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Top stories
- Dog named Trigger shoots owner: An Indiana hunter was wounded in the foot when her chocolate lab stepped on the shotgun she had laid on the ground. According to the Washington Post, a person is shot by a dog almost every year in America.
- Missing college student's remains found, family says: Human remains found in a western Minnesota farm field are those of Laura Ann Schwendemann, an 18-year-old student missing for nearly two weeks, her family and its church community confirmed Tuesday.
- Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban invest in Minneapolis firm: Sportradar, a fast-growing sports statistics business with U.S. operations based in Minneapolis, announced Tuesday that some huge names have invested in the company and joined its advisory board.
- Minnesota graduates have a ton of debt: Minnesota ranks fifth-highest in the amount of debt students have at the time of graduation, with an average debt of $31,579, according to a new report.
- Saunders' health declined rapidly: Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said Monday that Flip Saunders' health changed over a "three- to four-day period" in early September.
- Greenland is melting away: The New York Times takes a look at Greenland's disappearing ice sheet, which could increase sea levels by about 20 feet if it melts completely. The drone footage in this piece is stunning.
- Feds asked to probe deputy who manhandled student: A school resource officer in South Carolina is on leave and his boss has asked the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate after a video showed him flipping a female high school student from her desk to the floor and dragging her across a classroom.
- Man hit by pickup while driving golf cart on road dies: The use of golf carts on public roads is illegal in Minnesota except where local jurisdictions pass an overriding ordinance. The township where this crash occurred has no such ordinance.
- REI going dark on Black Friday: The Washington-based co-op told members that instead of working they'll pay their employees on Nov. 27 to be outside.
Look at this
Frank Sinatra after hours: The Guardian has a gallery of rarely seen images shot between the 1950s and early 1970s of Ol' Blue Eyes hanging out with the Rat Pack, Nat King Cole, George Harrison.
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Trending
- Comcast wants to charge you more for data: The cable giant now has more Internet than TV customers, and it's testing ways to charge for the amount of data customers use, much the way Verizon and AT&T do for wireless customers.
- "I bought a house near my parents. It's the smartest thing I ever did." It's a very West St. Paul thing to do, writes Katie Dohman.
- Ancient warrior's grave discovered in Greece: Archaeologists digging at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, have discovered the rich grave of a warrior who was buried at the dawn of European civilization.
- OPINION - Walt Whitman's guide to being a good person: In a world fraught with the perils of bias and "micro-aggressions," it's still better to be engaged, writes Mark Edmundson.
- The story behind Minnesota's official state photograph: MinnPost goes back in time to 1920, when a Swedish American photographer took a picture of a white-bearded visitor to his studio in Bovey.
Sports roundup
- Torii Hunter hangs it up: The Twins right fielder is retiring from baseball, closing the books on a 19-year major league career that included five All-Star Games and nine Gold Glove Awards. Jim Souhan shares some memories of his favorite athlete.
- Saunders remembered at Wolves practice: The team is attempting to move forward as best it can, a challenge given the heaviness of the news but a necessity given the season begins in just two days.
- Vanek off to hot start for Wild: The left winger has scored four goals in eight games. Last season, it took him until Dec. 16 to hit that number.
- Packers legend Bart Starr improving: It wasn't that long ago that the 81-year-old Bart Starr's return to Lambeau Field on Thanksgiving was doubtful. But, his wife, Cherry, is offering new hope.
- Injuries test Vikings depth: Center John Sullivan could be out for the season, while defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd recently had a knee operation.
- Subscribe to our Access Vikings podcast! Mike Rand and Matt Vensel break down all the Vikings news each week. It's free on iTunes.
Quote of the day
Worth a click
The suburb that tried to kill the car: "Evanston was failing as a suburb, so it reinvented itself as a mini city. Now the city of Chicago wants to follow its lead," Politico reports.
From the archives
Oct. 27, 1949: Jazz singer Ted Lewis and his traveling companion, Tokey, appear in Minneapolis with contortionist dancer Meribeth Olds. (Photo: Powell Krueger/Star Tribune)
