2 jailed, 1 hospitalized in sports bar brawl after Vikings-Packers game
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — A fight near Lambeau Field following the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game sent one man to the hospital and two others to jail.Associated Press, 12/03/2012
Police: KC football player Belcher kills girlfriend, self
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend Saturday morning and minutes later, holding a gun to his head, thanked his general manager and coach before shooting himself outside the team's practice complex.Associated Press, 12/01/2012
Future of Mankato remains unclear after charges dropped
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors' claims that video he took of his children playing after a bath amounted to pornography.Associated Press, 12/01/2012
Missouri lottery winners just want to live normally
DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) -- To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began - the high school where they became sweethearts in the 1970s.Associated Press, 12/01/2012
Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum
BOSTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray.Associated Press, 12/01/2012
Judge dismisses child porn charges against Mankato football coach
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge dismissed child pornography charges today against a college football coach accused of making pornographic videos of his children.Associated Press, 11/30/2012
UPDATE: Authorities identify Cold Spring police officer killed during routine check
COLD SPRING, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the police officer who was fatally shot in central Minnesota is 31-year-old Tom Decker of the Cold Spring Police Department.West Central Tribune, 11/30/2012
Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges
After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water levels fall too low, the nation's main inland waterway could become impassable to barges just as the harvest heads to market.Associated Press, 11/30/2012
Cold Spring police officer killed while conducting check
COLD SPRING, Minn. - A Cold Spring police officer has been shot and killed while conducting a routine check near a bar.Associated Press, 11/30/2012
Mo. Powerball winner verified; Ariz.'s a mystery
DEARBORN, Mo. | Missouri Lottery officials on Thursday verified one of two tickets that matched all six numbers to split a record $588 million Powerball jackpot, but that ticket holder — and another in Arizona — remained a mystery, even as neighbors and co-workers lamented their losses and gossiped about who may have won.Associated Press, 11/30/2012
