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April 13, 2012
Amy Senser was on cell phone during fatal accident, police say
Amy Senser was talking on the phone when she ran over Anousone Phanthavong, a new revelation leading prosecutors to file a new criminal vehicular homicide charge against her for reckless driving.The new charge means Senser faces three counts of criminal vehicular homicide for running over Phanthavon ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Amy Senser trial will happen in Hennepin County
Amy Senser's trial will not be moving to Kandiyohi County. Hennepin County Judge Daniel H. Mabley denied Senser's request to have her trial moved from Minneapolis to Kandiyohi County. Senser stands charged with criminal vehicular homicide for running True Thai chef Anousone Phanthavong over off ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Joe Senser's: Doors close on another restaurant
Just days after it was announced that Amy Senser, wife of restaurant owner Joe Senser, would stand trial on charges of criminal vehicular homicide, a sign went up on the doors of the former Viking's restaurant in Plymouth, saying that it would close for good. The sign cited financial and economic re ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Amy Senser will stand trial for criminal vehicular homicide
Amy Senser will stand trial on criminal vehicular homicide charges April 23, a Hennepin County judge ruled this morning. Senser allegedly ran over Anousone Phanthavong, the head cook at True Thai, last August, and left the scene of the accident. Prosecutors unveiled an amended complaint late Janu ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Linda Hamm had open vodka bottle in her car when she ran over pedestrian, cops say
Linda Hamm has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide for running over Ann Blake last month. Maple Grove police responded to reports on January 31 of a vehicle driving erratically and found it going eastbound on Elm Creek Boulevard at Main Street in Maple Grove. A police officer pulled up ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Victims families speak at I-35W bridge memorial [VIDEO]
Hundreds were on hand for the 35W Bridge Remembrance Garden dedication.After a long day of torrential downpours, the clouds parted over Gold Medal Park yesterday evening just for the dedication of the new I-35W bridge collapse memorial.Emotions ran high as a representative for each of the 13 vict ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Tornado warning over for Twin Cities area [UPDATE]
The National Weather Service in Chanhassen issued a tornado warning for the suburbs south and east of the Twin Cities at about 2:45 p.m., after radar indicated that a storm capable of producing a tornado moved through Rosemount, St. Paul Park, Inver Grove Heights, Eagan and Sunfish and St. Pa ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Landlords screw north Minneapolis tornado victims, but are also victims themselves
Tony WebsterNorth Minneapolis landlords are holding rent deposits from people whose homes were damaged by the tornadoIt's been three weeks since the tornado devastated North Minneapolis--and many victims are still waiting for their landlords to make things right.
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Minneapolis tornado Super Saturday relief drive scheduled
Tony WebsterThe mess on Broadway after the twister struck.There's still a huge mess in North Minneapolis in the wake of May's tornado, even after the big June 4 city-sponsored cleanup effort, and people still need help. So, this weekend, a coalition of volunteer groups is launching a relief d ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Local soccer hooligans, er, fans, complain about tornado warnings
This tornado warning interfered with the Champions League final.Last Saturday, when tornadoes were carving up more of our fair state, Fox 9 interrupted their coverage of the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League finals to allow meteorologist Tim Blotz to give weathe ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Minneapolis tornado assistance: Where to go
Tony WebsterNorth Minneapolis is cleaning up.Since Sunday's tornado hit north Minneapolis, people have been clamoring for a way to help the victims. Now, all that community spirit has been corralled into an organized, practical relief effort. The City of Minneapolis has set up a Disaster R ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Salvation Army tornado donations overwhelming, only accepting cash now
Tony WebsterAmbulance crews in the disaster zone.So many people have donated clothes and other goods to the Salvation Army in the wake of Sunday's tornado that the organization can't accept any more. "In just two days we've filled two whole semi-trucks with all the food, clothing, diapers, hygie ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Floyd David Whitfield named second tornado casualty
Hennepin CountyCleanup from the storm continues.The Hennepin County medical examiner has released the identity of the second man known to have died in Sunday's tornado: Floyd David Whitfield. He was a god-fearing man, and on his way home from church on Sunday when the tornado struck. The howling ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Minneapolis City Council OKs disaster declaration
The process of seeking federal assistance has started.As expected, the Minneapolis City Council voted this morning to extend Mayor R.T. Rybak's disaster declaration in the wake of Sunday's tornado. It also heard that preliminary damage estimates are running north of $166 million.
