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City Council Stands Up for Living Wage, Shuts Down Armory Project

John Petro | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Annabel Palma, G. Oliver Koppell, Economic Development, New York City Council, Kingsbridge Armory, Bronx, Los Angeles, Drum Major Institute, New York City, Minneapolis, New York News
John Petro

In a vote that could affect how development deals are negotiated in New York, the City Council's Land Use Committee voted to reject the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.

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Which Canadian artists caused Northwest pilots to zone out for half a continent?

Westword | Westword | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Denver, Minneapolis, Home News

Back in October, the pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight lost radio contact over Denver, and didn't get back in touch until they'd oversh...

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The Not-So-Mystifing Mystery of Northwest 188

Susan Isaacs | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Northwest 188, Northwest Airlines, Faa, Pilots, Cockpit Voice Recorder, Airlines, Minneapolis, Living News
Susan Isaacs

For a mystery writer like me, much of the why the plane overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles conjecture has been deeply unsatisfying.

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New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 12.07.2009 | Home

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MINNEAPOLIS—A study published Monday in The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry has concluded that an estimated 98 percent of children un...

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Minneapolis LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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Follow the latest in Minneapolis LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweet...

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Instant Runoff Voting on Election Day 2009: Wins, Losses and the Long-Term Trajectory of Reform

Rob Richie | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, Instant Runoff Voting, Gov. Jon Corzine, Minneapolis, Choice Voting, Election Reform, Voting Reform, Aspen Colorado, Politics News
Rob Richie

Tuesday's elections brought direct advances for IRV in Minnesota and elsewhere, along with disappointments in places like Aspen.

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FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination ...

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Our five best guesses about what those Northwest pilots were doing on their laptops as they drifted over Denver

Westword | Westword | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

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The latest story from those Northwest Airlines pilots who missed their Minneapolis-St. Paul destination by a mere 150 miles last week: As ...

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NTSB: Pilots who overflew airport were on their laptops

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company...

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Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport Say They Were Working On Laptops

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Pilots on Laptops, Minnesota, Northwest Pilots, Flight Safety, Pilots Who Overshot, Air Safety, Minneapolis, Overshot, Travel, Northwest Airlines, Delta, Pilots, Overshoot, Home News

WASHINGTON — Not sleeping, the pilots say. They were engrossed in a complicated new crew-scheduling program on their laptop computers as their p...

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Feds Interview Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Minnesota, Crime, Minneapolis, Pilots, Missed Airport, Investigation, Ntsb, Air Safety, Overshot, Crew, Feds, Northwest Pilots, Delta, Sleeping, Asleep, Overshoot, Probe, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on ...

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Northwest pilot whose plane missed airport by 150 miles says no one in cockpit was asleep

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sle...

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Could Letting Pilots Take A Nap Make Flying Safer?

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

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Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say...

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Northwest pilot whose plane missed Twin Cities by 150 miles says no one in cockpit was asleep

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no fight in the cockp...

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Pilot That Overshot Airport: 'We Were Not Asleep'

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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One of the pilots of the Northwest Airlines jetliner that overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles says no one in the cockpit was sl...

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Pilots Missed Twin Cities By 150 Miles _ But How?

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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By radio, data message and cell phone, air traffic controllers and pilots tried for more than an hour to contact the crew of a Northwest Airlin...

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Pilots Say 'Heated Discussion' to Blame for Missing Runway

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by...

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Pilots Should Have Had Warning Of Airport Approach

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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The two Northwest Airlines pilots should have had numerous warnings that their flight was nearing its destination in Minneapolis. Controllers w...

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Northwest Jet Crew Overflies Minneapolis Airport By 150 Miles

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Airplane Landing, Flight Overshot, Faa, Minneapolis, Federal Aviation Administration, Overshoot, Minneapolis Airport, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS — Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minnea...

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Liz Neuman: Third Person Dies In Arizona Sweat Lodge Case

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The family of a Minnesota woman who died more than a week after being overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said Sunday...

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Minn. ice company to pay $9M in antitrust case

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Detroit-Michigan, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS — A packaged ice company has agreed to pay a $9 million criminal fine for allegedly conspiring with a competitor to divide up the ice market in the Detroit area and southeastern Michigan.

The Justice Department says St. Paul, Minn.-based Arctic Glacier International Inc. is the second company to plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from an ongoing investigation into the packaged ice industry. Home City Ice Co. of Cincinnati pleased guilty in June 2008.

The Justice Department says three of Arctic Glacier's former executives also reached plea deals.

The charges against Arctic Glacier and the three former executives were filed under seal Sept. l0 and unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Cincinnati.

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A Friendly Baseball Wager Among Political Colleagues

Bronx News Network | Bronx News Network | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home

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With the Bronx Bombers set to open their series against the Miracle Minnesots Twins in about half an hour (read BxNN Yankee columnist Graham Kates' fi...

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Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unitedhealth, Stephen Hemsley, Hcan, Cory Alexander, St. Matthrew's Lutheran Church, Andrew Cuomo, Tom Strickland, Judah Sommer, Consumer Watchdog, Public Campaign, Jerry Brown, Rev. Grant Stevenson, Tom Daschle, Brave New Films, Wellpoint, American Medical Association, Health Cre for American Now, Minneapolis, Ingenix, Wayzata, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Business as usual for Hemsley and UnitedHealth is a chronic pattern of abuse and neglect of its policy-holders, along with a powerful political influence-peddling operation that involves costly campaign contributions.

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Video Postcards Ask Congress to Emphasize "Health" in Health Reform

Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Chronic Disease, Health Care, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, Congress, Minneapolis, Registered Nurse, Politics News
Kenneth Thorpe

More than one hundred Americans have sent video "postcards" to members of Congress as part of "Say 'Yes' to Health Reform" -- a web-based campaign to manage chronic disease.

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Bank of America CEO Lewis leaving by year's end

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. says its embattled CEO Ken Lewis will retire from the bank by the end of the year.

The bank has issued a statement Wednesday saying Lewis would also leave the board of the bank.

Lewis and Bank of America have been the targets of intense criticism since the bank agreed to buy Merrill Lynch & Co. at the height of the financial crisis last year. Since the deal closed Jan. 1, it was learned that Merrill, with the knowledge of Bank of America executives, gave billions of dollars in bonuses to employees even as it asked for more bailout money from the government.

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