A week after the anti-Wall Street demonstrators colonized the Hennepin government plaza, their willingness to flout the tent ban appears to be heading for a Saturday confrontation, Paul Walsh reports. It's not just the onset of chilly weather - confrontations with the authorities are breaking out in Colorado, New York and other places. We'll stay with this developing story all day.

A power surge knocked out the computer that controls the city's traffic lights, so they reverted to their old-fashioned timers that ignore traffic conditions. Nobody's sure when the computer will reboot and traffic lights will get smart again. Some say it has bottled up cars at busy intersections, but in my extremely unscientific survey this morning, I actually got around town faster. Then again, I normally ride the bus.

The Basilica of St. Mary swept up the $110,000 prize in the Partners in Preservation Facebook balloting, a competition for historic preservation cash that pitted landmarks against each other in a three-week popularity contest, Nicole Norfleet reports. Repairs to the narthex and sacristy are scheduled for February.

Public safety: A man's impulsive effort to cover up for his NHL star brother's overdose death came to a conclusion in a Hennepin County courtroom with Aaron Boogard's guilty plea to a misdemeanor, Abby Simons reports. A tenant was found guilty of bludgeoning his landlord, University of Minnesota electrical engineering student Leo Kohorst, to death last year. Finally, take a look at this guy and see if you recognize the robber who hit three pharmacies in recent weeks for oxycodone.