Transform Father’s Day Into The Adventure Of A Lifetime
Photo Credit: Thinkstock Take it from me, a man with a beard: when it comes to celebrating Father’s Day the right way, you’ve only got so many chances to prove to your pop what an amazing dude he...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For Prostituting Minn. Girl In Denver
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Wednesday in federal court after taking a Minnesota girl to Denver for prostitution. Floyd Henry, of Newark,...
View ArticleOpinion: Sandy: The Match-Maker Of All Match-Makers
Who would have thought that Hurricane Sandy would turn out to be the match-maker of all match-makers during her brief but impactful visit to New Jersey this week? Two political foes have shared...
View ArticleWis. Restaurant Driving Donated Goods To Hurricane Sandy Victims
HUDSON, Wis. (WCCO) – Football Sunday across the border in Wisconsin means green and gold, but, in Hudson, the focus this week wasn’t only on the game. The focus was on helping Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleNJ Man Accused Of Threatening Bachmann, Jindal
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man made threatening phone calls to public officials including Louisiana’s governor and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Authorities have...
View Article6 Firms Bid To Manage Vikings Stadium Construction
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Six firms are vying to manage construction of the $1 billion new Minnesota Vikings football stadium to be built in downtown Minneapolis. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority...
View ArticleTeenager Raises Thousands For Fellow Heart Patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) – Ten thousand dollars is a generous donation to the medical field no matter who it comes from. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic say it meant a little more, however, when they...
View ArticlePhoenix-Bound Dog Ends Up On Flight To Ireland
PHOENIX (AP) — An English Springer Spaniel named Hendrix ended up taking a serious detour on his way from New Jersey to Phoenix this week. He ended up in Ireland after being put on the wrong flight....
View ArticleVikings: Lawsuit Won’t Affect Team Or Stadium Plan
(credit: Adam Bettcher /Getty Images) MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings say a civil lawsuit against some members of their ownership group will not affect the team’s finances or plans for a...
View ArticleShabazz Muhammad Dismissed From Rookie Symposium Over A Female Guest
(credit: CBS) FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves President Flip Saunders says the team “fully supports” the decision to send first-round draft Shabazz Muhammad home from the NBA’s rookie...
View ArticleWinning MN Powerball Ticket Sold In Anoka County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Minnesota lottery officials announced Thursday morning that the winning ticket in Wednesday night’s massive Powerball jackpot was sold in Anoka County. Minnesota had a single...
View ArticleTalking Points: Wilfs’ Fraud Issues & The Vikings Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Metropolitan Sport Facilities Authority was supposed to vote later this week on some of the final agreements for the Vikings stadium deal. But those votes have been postponed...
View ArticleVikings Stadium Lease Vote Halted During Wilf Finances Investigation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Vikings stadium final leases were scheduled for votes this Friday at the Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission. But now those votes are on hold until an investigation into...
View ArticleJudge: Vikings Owner Wilf Must Release Net Worth
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge says Minnesota Vikings principal owner Zygi Wilf and others must make their financial worth public as the court determines what damages they should pay in a...
View ArticleFinal Night Of Miss America Prelims On Thursday
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The final round of preliminary competition in the 2014 Miss America pageant will be held Thursday night in Atlantic City. Contestants from Mississippi, New Hampshire,...
View ArticleWilfs To Pay About $85 Million In Damages
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than 20 years and 100 days of testimony have passed in a case that’s pitted a brother and sister against some of the most powerful real estate moguls in New Jersey – the Wilf...
View ArticleVikings And Giants Major Disappointments In 2013
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the NFL was looking for a Monday night game in the seventh week of the season, the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants seemed a natural. The Vikings were coming off...
View ArticleTwin Cities Attorney Weighs In On Wilf Judgment
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – About $103 million is the amount a New Jersey judge has slapped Zygi and Mark Wilf, with along with their cousin Leonard. The money is to cover damages, fees, interest and expenses...
View ArticleSenator Calls For Accountability In Target Breach
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez wants the federal government to hold companies accountable when their customers’ financial information is stolen. The New Jersey Democrat is taking on the...
View ArticleZygi Wilf Strikes Back At NJ Court Ruling
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has appealed a court ruling requiring him and his family to pay $100 million in damages and legal fees over a broken deal to develop an...
