<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - minneapolis</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/minneapolis</link><description>Newsvine - minneapolis</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:23:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:16:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Amen! 105-Year-Old Minneapolis Pastor, Noah Smith, Has No Plans to Retire (VIDEO)</title>
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At Wayman AME Church in Minneapolis,&nbsp;folks gather in anticipation of hearing the gospel preached by one of its most senior pastors, Noah Smith (pictured), who at 105 years young still manages to belt out a sermon that sends chills down the spines of his devoted congregants&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17910090-amen-105-year-old-minneapolis-pastor-noah-smith-has-no-plans-to-retire-video</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17910090-amen-105-year-old-minneapolis-pastor-noah-smith-has-no-plans-to-retire-video</guid><category>cbs</category><category>artist</category><category>sermon</category><category>us-news</category><category>preacher</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>gospel</category><category>musician</category><category>congregation</category><category>black-america</category><category>noah-smith</category><category>105-year-old-pastor</category><category>serving-the-lord</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahEF0E5E8C-32FE-78A1-9642-DAB00C30A38A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahEF0E5E8C-32FE-78A1-9642-DAB00C30A38A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>333,000 signatures, 13 organizations, 8 cities, 1 demand: End &quot;Too Big to Jail&quot;. | Home Defenders League</title>
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333,000 signatures, 13 organizations, 8 cities, 1 demand: End &ldquo;Too Big to Jail&rdquo;.
That was Tuesday in cities around the country. The signatures came from petitions launched by the Campaign for a Fair Settlement, MoveOn, CREDO, the Courage Campaign, and Campaign for &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17715697-333000-signatures-13-organizations-8-cities-1-demand-end-too-big-to-jail-home-defenders-league</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17715697-333000-signatures-13-organizations-8-cities-1-demand-end-too-big-to-jail-home-defenders-league</guid><category>economy</category><category>wall-street</category><category>mortgage</category><category>attorney-general</category><category>philadelphia</category><category>charlotte</category><category>wells-fargo</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>san-diego</category><category>pittsburgh</category><category>st-louis</category><category>us-news</category><category>petitions</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>sacramento</category><category>moveon</category><category>forclosure</category><category>loan-modification</category><category>campaign-for-americas-future</category><category>credo</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>too-big-to-jail</category><category>home-defenders-league</category><category>the-courage-campaign</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:41:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisF0D7F323-FD63-C596-58D6-9E90BD21E5FE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisF0D7F323-FD63-C596-58D6-9E90BD21E5FE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Minn. airport worker charged with stealing guns</title>
<description><![CDATA[A worker at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been charged with stealing shotguns, revolvers and other weapons from the checked luggage of passengers who had connections through the busy Twin Cities airport.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Forliti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Forliti]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659605-minn-airport-worker-charged-with-stealing-guns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659605-minn-airport-worker-charged-with-stealing-guns</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>airport</category><category>worker</category><category>charged</category><category>us-news</category><category>twin-cities</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>paul-international-airport</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:01:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 Pinocchios for Bachmann's claim that bureaucrats get 70% of food stamp funds</title>
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&ldquo;Here's the truth that the president won't tell you. Of every dollar that you hold in your hands, 70 cents of that dollar that's supposed to go to the poor doesn't. It actually goes to benefit the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. &mdash; 70 cents on the dollar. That's how &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370335-4-pinocchios-for-bachmanns-claim-that-bureaucrats-get-70-of-food-stamp-funds</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370335-4-pinocchios-for-bachmanns-claim-that-bureaucrats-get-70-of-food-stamp-funds</guid><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>gop</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>republican</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>cpac</category><category>tea-party</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>michele-bachmann-madness</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:27:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz0013465E-5976-001A-8F57-67F42E2E094E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz0013465E-5976-001A-8F57-67F42E2E094E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bachmann: 'I didn't get anything wrong' in presidential debates, I was a 'virtual Wikipedia'</title>
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Tea Party Rep. Michele Bachmann has been laying low since last November&rsquo;s election&nbsp;when  she came dangerously close to losing her House seat, possibly in  preparation for a bid against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in 2014.
