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There's a turkey in the White House - and it's not what you're thinking and it also has Minnesota ties.  Two turkeys raised on a farm in Thief River Falls will play a central role in the 2013 Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon.

Some of us are good at geography and others - well, lets just say that a little more time could have been spent listening in second grade.

At the halfway mark for the men's teams, 2006 Olympic bronze medalist John Shuster leads the qualifying round after a match at noon. The next round will take place at 7 pm tonite with fellow 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson one win behind Shuster at the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling.

11 survivors of a collision of two planes got on another airplane to go to New York city to tell the story the boils down to being prepared. Why do we practice safety measures and know what to do in the time of emergency? These people showed us why.

UPDATE 2:30 p.m. EST: NBC is reporting that one TSA agent was killed and three others wounded. Airport police shot and may have killed the gunman at the scene. The shooter, whose identity has not been confirmed, was taken into custody after being shot.

A complete stranger comes up to you and asks you to pose with a complete stranger.  What would you do? Photographer Richard Renaldi does just that. He takes random people he meets on the street of New York City and asks them to pose in pictures together as if they were family members, friends or lovers.

A main-artery bridge in Green Bay that has been closed since late September is expected to be open at some point in January 2014.  Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say the bids they're soliciting for the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge will include a clause that binds the process to a January 17 2014 open date.

Imagine this, you are sitting in court and the Judge says, I'm sorry sir, you are legally dead. That’s exactly what happened to Ohio resident Donald Eugene Miller Jr. on Monday when a judge upheld a 1994 court ruling declaring the 61-year-old legally dead.

With the government shutdown rolling on, it’s no surprise to hear Americans don’t exactly have a high opinion of Congress.

Nothing feels as good as a nice cup of coffee. And we do mean nothing.

Tom Clancy, the writer of numerous popular military thrillers, died on Wednesday morning at age 66.

It pays to be honest. Actually, it pays quite handsomely.