View ArticleGood Question: What Do Parents Legally Owe Their Kids?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 18-year-old New Jersey girl made headlines earlier this week when she sued her parents for not paying her college tuition. Rachel Canning says she was kicked out of her home by...
View ArticleFrontier Adds Flight Between Trenton-Mercer & MSP
EWING, N.J. (AP) — Frontier Airlines is adding more nonstop flights at New Jersey’s Trenton-Mercer Airport. The airline on Friday started flying from Trenton to St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis....
View ArticleWhite House Announces Ebola Screenings At 5 Airports, MSP Not Among Them
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The White House announced enhanced screenings for Ebola at five U.S. airports Wednesday. Employees of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) will be taking the temperature of all...
View ArticleBurke Continues To Outspend Walker On TV
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The latest estimates of television advertising spending in Wisconsin’s hotly contested governor’s race shows Democrat Mary Burke and her backers continue to outpace Gov. Scott...
View ArticleNJ Arbitrator Awards Company $2M After Vikings’ Owners Default On Housing Deal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Vikings’ CEO, president and vice chairman have been ordered to pay $2 million to their former business partners after violating a building contract, according to court...
View ArticleScott Walker In London This Week For Trade Mission
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is headed to London for a trade mission that comes on the heels of a similar trip last week by another potential Republican presidential candidate, New...
View ArticleCereal Maker Post To Move HQ From Missouri To Minnesota
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Post Holdings says it will close its New Jersey operations and consolidate its cereal businesses, headquartering them in Minnesota in a move that will affect about 200 employees. Post...
View ArticleVikings Owner Sued In New Jersey Over Real Estate Company
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A co-owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings has been sued in New Jersey by the children of a former partner who say their father was cut out of a real estate deal by Zygi Wilf and...
View ArticleJohn Nash, Wife, ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Inspiration, Die In NJ
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” has died along with his wife in a car crash on...
View ArticleChristie Says He’s Running In 2016 To ‘Change The World’
LIVINGSTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepared Tuesday to launch his 2016 campaign for president, telling his most loyal supporters that he’s ready to begin what he called a “noble”...
View ArticleObama Back On Campaign Trail Stumping For Dem Gov. Candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is returning to the campaign trail to stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia as they gear up for next month’s...
View ArticleBigfoot In New Jersey? Couple Joins Dozens To Report Seeing Creature
PINE BARRENS, NJ (CBS Local) – A couple in New Jersey have become the latest to say they’ve seen the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. While New Jersey may not sound like a place you’d expect to spot...
View ArticleSeveral Injured After School Bus, Dump Truck Collide In New Jersey
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. (AP) — A school bus taking children on a field trip to a New Jersey historic site collided with a dump truck Thursday, ripping the bus apart, knocking it on its side and injuring...
View ArticleOfficials: School Bus Made Illegal U-Turn Before Deadly NJ Crash
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. (AP) — First, a scraping sound. Then, chaos and panic as a bus taking a group of fifth-graders on a field trip collided with a dump truck and toppled over on a busy highway, killing a...
View ArticleAccused School ‘Pooperintendent’ Relieves Himself Of Duty After Arrest
HOLMDEL, N.J. (CBS Local) – A New Jersey school official dubbed the “Pooperintendent” is now out of a job months after he was caught defecating on a rival school’s football field. Thomas Tramaglini,...
View ArticleVikings Fan’s Rental Car Reportedly Destroyed By Tailgaters’ Coals
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A fire that burned multiple vehicles parked at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium during this weekend’s Vikings-Jets game was the result of hot coals left by tailgaters, reports say. And...
View ArticleTailgaters’ Coals Send Vikings Fans’ Rental Car Up In Flames
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota couple is home after a nightmare trip to see the Vikings play the Jets. While the Vikings won, the Smith family lost hundreds of dollars. Tim and Gina Smith are fresh...
View ArticleKeidel: Super Bowl-ing On The Boulevard
By Jason Keidel» More Columns If you’ve never been to New York City and have a keen curiosity on America’s money and media vortex, there’s only one bible to buy at your local Barnes & Noble. E.B....
View ArticleNew York’s Self-Quarantine Travel List Grows, But Minnesota Has Been Removed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Minnesota has been removed from New York’s self-quarantine travel list, but the list of states facing restrictions in New York and the Tri-State Area has otherwise grown....
View ArticleMinnesota Returns To List Of States That Face Quarantine Restrictions In NY,...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Governors of...
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