But Bachmann, being Bachmann, couldn&rsquo;t s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17105924-bachmann-i-didnt-get-anything-wrong-in-presidential-debates-i-was-a-virtual-wikipedia</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17105924-bachmann-i-didnt-get-anything-wrong-in-presidential-debates-i-was-a-virtual-wikipedia</guid><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>tea-party</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:59:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; Member of Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Sentenced to 55 Months in Prison on Racketeering Conspiracy Charges</title>
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PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Louis Fazzini, 46, of Caldwell, New Jersey,  was sentenced today to 55 months in prison for his participation in a  racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and theft from an  employee benefit plan. U.S. District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno also &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092543-fbi-mdash-member-of-philadelphia-la-cosa-nostra-sentenced-to-55-months-in-prison-on-racketeering-conspiracy-charges</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092543-fbi-mdash-member-of-philadelphia-la-cosa-nostra-sentenced-to-55-months-in-prison-on-racketeering-conspiracy-charges</guid><category>fbi</category><category>minnesota</category><category>organized-crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>new-jersey-department</category><category>north-jersey</category><category>labor-office</category><category>pennsylvania-office</category><category>philadelphia-la-cosa-nostra</category><category>philadelphia-lcn</category><category>gang-section</category><category>attorneys-frank</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:59:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye625E3E5E-E6DB-F82E-BE0E-8796771D203E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye625E3E5E-E6DB-F82E-BE0E-8796771D203E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; Former Eden Prairie Resident Sentenced for Role in $8.9 Million Mortgage Fraud</title>
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MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a  28-year-old North Carolina woman was sentenced for her role in a scheme  that defrauded mortgage lenders out of approximately $8.9 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092364-fbi-mdash-former-eden-prairie-resident-sentenced-for-role-in-89-million-mortgage-fraud</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092364-fbi-mdash-former-eden-prairie-resident-sentenced-for-role-in-89-million-mortgage-fraud</guid><category>fbi</category><category>minnesota</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>former-eden-prairie-resident-sentenced-for-role-in-8-9-million-mortgage-fraud</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:37:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye3E7A7EB3-3983-BDCD-2CD1-F718791EB13B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye3E7A7EB3-3983-BDCD-2CD1-F718791EB13B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Michele Bachmann, quiet congresswoman?</title>
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann did something unusual in a Tuesday op-ed in the Star Tribune: she complimented President Obama.
The topic was a fleeting line in the State of the Union a week earlier, in which Obama called for more scientific research and said, &ldquo;Our scientists&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057550-michele-bachmann-quiet-congresswoman</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057550-michele-bachmann-quiet-congresswoman</guid><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>tea-party</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:32:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Food Fight Turns Into Melee At Mpls. South High « CBS Minnesota</title>
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A number of police cars responded to Minneapolis South High School Thursday after an alleged food fight escalated into a melee involving 200 to 300 students.
