Saint Paul News

Paul, Minn., broke for the Thanksgiving Day holiday Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the $3.6 billion Tom Petters Ponzi scheme trial. The 52-year-old chairman of Petters Group Worldwide, whose holdings included Sun Country Airlines and Polaroid Corp., will have...

Minn. — A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters Tuesday, adding intensity to a debate before a state Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change. Democratic Rep. Tim Walz...

Minn. — A federal prosecutor has asked a jury to hold Minnesota businessman Tom Petters responsible for a massive fraud at his company. In closing arguments Monday, prosecutor Jon Marti said Petters lied on the stand last week when he...

Early in the second period Saturday night, Wild defenseman Nick Schultz picked the corner like your typical goal scorer. Slight problem: Schultz's shot was into his own net, and it triggered a Dallas Stars rally from two goals down...Like Schultz,...

Deanna Coleman, the executive who blew the whistle on her boss, Wayzata businessman Tom Petters, described this morning how millions of dollars investors' money was funneled from Petters Co...Coleman, who served as vice president of operations at Petters Co.

Iconix Brand Group Inc slashed its 2009 view, hurt by the transition to a new licensee for one of its brands and dilution from its June share offer, sending its shares tumbling 23 percent. Iconix, which owns and licenses several...

A team of Republican consultants with experience on the presidential level will help run Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's new political action committee. Pawlenty filed paperwork Thursday with federal regulators to form the Freedom First PAC, a national fundraising committee he...

The Minnesota attorney general's office today filed suit against a Minneapolis employment firm that's accused of luring job-seekers in the door with promises of high-level jobs and charging them thousands of dollars in fees but failing to deliver. The suit...

Minnesota businessman Tom Petters put the blame squarely on several of his trusted friends Wednesday for the $3.65 billion fraud carried out at Petters Co...Testifying for the second day in his fraud trial, Petters said two PCI vice presidents, Deanna...