The Minnesota House on Thursday afternoon approved legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, moving the state one step closer to embracing marriage equality. The state House voted 75-59 to extend the freedom to marry to same-sex couples with just two weeks left in the 2012 legislative session. The…
FBI arrests Minnesota ‘militia type’ for plotting ‘localized terror attack’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Monday that it had arrested a Minnesota man for plotting a “localized terror attack.” A press release from the Minneapolis Division said that “special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the…
FBI says they’ve thwarted terror attack in Minnesota
Buford Rogers of Montevideo, Minnesota was arrested on Friday and charged him with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. More charges could be on the way, however, following a Monday morning statement made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.In a press release issued Monday, the FBI wrote they believe “that a terror attack was disrupted by law enforcement personnel” by arresting Rogers and that “the lives of several local residents were potentially saved” thanks to the investigation.Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis Division of the FBI, J. Christopher Warrener, said in the statement that “cooperation between the FBI and its federal, state and local partners enabled law enforcement to prevent a potential tragedy in Montevideo” last week.Authorities believed there “would have been a localized terror attack, and that’s why law enforcement moved quickly,” FBI spokesman Kyle Loven told the Associated Press on Monday.Police say that they executed a search warrant at Rogers’ home on Friday and uncovered Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and at least one gun. Because he was previously convicted of a felony burglary, Rogers cannot lawfully own a firearm and was subsequently charged with illegal possession for owning what the AP has identified as a Romanian AKM assault rifle. The AP has also uncovered another 2009 misdemeanor conviction for Rogers involving the dangerous handling of a weapon.The FBI thought Rogers was in the “planning stages” of a terror attack, the AP continued, and he is believed to have targeted an area in western Minnesota.Montevideo is roughly 130 miles west of Minneapolis, MN and only a few minutes’ drive from the state’s border with South Dakota.A local Fox affiliate wrote Monday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Minnesota State Patrol, Bloomington police bomb squad and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources were all involved in executing the search warrant. … Read More
Early May snowstorms hit midland US
The May Day storm has buried several Midwest states in snow that in some areas is more than 20 inches deep. Denver’s airport reported about 50 flight cancellations and delays due to icy runways, and several crashes were reported along Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming. Southeast Minnesota reported that more than 26,000 customers experienced power outages due to fallen trees and power lines.In Owatonna, Minn., Interstate 35 was closed early Thursday, due to dangerous conditions and fallen power lines. Ellsworth, Wis., reported snowfall of about 14 inches, while 9 inches had fallen in Dodge County, Min., on Thursday.Rocky Mountain National Park saw more than a foot of snow by midday Wednesday, while Buford, Wyoming experienced 20 inches.Sioux Falls, South Dakota, experienced its first May snowfall in 37 years. Some residents welcomed the wet weather, expressing hope that it will combat the effects of a state-wide drought.“Well it’s a little different on May 1 – usually you are getting May baskets, and I guess we got a May basket by the snow. I think we need the snow and the moisture, I don’t think anyone should be upset about it,” Sioux Falls resident Jack Dyvig told KELOLAND.Local meteorologist Scott Mundt told the news station that this is the seventh time in the past 120 years that Sioux Falls has received measurable May snow.The snowfall took homeowners by surprise, some of which had never had to wear scarves and hats before in May. Some cities had already packed away their shovels and ice salt.“This is a record for me,” Brian Wagstrom, director of public works in Minnetonka, Minn., told NBC affiliate KARE. “This is the latest that we have ever put plows on this time of the year.”Jim Eulberg, director of public works in Worthington, South Dakota, told NBC that his crew was not prepared to plow snow this late in the year.“When you’re looking at the calendar, you’re thinking this isn’t the stuff we should be doing. Not dealing with ice storm damage and plowing,” he told NBC affiliate KDLT.And while the Midwest is experiencing record snow and ice, Californians are trying to extinguish wildfires that have already burned down 3,000 acres of vegetation, injured two firefighters and destroyed a home – a start contrast to the frozen conditions experienced just a few states next door.The storm is continuing to spiral eastward, and flakes are expected to be seen as far south as Missouri and Arkansas before the week’s end. … Read More
Minnesota bill would institute universal civil unions, leave marriage to churches
While Minnesota state lawmakers consider a measure to legalize gay marriage and an alternative civil unions bill for gay couples, Democratic state Rep. Kim Norton has signed on to a third option: Universal civil unions.The bill would offer civil unions to gay and straight couples, getting the state government out of the marriage business altogether and making “certain that every Minnesotan couple gets a civil union in the state of Minnesota,” Norton told ABC’s KAALTV. The measure would leave marriage “to the churches that are offering them,” she added. Norton did not address how the measure, which was introduced on Thursday, would secure federal benefits for Minnesota couples or out-of-state recognition of civil partnerships.Norton had previously supported the Republican-backed measure for gay civil unions, but withdrew her support after calling the bill unfair and unequal. This, she says, is a better compromise.Continue Reading… … Read More
Jesse Ventura talks about CIA implanted in State Government, his CIA interrogation and trip to Cuba
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Former high school jock takes probation on charges of penis-slapping teammates
A 19-year-old Minnesota man was put on 10 years of probation for an incident in which he “penis slapped” his high school teammates and exposed himself to 11- and 12-year-old boys. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported on Tuesday that Seth Kellen is also likely to be sentenced to 30 days…
