the many Ferguson rallies across America yesterday: In Minneapolis, a car plowed through a group of people protesting the grand jury decision. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune , the vehicle's driver, a man, started honking at protesters who had blocked an intersection near...

Driver 'LOLs' Over Wreck That Killed Teen

Charges pending in suspected DUI accident

(Newser) - Jason McCarthy, 16, died days after a suspected drunken driver sideswiped a vehicle, fled the scene, then crashed into the rear of McCarthy's car minutes later outside Minneapolis last week. But while the teen was fighting for his life, the alleged driver of the other vehicle, Michael Vanwagner, 24—...

Minneapolis Awarded 2018 Super Bowl

New stadium helps city beat New Orleans, Indianapolis

(Newser) - If you build it, the Super Bowl will come. That message rang loud and clear yesterday when Minneapolis was awarded the 2018 game after a vote by NFL owners rewarded the city for its new stadium deal. The owners chose Minneapolis and the $1 billion stadium planned for the site...

Toddler Falls 11 Stories, Somehow Survives

'Miracle baby' remains in hospital, but without brain injury

(Newser) - Doctors in Minneapolis are calling 15-month-old Musa Dayib the "miracle baby," reports the Star Tribune , and for good reason: The infant fell from his family's 11th-story balcony and survived. In fact, he was still conscious when his panicked father, Guled Ahmed, ran down the stairs to tend...

Minneapolis Axes Columbus Day, Replaces It

Indigenous People's Day gets a crack at the 2nd Monday in October

(Newser) - If you wait breathlessly every year for that brisk second Monday in October and the Columbus Day holiday that goes with it, then chances are Minneapolis is not the place for you. As the Star-Tribune reports, the Minnesota city's council voted unanimously on Friday to dump Columbus Day on...

Family Fights to Keep Comatose Man in US

Minn. hospital is preparing to deport him to Pakistan, family wants him to stay

(Newser) - A 20-year-old exchange student from Pakistan is an unwitting participant in a deportation fight between his family and a hospital in Minnesota, reports the AP . Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa has been in a coma since suffering head injuries in a November car accident, and his student visa expires on Feb. 28....

Man's Act of Kindness Ends in His Murder

Good Samaritan lets man in his Minneapolis home, gets shot

(Newser) - Thomas Sonnenberg, a 69-year-old retiree, liked helping others . So when a man appeared at the back door of his Minneapolis home just before noon on Friday screaming "Somebody's going to kill me!" and begging to be let inside, Sonnenberg did just that. At the man's urging,...

Explosion, Fire Injure 13 in Minneapolis

6 injured critically

(Newser) - A billowing fire engulfed a three-story building near downtown Minneapolis this morning, sending 13 people to hospitals with injuries ranging from burns to trauma associated with falls. Officials said six of those injuries were critical, but no fatalities were reported. An explosion was reported about 8:15am, and within minutes...

Autism Rates Soar in US' Biggest Somali Community

Minneapolis rates far above national average

(Newser) - A health puzzle in Minneapolis: Autism rates in the city are way above the national average, especially in the city's Somali-American community, which is the nation's biggest. Autism spectrum disorders affect around one in 88 American children, but the rate in Minneapolis is one in 48 overall, rising...

Why Politicians Don&#39;t Get Mass Transit
 Why Politicians 
 Don't Get Mass Transit 
OPINION
Dec 2, 2013 1:58 PM CST

Why Politicians Don't Get Mass Transit

Ray LaHood wants better infrastructure after crash, but it'll never happen

(Newser) - In the wake of the train disaster in the Bronx , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took to MSNBC and called on lawmakers to invest in America's "50-year-old transit systems." But when it comes to public transit, that plea will probably fall on deaf ears. "Mass transit is...

2 of 5 Kids Pulled From Underwater Car Die

3 others in critical condition

(Newser) - Two children have died after they were trapped in a car that veered off a suburban Minneapolis highway ramp and became submerged in a storm water pond. Five children, ages 1 to 7, were pulled out of the car after it was towed from the water yesterday in St. Louis...

See the Year's Most Memorable Campaign Ad

It's a shark metaphor, explains Minneapolis candidate Jeff Wagner

(Newser) - At Political Wire , Taegan Goddard calls this the "best political ad of the year." Even if you disagree, you have to give Minneapolis mayoral candidate Jeff Wagner credit for making a name for himself. That'll happen when you emerge half-naked from a lake with a coffee mug,...

Minneapolis Mayor to Gay Chicagoans: We'll Marry You

Meanwhile, the VA changes tune on benefits, and Texas GOP fights anti-discrimination law

(Newser) - Gay marriage still isn't legal in Illinois, and Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak is making a boldfaced attempt to take advantage of that. Rybak is headed to Chicago today to announce a new ad campaign urging gay Windy City residents to cross the border and get hitched. Rybak will hold...

Nazi Commander Found Living in Minnesota

AP tracks down SS veteran Michael Karkoc, whose unit massacred civilians

(Newser) - The AP has uncovered evidence that the commander of a Nazi SS unit has been living for decades in Minnesota, having lied about his wartime experience to immigration officials. Michael Karkoc, 94, led a unit accused of burning Ukrainian villages and slaughtering the civilians within, including women and children. And...

Obama: 'We Don't Have to Agree' on Guns

President Obama presses his gun controls in Minnesota

(Newser) - With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded today the challenges he faces in winning support for measures ranging from criminal checks on gun buyers to an assault weapons ban . But, he declared: "We don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to...

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