General Mills brings back interracial family for Super Bowl spotJanuary 31, 2014 7:49 PMIn the new ad, the father uses Cheerios to explain to his daughter that soon she'll have a baby brother. In exchange, she negotiates for a puppy. The ad has already drawn over 2 million views on YouTube.
Credit unions have replaced 4 million cards affected by Target data breachJanuary 31, 2014 6:34 PMBy Martin MoylanThe institutions aren't happy about the costs they're incurring -- an estimated $25 million to $30 million -- because of the massive data breach at Target, said Bill Hampel, chief economist for the Credit Union National Association.
Lottery could start online scratch-off games ThursdayJanuary 31, 2014 10:57 AMBy Tim NelsonLottery officials think online instant games will boost sales and help draw in younger players who have been drifting away from lottery products.
Play4min 00secFreight rail re-route through St. Louis Park is back on the tableJanuary 31, 2014 8:55 AMBy Curtis GilbertThe new St. Louis Park option eliminates the two-story tall earthen berms called for in earlier designs, but there are still lots of problems with the proposal, said St. Louis Park City Council Member Jake Spano.
Data breach: Yahoo email account passwords stolenJanuary 31, 2014 7:08 AMBy The Associated PressYahoo didn't say how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google's Gmail, according to the research firm comScore. There are 273 million Yahoo mail accounts worldwide, including 81 million in the U.S.
Play3min 54secFeds release $450M to help ease propane shortage; $15.8M for MinnesotaJanuary 31, 2014 6:36 AMBy Matt Sepic and Jon CollinsAs thousands of Minnesotans struggle with the price of the propane used to heat their homes and businesses, politicians at the state and federal levels are boosting aid to hard-hit residents and pressuring industry to try to end the propane shortage.
Feds release $16M to Minnesota in home energy assistance fundsJanuary 30, 2014 6:30 PMBy Matt SepicMany people in Minnesota, particularly in rural areas, buy hundreds of gallons at a time to heat their homes. But propane is hard to find, so hard that Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday declared a state of emergency because of the shortage.
Best Buy lays off 950 in CanadaJanuary 30, 2014 6:08 PMBy Martin MoylanThe consumer electronics retailer is consolidating sales departments and reducing the number of managers in Canadian stores.
Destination Medical Center Corp. approves $8.2 million budgetJanuary 30, 2014 3:34 PMBy Elizabeth BaierPatricia Simmons, chair of Mayo Clinic's private economic development agency, said most of the money will pay for planning, architecture and engineering consultants, as well as legal and marketing services.
Toyota tells dealers to stop selling 6 modelsJanuary 30, 2014 2:36 PMBy The Associated PressThe order affects 36,000 cars, trucks and minivans, about 13 percent of the inventory on dealer lots in the U.S.