Minneapolis, Minnesota News http://www.news-spider.com/cities/MN/Minneapolis Latest Minneapolis, Minnesota News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2013 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:30:12 GMT Memorial Day weekend: Time to forget winter http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460525 Despite the late spring and high gas prices, Minnesota tourism officials are optimistic heading into Memorial Day, seeing residents ready to embrace warm weather.By Bill McAuliffe and Rose French  bil ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460525 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:25 GMT Jersey Shore Eyes Record-Setting Summer Post Sandy http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460540 New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Sandy... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460540 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:37:35 GMT Can Tornado Alley Become Safer? Yes, Within Limits http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460538 In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survi ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460538 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:34:53 GMT $2B in Okla. Tornado Damage Means Hard Recovery http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460537 All that is left of Shayne Patteson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460537 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:33:50 GMT High Gas Prices Could Help Minnesota Tourism http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460530 People will stay local and spend local with high gas prices.... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460530 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:29:52 GMT Xcel agrees to pay penalty in chemical fire that killed five men http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460624 Xcel Energy will pay $150,000 in penalties for workplace safety violations at one of the utilitys Colorado power plants where five men died in a chemical fire. Five California men died Oct. 2, 2007, a ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460624 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:54 GMT Burned Meat and Cancer Connection http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460533 Before you head out to the grill with those hamburgers and hotdogs this Memorial Day weekend, listen to this. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460533 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:01 GMT Mpls to Pay $3M in Police Misconduct Case http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460529 The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after struggling with police at the Minneapolis YMCA... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460529 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:18:36 GMT NYC Lawsuit Alleging Favre Sent Racy Texts Settled http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460536 A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460536 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:16:19 GMT Mpls. To Pay $3M In Police Misconduct Case http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460340 The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after struggling with police at the Minneapolis YMCA. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1369460340 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:55:24 GMT