The school posted a note on its website stating the it went on a precautionary code yellow lockdown due to &ldquo;a foo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MartyMoose]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MartyMoose]]></source><link>http://martymoose1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977919-food-fight-turns-into-melee-at-mpls-south-high-cbs-minnesota</link><guid>http://martymoose1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977919-food-fight-turns-into-melee-at-mpls-south-high-cbs-minnesota</guid><category>riot</category><category>us-news</category><category>high-school</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>food-fight</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:29:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=martymoose13B0EF157-5A5E-4C47-9CC0-635CA081C79E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=martymoose13B0EF157-5A5E-4C47-9CC0-635CA081C79E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hundreds of students brawl at Minn. high school</title>
<description><![CDATA[A food fight quickly turned into a brawl involving hundreds of students at a Minneapolis high school on Thursday, forcing police to use chemical spray to break up the melee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16966657-hundreds-of-students-brawl-at-minn-high-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16966657-hundreds-of-students-brawl-at-minn-high-school</guid><category>us</category><category>fight</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:59:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2bf52d4-64ee-46c1-97d0-1d8e9725be66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2bf52d4-64ee-46c1-97d0-1d8e9725be66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emergency personnel brings an injured person out on a stretcher after a fight brought ambulances and police to the South High School in Minneapolis on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The school is on lockdown after a food fight got out of hand and turned into a real fight. Minneapolis police were called after the fight broke out during third-period lunch around 12:45 p.m. Thursday. The fight lasted 15 minutes. The school says staff members responded immediately and took security steps. Teaching continues as usual during the lockdown, but students will remain in their classrooms during class. South will remain on lockdown until further notice.(AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19b1eac8-4a99-476b-8434-b00aeb5c4ffe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19b1eac8-4a99-476b-8434-b00aeb5c4ffe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emergency personnel brings an injured person out on a stretcher after a fight brought ambulances and police to the South High School in Minneapolis on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The school is on lockdown after a food fight got out of hand and turned into a real fight. Minneapolis police were called after the fight broke out during third-period lunch around 12:45 p.m. Thursday. The fight lasted 15 minutes. The school says staff members responded immediately and took security steps. Teaching continues as usual during the lockdown, but students will remain in their classrooms during class. South will remain on lockdown until further notice.(AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT      &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Gun Control Campaign Hits MN: 'Now Is The Time!'</title>
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President Obama, continuing his permanent campaign strategy on every issue, took to the road today to head to Minnesota. Why? Because a youth violence initiative &ndash; an initiative that&nbsp;does not contain gun control&nbsp;&ndash; has decreased violence.&nbsp; That despite&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841524-obama-gun-control-campaign-hits-mn-now-is-the-time</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841524-obama-gun-control-campaign-hits-mn-now-is-the-time</guid><category>chicago</category><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>republicans</category><category>agenda</category><category>gun-violence</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>assault-weapons</category><category>crime-scenes</category><category>mental-health-screening</category><category>obstructionists</category><category>culture-centric-initiative</category><category>heavy-gun-control</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:34:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome510D9C77-F751-591F-D556-8ED877028201.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome510D9C77-F751-591F-D556-8ED877028201.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Singalong on downtown Mpls bus raises question: Who needs earbuds? [VIDEO] - Minneapolis - News - The Blotter</title>
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Earbuds are great, but something's lost when everyone is locked into their own personal audio bubble.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[azsky13]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[azsky13]]></source><link>http://azsky13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14453660-singalong-on-downtown-mpls-bus-raises-question-who-needs-earbuds-video-minneapolis-news-the-blotter</link><guid>http://azsky13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14453660-singalong-on-downtown-mpls-bus-raises-question-who-needs-earbuds-video-minneapolis-news-the-blotter</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>metro-transit</category><category>sing-a-long</category><category>on-the-bus</category><category>i-got-music-in-me</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:09:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>7th man dies after Minn. company shooting in Sept.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man shot two weeks ago in Minnesota's deadliest workplace killing spree has died of his injuries, his family announced Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14249494-7th-man-dies-after-minn-company-shooting-in-sept</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14249494-7th-man-dies-after-minn-company-shooting-in-sept</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>andrew-engeldinger</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:49:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Minneapolis shooting victims remembered, mourned</title>
