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Deja Vu?-August 2011

Deja Vu?-August 2011

The debate over where the Vikings should play revives a familiar plan for a sports and entertainment corridor near Minneapolis’s North Loop. Bruce Lambrecht, one of Target Field’s earliest and most controversial advocates, believes his ideas can win again.

3 More Locals Charged in Cook’s $194M Ponzi Scheme

Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, 41, of Plymouth; Gerald Joseph Durand, 60, of Faribault; and conservative radio show host Patrick Kiley, 73, of Burnsville allegedly worked with Cook to defraud investors through what they marketed as a foreign currency trading program.

Canterbury Aims to Recoup $3M Lost During Shutdown

The company-which resumed operations on Thursday-is looking at ways to make up the estimated $3 million that it lost during the government shutdown, including adding races, extending the racing season, and rescheduling Fourth of July festivities.

St. Jude to Cut 450 Jobs in Sweden, Move Some Mfg.

The Little Canada-based medical device company experienced a decline in U.S. sales within its cardiac rhythm management division during the second quarter; moving that division's manufacturing to Puerto Rico and Malaysia is expected to cut costs.