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TechnoDad shows off cool new gadgets

3:43 PM, Feb 21, 2012

While none of us has a crystal ball, a trip to January's huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the next best thing for techies.

Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast

3:18 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday.

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Google celebrates scientist Hertz's birthday

Google is celebrating Heinrich Hertz, who proved that electricity travels in waves, with an animated doodle for his 155th birthday.


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Goodness snakes! Sociable rattlers cuddle with their kin

Image: Pregnant female timber rattlesnakes cluster together at birthing rookeries in New York state.Though often regarded as loners, rattlesnakes may be relatively social, cuddling up with their relatives, a finding that suggests serpents may have more complex social lives than currently appreciated, researchers say.




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Has the battery run out on India's $35 tablet computer?

A "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model.

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Friends and family mourn loss of four NDSU students

When you ask about the four young women killed in Monday's crash on I-94 near Alexandria, you'll hear words like smart, talented, and loving to describe them.

10:26 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Drunk MN flight attendant blamed for cancelled flight

A police report says a drunk flight attendant was the reason for the canceling of a weekend Grand Forks-to-Minneapolis flight.

7:51 AM, Feb 22, 2012

More snow headed for MN Wednesday night, Sunday

The second winter storm system of the week will push its way into Minnesota later today, dropping more snow showers into western Minnesota and into the south central portion of the state overnight into Thursday morning.

9:52 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Divers in Italy report finding 8 more cruise ship bodies

Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia have found what appears to be four more bodies on the cruise ship, including the remains of a five-year-old Italian girl. 

11:15 AM, Feb 22, 2012

4 college students from Twin Cities killed in Alexandria crash

Family members say the three of the four women who died in an interstate crash west of Alexandria were college roommates heading back to North Dakota State University.

5:36 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Perk looks for everything Faribault has to offer

On the latest installment of Trippin' with Perk, we travel south of the Twin Cities metro to the community of Faribault.

10:21 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Duluth hockey fans warned after racist chants

Students who own season tickets to Minnesota-Duluth's men's hockey games are being warned to shape up after reports of racist chants during recent games against the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

6:13 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Man on the loose after escaping police in Beltrami Co.

Authorities in northern Minnesota are searching for a man who escaped from custody, then led authorities on a high speed chase through the Red Lake Indian Reservation.

10:20 AM, Feb 22, 2012

I-94 crash victims remembered by former classmates

There was an odd mixture of sadness and joy spread over Minnetonka High School on Tuesday. The sadness was over the death of Danielle Renninger, 18, of Excelsior.

9:21 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Another chance of snow approaches

We'll start with sunshine once the sun is up just after 7AM but clouds will be on the increase through the day Wednesday as clouds move in ahead of the next system

9:13 AM, Feb 22, 2012
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