Sunday November 22, 2009

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Favre and Sidney Rice

Favre scores a nearly perfect day

He completed a career-high 88 percent of his passes for 213 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-9 victory over Seattle.

Gail Rosenblum: Wanted: front bumper - and prayers

Today in tiny Frazee, Minn., Tyler Shipman will do what lots of 18-year-olds love to do. He'll test out his prized possession, a fully restored 1986 yellow-and-black Pontiac Fiero.

Jeanette Trompeter became a casualty of the financial hard times hitting Twin Cities TV news operations. The Emmy-winning anchor was released by WCCO-TV in April.

Neal Justin: Bad news for local TV stations

Traditionally ambitious local TV news operations are trying to weather advertising revenue losses that have hit the industry. | More TV coverage

Tweet, tweet becomes retailers' new ho, ho, ho

Social media has become the newest holiday strategy for some retailers, who are hoping the technology can bring some luster to their efforts to reach customers who are holding tight to their money this year. | Best Buy's holiday strategy

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites

Trial followers can't get enough

Survivors recount China mine disaster; 104 dead

Water main break makes for messy weekend

Emotions erupt over county budget woes

Sarah Palin dines with Rev. Billy Graham in NC

UM Duluth, St. Thomas move on in football playoffs

Creationists hand out Darwin book with new intro

3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.

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Entertainment

Jackson, Swift face off at American Music Awards

Taylor Swift

Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards with a medley of some of her biggest hits, but it was her late brother Michael who was poised to be one of the night's big winners, up for five American Music Awards, including entertainer of the year.

Amelia Earhart: Minnesota prep basketball player

When she lived in St. Paul in the early 1900s, Amelia Earhart played basketball at St. Paul's Central High School.

Photo right: Amelia Earhart (1932 photo)

Jim Foti, Roadguy

Agreed: Teens can wait for car keys

Parents offer reasons for having teens wait for that driver's license

Movies

'New Moon' rises in opening weekend

The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.