About 3,500 members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to strike. After two days of voting, 91 percent supported the strike option...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619806.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 11:54:09 GMT Several local attorneys say they don't expect Amy Senser's guilty verdicts to stand...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619836.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:12 GMT Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620154.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:07:12 GMT Divers have recovered the body of a 21-year-old Mankato woman who disappeared while tubing on a southern Minnesota river...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619600.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 01:54:04 GMT In the middle of the night, Tonya Thomas' neighbors awoke to the sound of a gunshot and moments later heard a knock on their door...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620176.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:36:28 GMT The effect of education on your waistline and the number of Minnesota children skipping vaccinations are just some of the findings outlined in a new report of our nation’s health...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620208.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:07 GMT A man acquitted of killing his girlfriend is asking a Ramsey County judge to vacate a $6 million civil judgment against him for her wrongful death...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620131.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 11:51:36 GMT Caught on tape: police and prosecutors say hidden camera video captured a burglary in progress inside a Coon Rapids apartment. The unit's residents set the camera up to try to figure out who was sneaking into a bedroom and stealing their prescription medicines. When they later watched the tape back, they were floored by what they saw -- the suspect, they say, was their apartment manager...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619777.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:13:21 GMT Just a few years after a controversial housing development was finally approved on the Carriage Hills golf course in Eagan, the city's only other 18-hole course is now threatened. Golfers have been celebrating pars, birdies and lamenting bogies at Parkview Golf course in Eagan since 1969. but that 43-year run might be coming to an end...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619841.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 03:32:36 GMT An often overlooked building in the shadow of the Metrodome is drawing attention because it's so close to where a new Vikings stadium would be built...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619869.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:28:54 GMT Right now it is illegal to sell food or water out of a watercraft on Lake Minnetonka, but two men want to change that and say their business plan will help conserve the lake...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619763.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 00:59:17 GMT A fire was reported at the Dunn Bros. Coffee shop in downtown Excelsior early Wednesday morning...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620163.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:33:23 GMT The Pentagon reneged on a promise Minnesota lawmakers are now trying to restore...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619495.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 04:36:22 GMT Police investigating the abduction of 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis have scoured her Tucson, Ariz., home, interviewed more than 500 sex offenders and waded through 1,000-plus tips...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620188.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:23 GMT Investigators on Wednesday were analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into the side of an Indonesian volcano. They hope the final words of the two pilots will help explain what caused last week's crash, which killed all 45 people on board...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620222.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 13:13:38 GMT Aaron Sorkin is going from Facebook to Apple...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620195.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:44:21 GMT A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former football star was so badly represented by lawyers in his trial and previous appeals that he deserves a new trial...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2620196.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 12:48:31 GMT Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619813.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 04:17:33 GMT It's Craft Beer Week in Minnesota, and local breweries have a lot to celebrate...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619754.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 00:12:08 GMT The state says 70% of Minnesota's veterans never file a claim for benefits they've earned.]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619589.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 23:21:02 GMT North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas, state officials said Tuesday...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619820.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 02:04:51 GMT Authorities say the Nisswa area couple whose bodies were found in their burning home last month died in a murder-suicide...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619553.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 22:10:58 GMT Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619767.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 00:58:02 GMT Health concerns are prompting officials to begin evacuating employees from the Goodhue County Public Health building in southeast Minnesota...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619526.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:32 GMT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless steward of the country's economy...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619693.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 23:08:32 GMT It's as much a part of Wayzata as sailboats on Lake Minnetonka...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619698.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 00:11:18 GMT Police in the Twin Cities suburb of St. Anthony say a man fatally shot his wife and wounded their son before turning the gun on himself...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618427.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 17:21:07 GMT Former Twin, Torii Hunter was placed on the Los Angeles Angels' restricted list Monday after his teenage son was arrested in Texas...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618906.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 15:36:10 GMT The Minnesota court panel that settled the latest round of political redistricting is now being asked to cover more than $628,000 in legal bills for the Democrats, Republicans and citizens who joined the lawsuit...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619384.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 20:39:43 GMT A former employee of Regions Hospital is charged with violating a restraining order which kept her away from a radiologist...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619208.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 18:55:12 GMT The Brooklyn Park Police Department planned to meet with residents Tuesday to answer questions about a triple murder. A Missouri man was charged Monday in the fatal shootings of a daycare provider and her elderly parents in their Minnesota home, where authorities believe he'd gone to find a teenager who had accused him of rape...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619188.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 18:38:09 GMT Police say someone may have used a golf club to kill a small dog at a Fergus Falls apartment. The dog was killed Sunday night after it wandered out into a common area when a door was accidentally left open...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619332.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 20:46:01 GMT Attorneys for John Edwards on Tuesday indicated that their defense in his criminal trial for alleged campaign finance violations is winding down, but they did not say whether the former presidential candidate or his one-time mistress will take the witness stand...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619512.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:49 GMT High winds could prove a challenge for firefighters battling a northern Arizona wildfire that has forced residents from a historic mining town...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619401.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 21:02:56 GMT More than a month before a Florida mother fatally shot her four children and then herself, authorities were called to the woman's home because of fights and allegations of inadequate supervision...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619387.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 20:42:13 GMT The U.S. Supreme Court says it won't take up the case of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619349.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 21:37:18 GMT There could be good news for more than 2,000 Minnesota National Guard soldiers just back from serving in Kuwait...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618726.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 22:23:12 GMT A Shakopee couple brought home an unexpected souvenir from their trip to Mexico -- a baby boy...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618325.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 15:41:14 GMT Brooklyn Center Police are investigating a shooting that happened after midnight...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618665.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07:23 GMT A Milwaukee County judge has postponed the sentencing of a former Scott Walker aide convicted of two misdemeanors...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619327.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 19:51:28 GMT Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2619131.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 17:51:10 GMT Five years after an Apple Valley woman was found dead inside her home, prosecutors now say four people illegally helped her commit suicide. A Dakota County grand jury has also indicted members of a group called "Final Exit Network" in connection with the woman's death...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618461.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 15:39:02 GMT Bonds that will be issued to fund the state's portion of a new Vikings stadium will not be backed by the full faith and credit of the state...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2617991.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 12:39:38 GMT This month our Minnesota Made segment will focus on companies expanding in a difficult economy...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618435.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 04:22:23 GMT Police in Lincoln County, Wis., looking into a garage burglary last week say the thief was a real bear...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618655.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:17 GMT On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618670.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 12:11:24 GMT A St. Louis man is now charged with killing three people at a Brooklyn Park daycare last month. According to a witness, the suspect was trying to silence a girl he's accused of sexually assaulting...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2617754.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 15:37:28 GMT Stock futures rose Tuesday as government data showed that consumers spent slightly more in April as prices remained flat...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618761.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 13:39:43 GMT The Vikings stadium deal that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law Monday involves plenty of public participation, but it also prevents the public from getting a look at the team's finances during their partnership to build the $975 million stadium...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2616963.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Mon, 14 May 2012 23:09:52 GMT Florida A&M University's prestigious marching band, scarred by the hazing death of one of its drum majors, won't be taking the field for at least another year...]]> http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2618951.shtml?cat=1 kstp.com Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:15 GMT