<description><![CDATA[A prideful entrepreneur, known at City Hall and recognized by federal leaders for his ingenuity and business spirit. A package deliveryman known for his devotion to his children and the Green Bay Packers. The promising artist with a young family. A quiet outdoorsman who had a big sense of humor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142581-minneapolis-shooting-victims-remembered-mourned</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142581-minneapolis-shooting-victims-remembered-mourned</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>vignettes</category><category>city-hall</category><category>green-bay-packers</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:59:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Police: 5th Minnesota office shooting victim dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say a fifth victim of the shooting at a Minneapolis sign company has died.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142311-police-5th-minnesota-office-shooting-victim-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142311-police-5th-minnesota-office-shooting-victim-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>shooting</category><category>toll</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Family: Minneapolis gunman suffered mental illness</title>
<description><![CDATA[The family of the man who killed four people at a Minneapolis sign company says he struggled for years with mental illness.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14141482-family-minneapolis-gunman-suffered-mental-illness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14141482-family-minneapolis-gunman-suffered-mental-illness</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>gunman</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:24:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b70625f-ac3e-4085-97dc-d30712b1a3f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b70625f-ac3e-4085-97dc-d30712b1a3f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 2012 photo shows Andrew Engeldinger working at Accent Signage in Minneapolis. Late Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, police searched a house in south Minneapolis where the suspected gunman in a deadly shooting at Accent had lived but found nothing that we know of, police said. Property records identify the homeowner as Andrew Engeldinger, whose uncle said he had died in the shooting. Engeldinger, 36, had been an Accent employee, and his father was told by the medical examiner that he was dead, the uncle, Joe Engeldinger, said. Police refused to say whether or not Andrew Engeldinger was the shooter. (AP Photo/Finance and Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cops: Minneapolis gunman lost job over performance</title>
<description><![CDATA[The gunman who killed five people at a Minneapolis sign company last week was fired for poor performance and lateness just moments before he started shooting, and two top managers who tried to stop him were shot during the struggle, police said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128539-cops-minneapolis-gunman-lost-job-over-performance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128539-cops-minneapolis-gunman-lost-job-over-performance</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>andrew-engeldinger</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:09:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1232a5c2-eb9d-4f6e-a014-635a70683f17.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1232a5c2-eb9d-4f6e-a014-635a70683f17.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, that police say left at least two people dead and four others wounded. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40f925b1-7953-41ec-8ee3-197fbd91366a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40f925b1-7953-41ec-8ee3-197fbd91366a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, that left at least two people dead and four others wounded. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7d73c9-dc36-4194-a9dc-838874bfbd26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7d73c9-dc36-4194-a9dc-838874bfbd26.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An officer walks through the area as police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Police say left at least two people were killed and four others wounded. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c3a2f65-c2cd-4206-aeb6-0e00bae1265b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c3a2f65-c2cd-4206-aeb6-0e00bae1265b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An officer secures the area as police investigate a shooting that left at least two dead and four others wounded at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=686fcaf0-2677-4f1c-872c-40108d84d81d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=686fcaf0-2677-4f1c-872c-40108d84d81d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified woman is consoled at the scene of  a shooting that left at least two dead and four others wounded at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=959f5164-e7a8-4927-845a-5cc64fb67dfd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=959f5164-e7a8-4927-845a-5cc64fb67dfd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police secure the scene of a shooting that left at least two dead and four others wounded at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b01d34d-20ab-4ae0-a24e-f50e8020e372.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="471" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b01d34d-20ab-4ae0-a24e-f50e8020e372.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Minneapolis police officer stands at the entrance of Accent Signage Systems as police investigate the scene of a business in which a gunman reportedly shot several people and then turned the gun on himself, about 4:30 p.m. in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc7dfbb0-00e4-4110-afe9-6944f09ec62a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc7dfbb0-00e4-4110-afe9-6944f09ec62a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Minneapolis Police Deputy Chief Kris Arneson, right, speaks to reporters during a news conference as Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, left, looks on, in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The shooter who opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday and was among &quot;several&quot; people killed in the incident, Arneson said. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ec21908-2a5a-4011-89bd-673bf5e82a07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ec21908-2a5a-4011-89bd-673bf5e82a07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An officer walks through the area as police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Police say left at least two people were killed and four others wounded. