Новости за 29.06.2015

A longtime operator at the U.S. Chamber, Loon takes the helm of Minnesota’s largest business lobbying group.

The deal gives Brooklyn Park-based company more than 20 more stores.

Agency ordered to tell court by July 27 why it shouldn't be ordered to end air sampling

Peering ahead at the Gophers non-conference schedule for the next five years. The Big Ten will switch to a nine-game conference schedule in 2016.

Joe Mauer is batting second in the order for just the fourth time this season, as manager Paul Molitor tries to figure out how to free the offense.

Once out of the chopper, the boy “ran to his father, who gave him a hug and told him it was OK,” a witness said.

The Milwaukee Brewers were a big deal at this time last year, which should be a caution for Twins fans based on what's happened to the Brewers since.

It’s late June, when all Super Bowl titles are won. Scratch that, we’re about as far from the Super Bowl as possible. Late June is the time when NFL folks start to try to determine the contenders and pretenders — which includes determining which teams might be in a position to surprise. The Vikings appear to be a trendy “surprise” pick to go from 7-9 a season ago to a winning record and possibly a playoff berth this season. The latest to give the Vikings praise? ESPN’s John Clayton. The reasons he cites ... Читать дальше...

There will be competition at long snapper during training camp next month as Cullen Loeffler and Kevin McDermott battle for the starting job. The Vikings opted not to bring in another punter to compete with Jeff Locke, however. Special teams coordinator Mike Priefer after the season did not recommend bringing in another punter and kicker to compete with Locke and Blair Walsh. Specifically with Locke, who will enter his third season, Priefer said Locke’s confident did not play a factor into the decision of sticking with one punter. Читать дальше...

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Minneapolis-St. Paul does a better job of creating energy efficient office buildings than any of its metropolitan peers, an annual index says. For the second year in a row, the Twin Cities topped CBRE's Green Building Adoption Index with more than 70 percent of its commercial space being certified by either the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program or the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED standard.

The Wild took the Boston University incoming freshman 50th overall Saturday.

Plan B should focus on ensuring there is support to escalate sanctions when the time comes.

It’s hard for a country to recover without its own currency. It’s hard, also, with a crushing emphasis on austerity.

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Stars at the BET Awards, including Smokey Robinson, Ne-Yo and Laverne Cox, react to the gay marriage ruling and President Obama's singing of 'Amazing Grace' during the eulogy for slain pastor Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina.

Greece's cabinet shut the country's banks for six business days and it's restricting cash withdrawals. Greek citizens are racing to banks to withdraw money. Greece is trying to meet a June 30th deadline for a bailout installment.

The second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border on Sunday.