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BEMIDJI—When the Minnesota legislative session ended in May, the hope for bonding money directed to Bemidji projects somewhat remained with expectations for a summer special session. More than four months later, those bonding needs remain for local projects and legislators have yet to reconvene in St. Paul. The local projects included a new facility for the Northern Dental Access Center, a new academic learning center on the BSU campus and a veterans home. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4132003-legislature-lack-bonding-b...
NEW YORK — A defiant Donald Trump insisted Saturday he would "never" abandon his White House bid, facing an intensifying backlash from Republican leaders across the nation who called on him to quit the race following the release of his vulgar and sexually charged comments caught on tape. With Republicans from Utah to Alabama to New Hampshire turning their back on their nominee, GOP loyalists like House Speaker Paul Ryan refused to give up on Trump, who has long faced criticism from within his own party, but never to this degree. Frustration t...
FOSSTON, Minn. — A campaign finance complaint filed against state House candidate Mike Moore has resulted in a $350 penalty against the Democrat for not properly marking some of his campaign materials. The complaint, filed by former challenger Erwin Rud of Fosston, accused Moore of not including language saying the Committee to Elect Mike Moore had paid for yard signs, banners and other promotional material. Other accusations made by Rud that were dismissed by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board included Moore using n...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A fast-weakening Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday, lashing two of the South's most historic cities and some of its most popular resort islands, flattening trees, swamping streets and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. The storm was blamed for at least four deaths in the U.S., all in Florida. In its long wake, it also left at least 470 dead in Haiti in one hard-hit district alone, according to officials, with other stricken areas still unreachable four days after the disaster s...
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton told bankers behind closed doors that she favored "open trade and open borders" and said Wall Street executives were best-positioned to help reform the U.S. financial sector, according to transcripts of her private, paid speeches leaked Friday. The leaks were the result of another email hacking intended to influence the presidential election. Excerpts of the speeches given in the years before her 2016 presidential campaign included some blunt and unguarded remarks to her private audiences, which collectively had p...
A priest from California was charged Friday in the Twin Cities with engaging in sexual activity with a woman for whom he was conducting mass in Mendota Heights, authorities said. Jacob Andrew Bertrand, 33, of San Diego, was charged in Dakota County District Court with third-degree criminal sexual conduct during a religious advice meeting and third-degree criminal sexual conduct during ongoing meeting for advice. “Any time you have someone in a position of trust and responsibility that is taking advantage of that, you have a tragic s...
As the Twin Cities becomes a mosaic of fall colors, northern Minnesota got a touch of what’s to come — snow. While parts of Duluth saw a few flakes fall Friday morning, an inch of snow fell in Togo, Minn., located about 40 miles north of Hibbing, according to Bill Leatham, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Duluth. A few other northern Minnesota areas also saw snow Friday morning, with less than an inch falling in Orr, Embarrass and Chisholm and a trace of it near Ely. Snow in October may feel like a rude awakening to some, but...
WASHINGTON — Drawn by steady hiring and slightly higher pay, more Americans began looking for work in September, a sign of renewed optimism about the U.S. job market. The influx of job seekers sent the unemployment rate up slightly as more Americans were counted as unemployed. Taken as a whole, Friday's jobs report from the government painted a picture of a resilient economy that could keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in December. Employers added 156,000 jobs, fewer than the 167,000 in August and well below last y...
Drugmaker Mylan will pay $465 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for its life-saving EpiPen, ending one of the controversies over the soaring price of the emergency allergy injection. The settlement with the Department of Justice follows news that EpiPen has been incorrectly classified since late 1997 as a generic product under the Medicaid health program for the poor and disabled. However, the federal government says EpiPen is a branded drug, meaning Mylan should have been paying Medicaid a far higher rebate under the...
JEREMIE, Haiti — At least 470 people have died in one district of Haiti's hard-hit southwest region as authorities slowly reach marooned areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew, a civil defense official said Saturday. Fridnel Kedler, coordinator for the Civil Protection Agency in Grand-Anse, told The Associated Press that officials still have not been able to reach two communities in that department three days after the Category 4 storm hit. "The death toll is sure to go up," he said. http://www.startribune.com/official-470-de...
The lone statewide ballot issue going to Minnesota voters this election could have a considerable impact on state legislators — potentially providing their best shot at a pay raise in nearly two decades. Voters are being asked if the state’s constitution should be amended to create a citizen panel to set the salaries for lawmakers. The new committee would replace the current system, in which legislators vote on their own pay. “We can’t build a good legislature that works hard without a field of very, very quality people there,” said Senate Ma...
NEW YORK — Caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce, Donald Trump declared in a midnight video, "I was wrong and I apologize." Yet even as he did so, he claimed the astonishing recording was "nothing more than a distraction" and argued his words were not nearly as egregious as former President Bill Clinton's marital affairs. "I've said some foolish things," the Republican presidential nominee said in a taped apology posted on his Facebook page early Saturday morning. "But there's a big d...
Geneva/Sana’a- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) abhors the killing today of dozens of civilians in the Yemeni capital Sana’a - the result of several attacks on a wake following a funeral attended by hundreds of people. “We deplore this outrageous loss of civilian life,” said Robert Mardini, the ICRC’s regional director for the Near and Middle East. “Civilians in Yemen have already paid far too heavy a price these past 18 months,” added Mr Mardini. This evening, paramedics on site were still recovering the bodies of the dead a...