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f61f4b7c-a1fb-4a24-b98a-4d388c10eb5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f61f4b7c-a1fb-4a24-b98a-4d388c10eb5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified woman is consoled at the scene of  a shooting that left at least two dead and four others wounded at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f68719c1-f90d-4892-ad88-b3de795f4ee4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f68719c1-f90d-4892-ad88-b3de795f4ee4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Officers with the Minnesota State Patrol man the Penn Avenue bridge over Bassett's Creek near the scene of a shooting at a business in the 2300 block of Chestnut Avenue West in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The shooter who opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday and was among &quot;several&quot; people killed in the incident, the city's deputy police chief said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, John Autey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24cd24cb-7634-4c2d-ae05-c31bd176f1ca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24cd24cb-7634-4c2d-ae05-c31bd176f1ca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Minneapolis police officer cordons off an area outside the office of Accent Signage Systems in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The shooter who opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday and was among &quot;several&quot; people killed in the incident, the city's deputy police chief said. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04aed536-037c-405f-82ce-d27756d39a4c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="386" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04aed536-037c-405f-82ce-d27756d39a4c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Minneapolis police officer stands at the entrance of Accent Signage Systems as police investigate a shooting at the business that police say left &quot;several&quot; people dead, including the shooter, who was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 in Minneapolis.  (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3758820-0d77-4cf8-ac5a-6e456212a56b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3758820-0d77-4cf8-ac5a-6e456212a56b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Chad Blumenfield shows his father-in-law Reuven Rahamim, owner of Accent Signage Systems, a sign-making business in Minneapolis that was the site of a workplace shooting Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A police spokesman says the gunman killed four people, including Rahamim, and injured four more before turning the gun on himself. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Chad Blumenfield)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acfcdbe1-1e20-4889-89e7-719706c9fa27.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acfcdbe1-1e20-4889-89e7-719706c9fa27.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Sheriff's department along with AFT officials search the home of the alleged gunman,who shot several people in a sign shop, in Minneapolis on Thursday  Sept. 27,  2012.   Authorities say a gunman killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign-making business before turning the weapon on himself. Officers summoned Thursday afternoon by a 911 call discovered the victims' bodies shortly after arriving at Accent Signage Systems Inc. on the city's north side, police say. Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen McCarty said the gunman also injured four people in the attack.  (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Kyndell Harkness)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5308473-f5d3-406c-9885-20b127ea883a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5308473-f5d3-406c-9885-20b127ea883a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Sheriff's department along with AFT officials search the home of the alleged gunman,who shot several people in a sign shop, in Minneapolis on Thursday  Sept. 27,  2012.   Authorities say a gunman killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign-making business before turning the weapon on himself. Officers summoned Thursday afternoon by a 911 call discovered the victims' bodies shortly after arriving at Accent Signage Systems Inc. on the city's north side, police say. Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen McCarty said the gunman also injured four people in the attack.  (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Kyndell Harkness)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbd3e0e5-cad4-4f7d-ba48-f6159e354ae5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbd3e0e5-cad4-4f7d-ba48-f6159e354ae5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 2012 photo shows Andrew Engeldinger working at Accent Signage in Minneapolis. Police say the gunman who killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign company had been fired hours before the attack. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan told a Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, news conference that the gunman in Thursday's attack was 36-year-old Engeldinger of Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Finance and Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94775c96-831c-4281-b2bc-7848e584621c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94775c96-831c-4281-b2bc-7848e584621c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An officer walks underneath caution tape as police investigate a shooting that left at least two dead and four others wounded at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=046eed95-63e8-44f2-a8ff-53b3e3864b79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=046eed95-63e8-44f2-a8ff-53b3e3864b79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man and woman who didn't wish to be identified, bring flowers to the scene of Accent Signage Systems, in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, a business in which a gunman shot several people on Thursday, killing four, before turning the gun on himself. Reuven Rahamim, 61, the owner of Accent Signage Systems, was among those killed. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3ebe965-a0b7-4cad-908c-5ffee98a838f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3ebe965-a0b7-4cad-908c-5ffee98a838f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Sheriff's department along with AFT officials search the home of the alleged gunman,who shot several people in a sign shop, in Minneapolis on Thursday  Sept. 27,  2012.   Authorities say a gunman killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign-making business before turning the weapon on himself. Officers summoned Thursday afternoon by a 911 call discovered the victims' bodies shortly after arriving at Accent Signage Systems Inc. on the city's north side, police say. Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen McCarty said the gunman also injured four people in the attack.  (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Kyndell Harkness)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46884e0f-f73b-41fd-9c9a-37e88a8720cb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46884e0f-f73b-41fd-9c9a-37e88a8720cb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 2012 photo shows Reuven Rahamim, owner of Accent Signage in Minneapolis, with a machine he invented for putting Braille lettering on signage, in Minneapolis. Rahamim, 61, was shot to death at Accent Signage Systems Inc., in Bryn Mawr, a mainly residential neighborhood on the northwest side of Minneapolis, after a man burst into the sign-making business, fatally shooting Rahamim and three others in the office before turning the gun on himself, family and officials said Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Finance &amp; Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=423051f4-c22b-443d-9936-d27d35fd4bbe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=423051f4-c22b-443d-9936-d27d35fd4bbe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Minneapolis police officer walks past a UPS truck at the scene of a business in which a gunman shot several people Thursday, killing four, and then turning the gun on himself, in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. A UPS driver was among one of the four killed before the gunman turned the gun on himself. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71cfee33-45ac-49c6-b1bc-c9dbc7d7f238.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71cfee33-45ac-49c6-b1bc-c9dbc7d7f238.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jim Dow, who said he had been a vendor who had known Reuven Rahamim, the owner of the business, for more than 20 years, drops by Accent Signage Systems Inc., to place flowers at the scene, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, where a gunman killed four people inside the Minneapolis sign company a day earlier. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acb498e6-0422-45c5-b912-5a5f2e463b92.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acb498e6-0422-45c5-b912-5a5f2e463b92.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Minneapolis police officer walks past a UPS truck, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at the scene where a gunman killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign company a day earlier. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a87e107-2619-4b64-8fcb-e165496fcacb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a87e107-2619-4b64-8fcb-e165496fcacb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 2012 photo shows Andrew Engeldinger working at Accent Signage in Minneapolis. Police say the gunman who killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign company had been fired hours before the attack. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan told a Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, news conference that the gunman in Thursday's attack was 36-year-old Engeldinger of Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Finance and Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4bda9953-2c28-4166-b22c-647ac1ee818b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4bda9953-2c28-4166-b22c-647ac1ee818b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The home of suspected shooter Andrew J. Engeldinger, 36, of Minneapolis, is shown Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Minneapolis. Engeldinger was fired just hours earlier from his job at a Minneapolis sign-making business before allegedly walking into the company's loading dock, shooting and killing the owner and three others before turning the gun on himself, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=644df1d2-75f3-49f2-8e0e-963e46d8cb7e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=644df1d2-75f3-49f2-8e0e-963e46d8cb7e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 2012 photo shows Andrew Engeldinger working at Accent Signage in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan told a Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, news conference that the gunman in Thursday's attack inside a Minneapolis sign company where four people were killed was 36-year-old Engeldinger. Police also say that Engeldinger had been fired hours before the attack. (AP Photo/Finance and Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=858c1309-b358-4c22-997c-aa9c650d0e1e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=858c1309-b358-4c22-997c-aa9c650d0e1e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An informal memorial sits on a bench in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 in tribute to UPS driver Keith Basinski, 50, who was among five victims killed in the shooting rampage that took place late Thursday afternoon at Accents Signage Systems, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn. Police say Andrew Engeldinger, 36, was fired from the company that afternoon and responded by fatally shooting others there before he turned the gun on himself. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db15877a-ec25-42f7-824c-ede061cbb5d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db15877a-ec25-42f7-824c-ede061cbb5d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An informal memorial for shooting victims stands outside Accents Signage Systems, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Six people, including the suspected gunman, were shot to death Thursday afternoon at Accent Signage Systems. Police say Andrew Engeldinger, 36, was fired from the company that afternoon and responded by fatally shooting others there before he turned the gun on himself. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, )  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d9196b33-7ca3-45d0-84f3-2ec2eb9c4e21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d9196b33-7ca3-45d0-84f3-2ec2eb9c4e21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An informal memorial for shooting victims stand at the base of a flagpole, with the flag at half-staff, outside Accents Signage Systems, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012.  Six people, including the suspected gunman, were shot to death Thursday afternoon at Accent Signage Systems. Police say Andrew Engeldinger, 36, was fired from the company that afternoon and responded by fatally shooting others there before he turned the gun on himself. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, )  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Threat to Obama in the form of burned cat in Minneapolis park puts Secret Service on alert </title>
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A threat to President Obama in the form of a burned cat staked to a tree stump drew officers from several city and federal agencies to a south Minneapolis park before dawn on Monday.
