Sears to sell Craftsman tool brand to Stanley Black & Decker
After controlling the Craftsman name for 90 years, troubled department store operator Sears said it will sell the famous tool brand to Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
MSNBC hires Greta Van Susteren for evening show
Greta Van Susteren's absence from cable news proved short. MSNBC said Thursday that it has hired the former Fox News Channel anchor for a daily, Washington-based news program at the dinner hour.
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Delicious irony: BuzzFeed's old-school cookbook is a bestseller
The online media outlet has sold more than 100,000 copies of its self-published "Tasty the Cookbook" in less than two months.
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Wis. woman escapes after being abducted, locked in wooden box
A Wisconsin man locked a woman inside a wooden box that he screwed shut after using a stun gun to subdue her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, investigators allege.
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Church gunman insists to jury that he is not mentally ill
Dylann Roof spoke Wednesday for the first time to the jurors who will decide whether he should be executed for fatally shooting nine black parishioners during a Bible study, insisting that he is not mentally ill and forgoing a chance to plead for his life.
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Raw: Train derails in Brooklyn, several injured
Officials say about 30 people have suffered minor injuries during a Long Island Rail Road incident in Brooklyn at the busy Atlantic Terminal.
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Prison official says Charles Manson is alive
A California corrections official confirmed that 82-year-old cult leader and killer Charles Manson is alive. Some reports said he had been taken to a hospital in Bakersfield. Corrections department vans were seen outside a hospital in that city.
Star anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for NBC
She will host her own daytime news and discussion program, anchor an in-depth Sunday night news show and take regular part in the network's political programming.
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2-year-old Utah boy saves twin brother pinned under fallen dresser [with video]
A video of a 2-year-old boy saving his twin brother pinned under a fallen dresser is going viral after the father posted home surveillance video of it Sunday.
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Iconic sign could get extra security after 'HOLLYWeeD' prank
Days after a prankster scaled a fence and altered the iconic Hollywood sign to read "HOLLYWeeD," the agency that maintains and secures landmark said it will explore boosting security.
Politics
Obama plans 'farewell address to American people' from Chicago
President Obama will speak Jan. 10 from his hometown, most likely his last chance to defend his legacy directly to the country before Donald Trump is sworn in.
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Deep freeze coming: New year's arrives with a frigid bang
Next week's Twin Cities forecast calls for cold, but not record-breaking cold, with highs in the single digits above zero and lows in the single digits below zero.
Shortage of affordable housing forces tough choices on the poor
PART 3: Small towns are good places to raise kids, but more jobs and education opportunities are in the metro area -- where lower-income housing in desirable neighborhoods is hard to find.
Minnesota family pays $1,500 late fee for library books borrowed in 1970s
A library lover who found two books more than four decades overdue at a vacation cabin in Canada is making a donation to cover the late fees — at the 1970s-era rate of a nickel a day.
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