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Minneapolis tornado rated up to EF 2, winds reached 135 mph
mollyapolis/flickrSunday's tornado classified as an EF2 at times.The truth is that you probably don't care much whether the National Weather Service designates a tornado an EF 1 or an EF 2 after your home has been shredded, and you've lost loved ones or seen them injured. All you know is, hel ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Yep, St. Michael tornado confirmed [VIDEO]
The tornado touched down in St. Michael.It's not a tornado until the National Weather Service says it's a tornado, so now we can say for sure that the funnel cloud caught on camera the other evening in St. Michael was the real deal. The same storm that sent us running for cover from massive ... More >>
Arts
May 11, 2011
After the quake weaves together two stories
It's a play about taking chances
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Forecast in St. Paul: Radioactive rain
TopatoMaybe Blinky makes a guest appearance in the Mississippi this summer?Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency say it's raining radiation in St. Paul as a result of the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. The readings show elevated levels of radioactive iodine-131 i ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Origami, Nami, and Wakame join forces to help Japan's Tsunami survivors
WakameEat sushi, help earthquake victimsCNN and BBC switched their 24-hour coverage from Japan earthquake to Libya last week, but the hardship for survivors is far from over. Behind the news coverage of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima are hundreds of families in evacuation shelters, as well as fa ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2010
St. Paul braces for flooding and other people's waste
Photo: Tom GazpachoToilet plungers may be needed in St. Paul.It's bad enough to learn that dozens of Minnesota communities flushed their human waste into flooding rivers last week. Now we find out some of that crap is going to flow downhill into St. Paul, along with expected rising waters. T ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
Minnesota twisters can't beat the Fire Tornado [VIDEO]
Mulling It OverFire tornado DESTROY!Think we've got it bad in Minnesota, now that we've got the most tornadoes in the nation?Forget about it. Those are just regular tornadoes. Down in Brazil today, they've got something a little more attention-grabbing: fire tornadoes.It hasn't rained in the Braz ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2010
I-35 W bridge collapse victims settle with URS for $52.4 million
I-35W bridge collapse victims reach a settlement with URS.Engineering firm URS Corp. has agreed to pay victims of the I-35W bridge collapse $52.4 million, according to joint statements today from the company, and Jim Schwebel, the attorney representing the victims. The company pointed out in ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Minnesota tornado count leads U.S. in 2010
Minnesota's 2010 tornado count leads the U.S.It isn't even close. Minnesota isn't the land of 10,00 lakes anymore, it's tornado alley. According to NOAA, 122 twisters have been reported here so far this year. The nearest competitor? Texas, with 87. Ha! Take that you cowboys.
Blogs
August 9, 2010
Video of tornado destroying Minnesota home
A tornado rips through a house in Campbell, Minnesota.Saturdays storms brought a deluge of water to the Twin Cities, but three hours Northwest in Campbell, they were dealing with tornadoes.This funnel cloud looks like something out of a movie--or maybe Lost's smoke monster come to life. And you c ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Tornado warnings up for Twin Cities suburbs [UPDATED]
Image via NOAAFollow the action via some cool interactive maps on the NOAA website here. The tornado watch we told you about this morning was upgraded to a warning for Dakota and Goodhue counties this afternoon by the National Weather Service, capping a stinking hot day today. WCCO reported p ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Tornado count overestimated by National Weather Service
Image via YouTubeDiscovery Channel storm chasers made tracks to MinnesotaIt now appears that there were some wild imaginations and miscounts at work last Thursday when a hellacious storm system ripped across the state, killing at least three people. Those 34 twisters we and others reported? ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Rochester plane crash kills three [UPDATED]
Updated: Bodies have been recovered. See below for details. A small, single-engine airplane crashed a mile north of the Rochester airport last night, killing three people aboard and narrowly missing at least one home on the ground. The plane came down in the woods 100 yards from the home of ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Tornado watch in Twin Cities until 9 p.m. [UPDATED]
Updated: A twister touched down near Fergus Falls, killing one person, and Wadena has been heavily damaged by strong winds, MPR reports. But the worst of the storm gave the Twin Cities a miss. Via NOAA: A tornado watch wsa in effect for the following Minnesota counties, including those in th ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
BP's oil spill would cover a big chunk of Minnesota
Via If It Was My HomeSome local contextHow big is the oil spill unleashed by the blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico? One way to get a handle on the size of the disaster is to put it in local context. We figured it out (after the jump) with the help of some cool and ea ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Amy Klobuchar wants BP criminal probe after oil spill disaster
Photo: uscgd8Deepwater Horizon burns and an environmental disaster loomsBP, the oil company staring down the maw of a vast environmental disaster after its Deep Horizon drilling rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, may have offered the federal government a bargeload of hogwash when it said it k ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Jim Oberstar sets House hearings on BP's Deepwater Horizon debacle
U.S. Air ForceA U.S. Air Force C130 drops oil-dispersing chemicals on the Gulf of MexicoBP executives and others are going to get an earful from members of Congress tomorrow, when the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure opens hearings into the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Tornado strikes stretch of S. Minneapolis, tedious cleanup begins
The storm came through in just minutes with no warning, lifting large trees and their roots from the ground and tipping them into yards, houses and streets.
Blogs
August 19, 2009
Electric Fetus hit by tornado
The record store will be closed until they can assess the damages.
Blogs
August 12, 2009
Saturday tornado caused $2 million in damage
The tornado left a nine-mile path through Long Lake, Plymouth, and Orono.
Movies
September 17, 2008
Film Highlight: Trouble the Water
The tornado left a nine-mile path through Long Lake, Plymouth, and Orono.
Blogs
November 21, 2007
Katrina refugee: A Q&A with author Michael Tisserand
The tornado left a nine-mile path through Long Lake, Plymouth, and Orono.
News
August 15, 2007
Who's to Blame?
In the wake of the I-35W bridge collapse, it's time to take a hard look at the politicians and policies that may have contributed to the disaster
News
August 8, 2007
Falling Down
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Blogs
August 6, 2007
Murky Waters
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Blogs
August 3, 2007
Additional video could provide answers
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Blogs
August 3, 2007
A view from the water in the aftermath
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Blogs
August 2, 2007
Gardner Hardware Anvil Drop cancelled
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Movies
February 14, 2007
Katrina documentaries talk, argue, and fall silent before disaster
The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.
Music
April 5, 2006
Can't Go Home
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Blogs
September 15, 2005
Katrina: Bush boosts reconstruction boodlers, GOP squeezes bankrupts
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Blogs
September 8, 2005
N.O. wants no one left behind
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Blogs
September 7, 2005
Baby let me hold your hand: Katrina benefit shows archive
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Blogs
September 6, 2005
Norm's conquest
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Blogs
August 29, 2005
Katrina Update: Water rises in NOLA as pumps fail
Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made
Arts
May 15, 1996
Twister
Twister wisely jumps the gun on the summer blockbuster season.
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