The cat's carcass in Longfellow Park was staked with a handheld American flag on a small stick&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13280037-threat-to-obama-in-the-form-of-burned-cat-in-minneapolis-park-puts-secret-service-on-alert</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13280037-threat-to-obama-in-the-form-of-burned-cat-in-minneapolis-park-puts-secret-service-on-alert</guid><category>politics</category><category>threat</category><category>cat</category><category>secret-service</category><category>obama</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>animal-cruelty</category><category>right-wing-insanity</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:34:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Disgraced Ex-Idaho Senator Larry Craig: my toe-tapping bathroom trip was official gov't business</title>
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Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous June 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.
Craig is hoping to avoid repay&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></source><link>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13146714-disgraced-ex-idaho-senator-larry-craig-my-toe-tapping-bathroom-trip-was-official-govt-business</link><guid>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13146714-disgraced-ex-idaho-senator-larry-craig-my-toe-tapping-bathroom-trip-was-official-govt-business</guid><category>congress</category><category>airport</category><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>crime</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>larry-craig</category><category>solicitation</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:41:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-of-arcF14F7886-432E-F855-5B47-8DB450857C65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-of-arcF14F7886-432E-F855-5B47-8DB450857C65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It's Not Just NYC: Across America, Only Black and Brown People Get Arrested for Pot |</title>
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New York City, the pot-bust capital of the Western world, is notorious for the racial skewing of its marijuana arrests. Over the last 15 years, more than 85 percent of the half-million-plus people charged with misdemeanor possession there have been black or Latino.
But the rac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12924811-its-not-just-nyc-across-america-only-black-and-brown-people-get-arrested-for-pot</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12924811-its-not-just-nyc-across-america-only-black-and-brown-people-get-arrested-for-pot</guid><category>washington</category><category>philadelphia</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>hennepin-county</category><category>western-world</category><category>marijuana-arrests</category><category>black-and-brown-people</category><category>black-and-latino</category><category>reefer-roundups</category><category>atlanta-baltimore</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:14:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah760DC0E0-BFA1-D84A-67B7-FDDB5F1EB02B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah760DC0E0-BFA1-D84A-67B7-FDDB5F1EB02B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dog DNA service helps apartments catch poop perpetrators </title>
<description><![CDATA[A solution -- tracking down dogs the way cops track down murderers.
Apartment managers start by sending in  a DNA sample from every dog in the complex, usually on a swab that has  been swiped in the dog's mouth. The DNA is recorded on a PooPrints  registry.
Then, when an errant&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11865796-dog-dna-service-helps-apartments-catch-poop-perpetrators</link><guid>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11865796-dog-dna-service-helps-apartments-catch-poop-perpetrators</guid><category>fines</category><category>odd-news</category><category>twin-cities</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>pooper-scooper</category><category>dog-owner</category><category>rosedale</category><category>apartment-dwellers</category><category>pickup-patrol</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 22:02:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis148AA97C-DE66-3756-0EDC-BE14843A3B73.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis148AA97C-DE66-3756-0EDC-BE14843A3B73.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mom's Day</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mother's Day Greeting
Our card is a comtemporary expression of Mother's day feelings...but the real message will be conveyed by your comments...about and for Moms still with us and for those who finished their never ending assignments in this vale...and moved on...
