http://www.mail.com/locations/3006-minneapolis.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3006-minneapolis.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2101520-thunder-star-kevin-durant-1m-tornado-pledge.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home. So as he watched the horrifying images Monday as a tornado ripped through suburban Moore, the emotions came bubbling to the surface and so did the need to help. Durant pledged $1 million for tornado relief through his foundation on Tuesday, eag... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:26:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2101520-thunder-star-kevin-durant-1m-tornado-pledge.html 2013-05-21T23:26:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group. Amina Farah Ali, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 13 terrorism-related ... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html 2013-05-17T02:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085716-minnesota-gay-marriage-sponsors-its-personal.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor declared, as American and rainbow flags flapped in a sweltering hot wind. The Minnesota State Patrol estimated about... Wed, 15 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085716-minnesota-gay-marriage-sponsors-its-personal.html 2013-05-15T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2083354-vikings-light-with-design-stadium.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening the roof over the new home of the Minnesota Vikings would have forced planners of the $975 million project to eliminate some of the fancy features. So the team, the public agency in charge of the stadium and the architects designing it literally saw the light. The yet-to-be-named multi-purpose facility will have a translucent ro... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:56:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2083354-vikings-light-with-design-stadium.html 2013-05-14T02:56:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2074866-minn-house-approves-gay-marriage-would-12th.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A historic vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature. Lawmakers approved it 75-59, a critical step for the measure that would allow same-sex weddings beginning this summer. It's a startling... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:08:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2074866-minn-house-approves-gay-marriage-would-12th.html 2013-05-09T22:08:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040288-child-porn-suspect-captured-5-years.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators say Eric Justin Toth's five-year run as a fugitive began when he was fired from his teaching job at a prestigious private school in Washington after being confronted about images of child pornography taken with a school camera in the man's possession. It ended over the weekend when Nicaraguan authorities, acting on a tip, f... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:13:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040288-child-porn-suspect-captured-5-years.html 2013-04-24T02:13:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022770-target-1q-profit-will-short-outlook.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target says its first-quarter adjusted profit will likely come in slightly below its forecast because of weaker-than-expected sales of seasonal and weather-sensitive items. The discounter also said Tuesday that it expects revenue at stores open at least a year, a key retail metric, will be about flat for the period. Target's warning is ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:08:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022770-target-1q-profit-will-short-outlook.html 2013-04-16T20:08:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021208-denver-post-wins-pulitzer-coverage-massacre.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Denver Post won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., while The New York Times captured four awards for reporting on a harrowing avalanche, the rise of a new aristocracy in China and the business practices of Apple and Wal-Mart. The Associated Press received the award in breaking ne... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:24:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021208-denver-post-wins-pulitzer-coverage-massacre.html 2013-04-16T01:24:01Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2006172-nfl-retiree-publicity-rights-settlement-approved.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The $50 million settlement between the NFL and a group of retired players over publicity rights was given preliminary approval Monday by a federal judge who likened some of the retirees to petulant children for complaining about the money now that it has been awarded. The settlement of the class-action lawsuit was reached last month, bu... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2006172-nfl-retiree-publicity-rights-settlement-approved.html 2013-04-08T21:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1967064-journey-guitarist-sues-ex-mother-in-law-libel.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The lead guitarist for the rock band Journey has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis that accuses his former mother-in-law of libeling him in her blog posts. Neal Schon says Judy Kozan, the former mayor of Waseca, has "attacked and harassed" him for years through Internet postings and comments in the media. Schon's lawsuit says Kozan... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:42:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1967064-journey-guitarist-sues-ex-mother-in-law-libel.html 2013-03-20T13:42:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they've weakened a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest now that an alleged leader and two members have been convicted in one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. But investigators acknowledge their work isn't done in Minnesota or other states where th... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:35:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html 2013-03-20T12:35:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. An alleged leader of the Native Mob, 34-year-old Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, was found guilty on several charges including t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html 2013-03-19T23:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1963126-nfl-to-pay-42m-using-retired-players-images.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL has agreed to pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who challenged the league over using their names and images without their consent. The league will use the money to fund a "common good" trust over the next eight years that will help retired players with an array of issues including medical ex... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:53:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1963126-nfl-to-pay-42m-using-retired-players-images.html 2013-03-18T21:53:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1952526-tough-winter-forces-owls-south-hunt-food.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's been a tough winter for owls in parts of North America, and the evidence is turning up on roadsides, at bird feeders and at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Minnesota. The dead, injured and sick owls are symptoms of what ornithologists call an "irruption," a natural, cyclical phenomenon that happens when hungry owls that normall... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1952526-tough-winter-forces-owls-south-hunt-food.html 2013-03-13T20:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1930764-snowstorm-threatening-big-midwestern-cities.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A late-season snowstorm that blanketed parts of the Dakotas on Monday was threatening to do the same to cities from Minneapolis to Chicago, which were bracing for as much as 10 inches of powder. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for a long swath stretching across the Upper Midwest from North Dakota and northweste... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:58:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1930764-snowstorm-threatening-big-midwestern-cities.html 2013-03-04T23:58:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1898490-man-charged-with-slapping-toddler-job.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday. Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night. Al Haase, president and CEO of AGC, is... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:21:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1898490-man-charged-with-slapping-toddler-job.html 2013-02-18T03:21:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1897176-mother-boy-slapped-plane-apprehensive.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis woman says her 2-year-old son was traumatized by a man accused of slapping the boy and calling him a racial slur during an Atlanta-bound flight. The boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, said in a statement Saturday that her son has become "apprehensive to strangers" since the Feb. 8 flight from Minneapolis. Joe Rickey Hundley, o... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:00:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1897176-mother-boy-slapped-plane-apprehensive.html 2013-02-17T01:00:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1895170-vikings-to-play-2-cold-seasons-outdoor-stadium.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Next season will be the Minnesota Vikings' last in the 31-year-old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and fans of the purple and gold can look forward to blue lips and red cheeks as they shiver through two seasons of old-school, outdoor football. Vikings vice president Lester Bagley said Friday that the team plans to play at the University o... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:54:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1895170-vikings-to-play-2-cold-seasons-outdoor-stadium.html 2013-02-15T18:54:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1892256-brother-josh-powell-kills-minnesota.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A year after Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state, his brother has committed suicide. Kiirsi Hellewell, a friend of Powell's estranged sister, said Powell's brother jumped to his death from a Minneapolis parking garage Monday. The Hennepin County medical examiner's office confirmed W... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:06:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1892256-brother-josh-powell-kills-minnesota.html 2013-02-14T18:06:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889796-tax-increases-kill-jobs-minn-to-find.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays work by local artists and sculptors. He backed Mark Dayton for governor, but his take on the Democratic chief executive's plan for new business taxes could be the voice-over for a Republican campaign commerc... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:46:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889796-tax-increases-kill-jobs-minn-to-find.html 2013-02-13T20:46:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885242-police-child-10-killed-random-minn-shooting.html OAKDALE, Minn. (AP) — A gunman apparently firing randomly at vehicles killed a 10-year-old and wounded the child's mother and another woman Monday night, Oakdale's police chief said. The suspect was in custody. Several bursts of gunfire erupted about 6:10 p.m. near a Rainbow Foods store in the eastern Twin Cities suburb, KMSP-TV reported. The gunman fired... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885242-police-child-10-killed-random-minn-shooting.html 2013-02-12T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1873760-stern-sees-hgh-testing-coming-to-nba-year.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NBA for the most part has managed to avoid the major performance-enhancing drug scandals that have plagued the NFL and Major League Baseball over the last decade. Commissioner David Stern is hoping to keep it that way. Stern said on Wednesday that he thinks the NBA is on track to begin testing its players for human growth hormone, p... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1873760-stern-sees-hgh-testing-coming-to-nba-year.html 2013-02-07T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1869086-minn-shooting-victims-son-pushes-change.html MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high school senior — no pauses or filler, no public trace of his pain. On Sept. 27, Rahamim's father, Reuven Rahamim, was shot and killed along with five others at Accent Signage Systems ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1869086-minn-shooting-victims-son-pushes-change.html 2013-02-05T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1868454-obama-stands-firm-gun-control-despite-long-odds.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks for purchasers, though he conceded a tough road lay ahead to pass an assault weapons ban over formidable opposition in Congress. "We should restore the ban on military-style assa... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1868454-obama-stands-firm-gun-control-despite-long-odds.html 2013-02-04T22:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866716-obama-presses-gun-proposals-minnesota.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday 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 do something." Obama argued that there's bipartisan s... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866716-obama-presses-gun-proposals-minnesota.html 2013-02-04T19:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862138-apnewsbreak-family-sues-minn-office-attack.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known from his work history that he was potentially dangerous. The lawsuit being filed on behalf of Jacob Beneke's family is the firs... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862138-apnewsbreak-family-sues-minn-office-attack.html 2013-02-01T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1859952-map-including-disabled-students-sports.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — After a tough 5-1 loss, Jordan Anderson was sweaty, short of breath and sorry he hadn't played stronger defense during the floor hockey game at Humboldt High. He resolved to improve next time. "I can get the puck out of my team's end better," he said. The junior with epilepsy and a developmental disability spends a lot time in the g... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1859952-map-including-disabled-students-sports.html 2013-01-31T21:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858374-pets-to-recess-high-school-stress-relief.html MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (AP) — The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways. Her tail wags with the first pat on the head, then another and another. "Puppy! Ohhh, puppy dog!" one teenager croons, as he affectionately tousles the ears of the 18-month-old golden ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858374-pets-to-recess-high-school-stress-relief.html 2013-01-31T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond will go on trial Tuesday in what authorities call one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, 34, — an alleged leader of the Native Mob — a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html 2013-01-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1827780-dear-abby-advice-columnist-dies-age-94.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on love, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of newspaper readers around the world and opened the way for the likes of Dr. Ruth, Dr. Phil and Oprah, has died. She was 94. Phillips died Wednesday in Minneapolis after a long battle with Alzhe... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1827780-dear-abby-advice-columnist-dies-age-94.html 2013-01-17T20:28:00Z