Fed’s No. 2 official endorses Kocherlakota’s threshold approach – WSJ
Verso Paper gets $84m from insurance for explosion damage – St. Cloud Times
Teamsters find irregularities; take over Blaine local – StarTribune
Lloyd Blankfein’s prescriptions for U.S. politics, economy – WSJ  
Schafer: J.C. Penney as a cautionary case study for Best Buy – StarTribune
Downtown Duluth furniture store closes after 36 years – News Tribune
Energy independence? This guy doesn’t think so – The Atlantic
Incredibly high-resolution panorama of Machu Picchu – GigaPixelPeru
French corn-processor pays $4.1m fine for river dumping in Iowa – Cedar Rapids Gazette
Lot next to Obamas’ Chicago home for sale: $899,000 – Chicago Tribune