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Medtronic cuts 2,000 jobs worldwide, 500 in Minn.
A Medtronic spokeswoman tells the Star Tribune about 65% of the job cuts have already occurred.
7 hrs ago | The Washington Post
The upstart grocer has had to add orange juice, soy milk and other non-local items to appease customers who are not yet ready to sacrifice their creature comforts in the name of the environment.
11 hrs ago | City Pages
David Clifford fired from MPD following felony assault conviction
A month following his conviction for two counts of felony assault and another count of misdemeanor assault, former Minneapolis SWAT team executive officer David Clifford is out of a job.
11 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.
12 hrs ago | New York Daily News
16 hrs ago | MarketWatch
Yahoo's Tumblr deal 'long-shot, long-term' bet
Yahoo Inc.'s $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr was quickly viewed by analysts as a bold, potentially game-changing long-term bet, but one fraught with risks for a Web portal struggling with so many other challenges.
19 hrs ago | KTEN-TV Denison
Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away.
The prolific writer of the resoundingly successful novel "The Kite Runner" returns to the literary feast table with his latest novel "And The Mountains Echoed." Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-born American and trained physician, rocked the snobby lit-world with his all consuming novel, and film, "The Kite Runner" and then repeated that with "A Thousand ... (more)
Rosie Pope helps navigate exotic baby gear
Amid the purveyors of belly casts and placenta pills, sonogram art and cord banks at a recent baby gear extravaganza stood a smiling Rosie Pope, pregnancy advice guru, mommy concierge to the rich and, with any luck, the Martha Stewart of maternity.
FBI turns away many applicants who fail lie-detector tests
Thousands of job applicants come to FBI offices all across the country every year, eager to work for the top law enforcement agency in the U.S. But many of them have their hopes dashed, and it's not because of their work experience or education or criminal records.
Robin Roberts Gets Standing Ovation at Peabody Awards
Joining fellow honorees Lorne Michaels and Louis C.K. at the New York event, the "Good Morning America" host tells THR about the ABC News segment that chronicled her bone marrow transplant: "I don't regret it at all.
Fire, Explosion Reported at South St. Paul Airport
A fire broke out and an explosion was reported at an airplane hangar at Fleming Field in South St.
Are you smarter than a grade-schooler?
Dozens of very smart elementary and middle school students will be competing this month in the National Geographic Bee and the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Cracked cellphone screens become ' kinda cool'
Brittany Lofton spots them all the time: teens and college students clutching their beat-up cellphones, with screens so cracked that spider-web-like patterns creep across the glass.
US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks
In this May 15, 2013 file photo, a service person works on sign at BP station at 35E and County Road E in Vadnais Heights, Minn.
'IRRELEVANT':Obama Adviser Offers Bold Defense of Scandals
A top White House adviser staked out a defiant defense Sunday on a series of scandals that have hit the Obama administration, going so far as to say it was an "irrelevant fact" where the president was the night of the Benghazi terror attacks and saying the Obama administration wouldn't cooperate in "partisan fishing expeditions" over IRS officials ... (more)
NY Gay Man Killed In Fifth Hate Crime This Month
Mark Carson, a 32-year-old gay Brooklyn man, was shot and killed in New York's Greenwich Village last night following a shouting match with the gunman who hurled homophobic insults at his victim, according to the New York Times .
Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls
The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich.
Tammerlin Drummond: Many women can't copy Angelina Jolie
This March 8, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie at the Women in the World Summit in New York.
Provisions: A guide for what you need
What does it say about our consumer culture that we're willing to spend almost as much for a case for our electronic devices as for the device itself? Oh, cut it out with the high-minded sociology lesson.