2008

December

• 14,000 tickets remain for Vikings playoff game

• Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites

• Ash flood may change way TVA handles coal waste

• Economic stimulus could lift up some minorities

• Police officer deaths drop in 2008, groups say

• High wind knocks out power to 413,000 in Michigan

• Desperate for cash, some states consider leasing or selling roads, parks, bridges, lotteries

• Volunteers spend a week on horse rescue in Canada

• Floods could follow ice in Midwest

• Economic slump sees second-hand sales rise

• Bike commuting is up, even with lower gas prices

• US, Russian space station crew conduct spacewalk

• God Rest Ye Worried Gentlemen: The Recession Hits Old Folks Hard

• Some stations to reach fewer viewers with digital

• Travelers hunker down for Christmas at airport

• Christmas Eve storms predicted for Midwest, West

• 23 months out, field of DFL governor wannabes keeps growing

• Even Jury Hiring Is Frozen

• Quote of the Day (12-22-08)

• Many Muslims frustrated with Fort Dix verdict

• Odd bumping noise heard on Denver plane’s tape

• Bad weather delays Christmas travelers in West

• 5 convicted of plotting to kill Fort Dix soldiers

• Passenger: Airline announced ‘engine problems’ before flight

• Klobuchar cautions parents to buy safe toys

• Vikings miss chance against Falcons

• Seats are scarce on Amtrak’s Empire Builder

• Hiring Window Is Open at the Foreign Service

• Investigators press for clues in Denver jet mishap

• Bitter cold, high winds chill Midwest

• Cloud computing looms larger on corporate horizon

• Crew pulls locomotive from Mississippi River

• New storm strikes Northwest, challenges travelers

• To New School Critics, Their Leader Lacks Focus

• No-travel is advised as storm hits southern Minn.

• Passenger jet goes off Denver runway; 38 hurt

• Extreme drug violence grips Mexico border city

• ‘Drill, baby, drill’ process has begun

• MnDOT issues no-travel advisory in SW Minnesota

• The end of an era at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange

• Powerful winter storm cuts power, disrupts travel

• NTSB releases final report on 35W bridge collapse

• Schwarzenegger says he won’t back Democratic state budget plan

• Mark Felt, Watergate’s `Deep Throat,’ dies at 95

• Mass. investor saw inside Madoff scam

• Caregivers: An Unpaid Workforce With Unpaid Bills

• Minnesota’s congressional delegation voted along party lines most of the time

• California Democrats devise plan to hike taxes

• The Shoe Heard Round the World

• Siemens to Pay Fines in Criminal Probe

• Stations will air digital-TV messages Wednesday 12/17/2008

• WALZ ENCOURAGES SENIORS TO REVIEW THEIR MEDICARE DRUG COVERAGE

• Train derails in southeastern Minnesota

• Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw

• Time names Obama ‘Person of the Year’

• Scientists find hole in Earth’s magnetic field

• Jackson, Jr. an informant to Blago investigations

• Gingrich to RNC: Drop Blago video, help Obama instead

• Fusion centers protect us but at what cost?

• College sports teams need to help raise money

• Gizmos, gadgets, gewgaws and other stuff we find indispensable

• Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet (AP)

• AP Analysis: Only a few challenges in Coleman-Franken recount will be hard to award

• Google says it still stands by Net neutrality

• All in: Handicapping the 2010 DFL gubernatorial field By Paul Demko 12/11/08 12:21 PM Assistant Sena

• Startup banks on making money from free broadband

• Arctic blast knocks out power across Northeast

• SAFETY BULLETIN: Dakotas advise against travel in blowing snow

• US Senator serves military duty in Afghanistan

• ‘Peak Oil Theory’ Demands Energy Alternatives

• Scientists find 2,000-year-old brain in Britain

• Chief: Gov. Palin’s home church damaged by arson

• Global woes pose risks, also openings for US

• Homeowners ask why property valuations are up

• Life gets harder in land of Pawlenty

• More Than a Million Without Power in New England After Ice Storm

• Driving continues to decline as gas prices drop

• Norm Coleman: No One Left to Blame

• Need help with class? YouTube videos await

• UN’s Ban: invest in fighting climate change

• WALZ VOTES AGAINST AUTO BAILOUT

• Home sales could be sign of economic turnaround

• Scientists try to mitigate climate change effects

• Embattled Ill. gov. could still fill Senate seat

• Venison Donation Program Update

• Minneapolis gives up on finding missing ballots

• NYC mayor praises Caroline Kennedy for Senate seat

• Laptop searches at border might get restricted

• RI slow on program to deport immigrant inmates

• Families of Somalis missing from Minn. speak out

• The Virtual University

• SOME SCHOOL FACTS

• Digitizing Dakota

• Simpson could have taken plea deal for less time

• O.J. gets at least 9 years for armed hotel robbery

• Recount is done, except for one precinct

• Sun Country restores employee wages

• Franken’s attorney: ‘Find the ballots’

• Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip

• Conservation group sues for walrus protection

• 2 Albert Lea teen girls charged in nursing resident abuse

• College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.

• Judge Blocks Suspensions of Vikings’ Williamses

• Study illuminates star explosion from 16th century

• Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?

• Feds request reinstatement of church tax probe

• Couples staying together because of poor economy

• Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church

• Stray ballots, excessive challenges raise concern in recount’s final days

• Hurricane Ike cleanup workers report wage theft

• Groups gearing up for 2010 census

• Secretary of State makes challenged ballots public

• The down economy hits day care providers

• Coming soon to Blockbuster stores: concert tickets

• Detroit Bailout Fueling Trade Tensions with Europe By Jeff Israely Tuesday, Dec. 02, 2008 France’s

• Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice

• U oF M Invite on Health Issues