Police: Boy, 7, killed self with gun found in box with toy
| | | Now that sports gambling is spreading, is it time to pay college athletes? Bob Collins from NewsCut blog writes : The NCAA is concerned that having athletes and gamblers mix is a bad idea. The student athletes are forced to live in relative poverty while the NCAA and its schools get rich. Maybe this will be what was needed to eliminate the system of indentured servitude. If not, there's plenty of nearby money to throw games. Read more at NewsCut. | Forecast | Updraft |
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| | Dayton vetoes tax bill over lack of school money | | Surrounded by elementary school students Thursday morning, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a Republican tax proposal, a move meant to keep the pressure on legislators in the final days of session to pass emergency funding for schools. | | |
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| Senate confirms Gina Haspel as CIA director | | The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gina Haspel as CIA director, making her the first woman to lead the spy agency despite the controversy surrounding her role in the waterboarding program. | |
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| Spread of Ebola in Congo a 'game changer' | | A new case of Ebola has emerged in an urban area of Democratic Republic of the Congo, a troubling development in the country's new outbreak of the contagious and often fatal virus. Until now, the outbreak had affected a rural area. | |
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| State employers cut 3,200 jobs, job market still tight | | Minnesota economic officials report the state's jobless rate held steady at 3.2 percent in April, well below the national rate of 3.9 percent. Minnesota employers eliminated 3,200 payroll jobs last month, and additional information whittled the March job gain down from 2,900 to 400. | |
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