Bryan Steinberg loves his job teaching social studies in Philadelphia, but he's seriously contemplating quitting to become a bartender. Katie Glass just tendered her resignation as a Philadelphia School District speech therapist. She's moving to Vietnam. And Megan and Bryan McGlynn, married city teachers with a new baby, wonder how much longer they can keep going with two incomes tied to a school system that has kept them without a contract for three years and without a raise for four. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161...
The grant, secured by the Maricopa County Education Service Agency, was one of 13 awarded nationwide as part of a federal program to improve teacher recruitment, retention, and quality. Arizona's grant was the second largest, beaten out only by Louisiana's. Arizona ranks 48th in teacher pay among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, ahead of only North Carolina, Mississippi, and South Dakota. Statewide, the average salary in 2015 was $45,335, according to the National Education Association, compared to a national average of $58,525....
BEMIDJI -- The fourth annual Bemidji Blue Ox Marathon, a two-day event that includes runs ranging from a ½-K fun run for children to a 26.2 mile marathon for top competitors, finished up on Saturday with about 1,240 people participating in various events over the two days. Blue Ox Marathon Saturday results MARATHON Top 10 Men’s Finishers http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/4132516-blue-ox-marathon-photo-gallery-and-top-10-results...
A select group of local pre-kindergarten early education programs recently were recognized as programs that have earned Parent Aware Ratings, which are used to let parents know that they are using kindergarten readiness best practices to help local children. The local businesses who are being honored include: • Marilyn Geller and Angie Anderson, 205 Gould Ave NE Bemidji, MN 56601, mgeller61@yahoo.com. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/education/4131712-businesses-honored-using-kindergarten-readiness-best-practices...
ST. LOUIS – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed in deeply personal terms in the second presidential debate on Sunday night, accusing each other of mistreating women, and signaling that the final month of the race would be an extraordinarily ugly political brawl. Before the debate, Trump’s campaign appeared to be spiraling out of control after the release of a 2005 recording in which he boasted in explicit terms about how his celebrity allowed him to sexually assault women without consequence. Asked about the tape, which set off an ava...
Representatives from the Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Health will meet with Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith at 11 a.m. Monday in hopes of resolving the nurse’s strike. For five weeks, the Dayton administration and federal mediators have been meeting separately with both sides. On Monday, “both sides are asked to continue meeting at the residence until their remaining differences are resolved in a way that puts patient care first,” according to a statement from the governor’s office. http://www.sta...
At least three Minnesota men have been charged with participating in a vast, secretive child pornography internet forum after being swept up in a far-reaching FBI sting considered the biggest hacking investigation in federal law enforcement history. Justice Department officials say the FBI’s Operation Pacifier has helped build cases against roughly 200 people while identifying dozens of abused children and those who exploited them. But Operation Pacifier has also triggered a series of legal challenges that are stirring constitutional debates o...
A baby boy and a 20-year-old man who recently was released from prison were shot and killed Sunday afternoon as they sat in the back seat of a parked car in south Minneapolis. Just across the street from the crime scene, a soccer game and barbecue were underway in a sunlit park. As of 7 p.m., police had not announced any arrests. Several people were taken to the department’s homicide unit downtown for questioning, said Minneapolis police spokesman Corey Schmidt. Accounts varied of the suspect’s description and whether he left the scene on foo...
A Farmington teen said a replacement Samsung smartphone melted in her hand on Friday, one of several reported incidents of phones catching fire despite a recent worldwide recall on the model because of safety concerns. Meanwhile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said that Samsung Electronics has temporarily halted production of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a report not yet confirmed by Samsung. Abby Zuis, 13, bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in August, said her father, Andrew Zuis. A month later, the company recalled the phones because they were...
The book wasn’t supposed to be about her. Emily Witt expected to write a researched, arm’s-length exploration of modern sexual relationships focused on her interviews with other people. But after moving to San Francisco and delving into sexual subcultures there, she realized that her questions about sex and women were clearly tied to one woman, in particular: herself. Witt, who grew up in Minneapolis and now lives in Brooklyn, was single and in her early 30s. The future that she had pictured — marriage and monogamy — hadn’t materiali...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Silicon Valley has long lured entrepreneurs into shiny co-working spaces and start-up accelerators, promising them the chance to create the next Google, Facebook or Uber. But most start-ups fail, a risk some said is growing as funding begins to slow. For founders and employees, the results can be devastating. "It sounds good on paper, but that's not really how it is," Dr. Michael Freeman said of the Silicon Valley dream. A psychiatrist at the University of California at San Francisco who counsels entrepreneurs, Freeman l...
Mice are invading Minnesota homes, sending exasperated and sometimes embarrassed residents in search of poison, traps and repellents. “Almost every fifth person coming into our stores is looking for mouse poison,” Mike Frattallone, part owner of 21 Ace Hardware stores in the Twin Cities, said this week. As temperatures slide down and Minnesotans admire fall colors, mice are scurrying about in search of a nice, comfortable place to spend the winter. Although they can get inside anytime during the year, they’re more likely to come in when they...
