CHICAGO — “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey’s production company said tonight. Winfrey plans to announce the final date for her show during a live broadcast on Friday, Harpo Productions Inc. said, bringing an end to what has been television’s top-rated talk show for more than two decades, airing in 145 countries worldwide and watched by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the U.S. alone.
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November 20, 2009
November 19, 2009
Another Minnesota man indicted in missing Somalis case
A 24-year-old St. Anthony man faces terrorism-related charges in the federal investigation into the departures of young Somali men who left Minnesota to fight with a terror group in Somalia, according to an indictment unsealed today.
Omer Abdi Mohamed is the seventh person to face charges in the ongoing investigation. He was indicted Tuesday on counts of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure. The indictment suggests that as part of the conspiracy, Mohamed — also known as Brother Omer or Galeyr — helped some of the men travel to Somalia.
Mohamed was arrested at his house Thursday morning without incident and made his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis that afternoon.
Minneapolis man charged with terrorism in missing Somalis case
Rochester pedestrian hit by car, which hits church
A pedestrian suffered a leg injury when a car that was picking up the pedestrian accidentally hit the pedestrian; the car then ran into the side of a church. The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Savior, 971 16th St. S.E., according to the Rochester Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Belau.
The pedestrian was taken to Saint Marys Hospital by a Gold Cross Ambulance. The driver of the car wasn’t injured. About $5,000 in damage was done to a church wall and windows.
November 18, 2009
Judge: Corps’ negligence caused Katrina flooding
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval late today ruled in favor of residents who alleged the Army Corps’ shoddy oversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet led to the flooding of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. Many in Katrina have argued that Katrina, which struck the region Aug. 29, 2005, was a manmade disaster caused by the Army Corps’ failure to maintain the levee system protecting the city.
Report: Car hits building in S.E. Rochester
Rochester firefighters are responding to a report of a car crashing into a building in the 900 block of 16th Street Southeast.
Car plunges into river in Oxbow Park
BYRON — A 21-year-old Rochester woman driving with her 1-year-old child missed a curve tonight and drove into the Zumbro River in Oxbow Park. The woman got out of the vehicle herself, but she needed the help of the Byron Fire Department to get her baby out. The was not in a submerged part of the vehicle. Neither the woman nor the child was injured.
Ambulance crashes en route to accident; two injured
An ambulance en route to an accident in north Rochester was struck by a car in downtown Rochester. Two people were injured and transported to the hospital.
The ambulance was westbound on Second Street and Third Avenue Southwest when it was struck by a car northbound on Third Avenue.
Police said the ambulance had its lights and siren activated when it entered the intersection, but the light was red. The car entered the intersection and struck the ambulance. Two other cars were then struck after the initial collision, police at the scene said.
Two people were extricated from two separate vehicles by firefighters and taken to the hospital.
The ambulance was headed to a car-school bus crash on north U.S. 63 about 5:40 p.m. Injuries were reported at that collision as well and a medical helicopter transported those people.
Car crashes into school bus in N.W. Rochester, 2 seriously injured
A car and a school bus from the city of Kellogg collided at U.S. 63 and 75th Street Northwest in Rochester. The crash was reported at 5:15 p.m.
Two people in the car were seriously injured; one was flown to Saint Marys Hospital by Mayo Clinic helicopter, and the other was transported there by ground ambulance . Eight children in the bus suffered minor injuries.
Semi rollover east of Ellendale
There was a report of a semi rollover accident east of Ellendale on Minnesota 30. Corn is reported covering the highway.
Accident snarls traffic on 19th Street bridge
An accident with injuries was reported on the 19th Street Northwest bridge over U.S. 52.
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