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vested Veteran]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vested Veteran]]></source><link>http://vested-veteran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11614617-moms-day</link><guid>http://vested-veteran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11614617-moms-day</guid><category>world</category><category>children</category><category>funeral</category><category>family</category><category>san-antonio</category><category>u-s</category><category>singing</category><category>us-news</category><category>comments</category><category>top-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>not-news</category><category>remembrance</category><category>home-garden</category><category>mothers-day</category><category>grandchildren</category><category>mothers-day-greeting</category><category>mothers-dayo-greeting</category><category>ill-flyaway</category><category>ladysmith-wi</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 11:07:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man who put resume on billboard gets a job | kare11.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terrence Moss]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terrence Moss]]></source><link>http://terrencemoss.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604859-man-who-put-resume-on-billboard-gets-a-job-kare11com</link><guid>http://terrencemoss.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604859-man-who-put-resume-on-billboard-gets-a-job-kare11com</guid><category>unemployment</category><category>billboard</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>bennett-olson</category><category>gks-services</category><category>laser-design</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:56:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Am So OVER the Vikings Stadium Bill !!!!!</title>
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GOD!!!!
This week when I found out that the GOP decided to hold secret meetings with the Vikings to propose a ROOFLESS STADIUM, I pretty much threw my hands in the air and said, "Well, that's it then!!! And so did DFL Governor Mark Dayton. He called the GOP idea "hairbrained", w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[YaddaYadda]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[YaddaYadda]]></source><link>http://monsterskin63.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539846-i-am-so-over-the-vikings-stadium-bill</link><guid>http://monsterskin63.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539846-i-am-so-over-the-vikings-stadium-bill</guid><category>sports</category><category>minnesota-vikings</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>mark-dayton</category><category>vikings-stadium</category><category>kurt-zoellers</category><category>ziggy-wilf</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 16:49:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Minn. air passenger: Water filtration pipes in bag</title>
<description><![CDATA[A checked bag containing PVC pipes and several wires prompted authorities to briefly clear out a Minneapolis airport terminal Friday, and its owner told police it was the second time in three years his device had forced an airport evacuation, an official said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Forliti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Forliti]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11427085-minn-air-passenger-water-filtration-pipes-in-bag</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11427085-minn-air-passenger-water-filtration-pipes-in-bag</guid><category>us</category><category>evacuated</category><category>us-news</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>terminal</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:13:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1c3fc1b-f72f-41f0-be1f-1c397134f747.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1c3fc1b-f72f-41f0-be1f-1c397134f747.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Security receives incoming baggage after Terminal 2 reopened following an evacuation due to a suspicious bag at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Friday, April 27, 2012. Airport police evacuated the ticketing lobby and closed inbound traffic to Terminal 2 early Friday after a bag set off an alarm when it was scanned by screeners. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7871b1a3-6dfc-4966-84b5-418ea8d0e7c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7871b1a3-6dfc-4966-84b5-418ea8d0e7c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Travelers crowd towards the ticketing and security lines after Terminal 2 reopened following an evacuation due to a suspicious bag at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Friday, April 27, 2012.  Airport police evacuated the ticketing lobby and closed inbound traffic to Terminal 2 early Friday after a bag set off an alarm when it was scanned by screeners. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dca9e1ee-f2fc-4c3f-97a2-8c3b055a86cb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dca9e1ee-f2fc-4c3f-97a2-8c3b055a86cb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Travelers crowd towards the ticketing and security lines after Terminal 2 reopened following an evacuation due to a suspicious bag at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Friday, April 27, 2012.  Airport police evacuated the ticketing lobby and closed inbound traffic to Terminal 2 early Friday after a bag set off an alarm when it was scanned by screeners. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>