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...KSTP reporter Ben Henry interviewed Stephanie Wilford, a disabled woman who lives near the recent destruction...He spoke with Wilford at a shopping plaza as neighbors worked to clean up after looters. Wilford said she fears she will have nowhere to get her essentials in the midst of damage to her neighborhood as well as the shutdown of Metro Transit. Wilford said what happened to George Floyd was tragic, but "he is in a better place than we are."...

When Jason Lewis left his top-rated local talk radio show for Charlotte, N.C., in 2003, many Minnesotans' radios were draped in black. Now "Minnesota's Mister Right," as he bills himself, is back. He'll hit the airwaves on KTLK (100.3 FM) on Aug. 7. Lewis is eager to jump back into the fray with his erudite brand of conservatism. He's a scourge of Big Government, a free-market booster and a cultural traditionalist. What lured Lewis back from balmy Charlotte? "People think Minnesota is more liberal than it is, and North Carolina is more conservative than it is," he says. Lewis says...

It refused to air 60-second spot that defends U.S. policy, saying it is untruthful in how it represents the media. In an unusual break from its competitors, KSTP-TV refused to air a controversial ad defending U.S. policy in Iraq that the station says unfairly claimed the media is misleading people about the lack of progress in the war. ABC affiliate KSTP, Channel 5, declined to air the 60-second ad, which features images of smoke pouring from the World Trade Center and testimonials from soldiers who talk of the value of fighting terrorists in Iraq rather than at home. Some in...

Saint Paul Police officers arrested a teacher at St. Paul elementary school Thursday for probably cause of criminal sexual conduct with a 9-year-old. Mathew Christopher Curran, 52, was arrested without incident outside Aerospace Magnet School on St. Paul's East Side, according to St. Paul police. Just before 10 a.m. Thursday, school officials learned of allegations sexual contact between Curran and a 9-year-old student and contacted police.

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ABC Radio networks recently told TALKERS magazine Sean Hannity is number one with 12+ on KBAC in LA. KFMB in San Diego has Mr. California in the #1 spot as well. However, in San Francisco's KSFO, Hannity is 25-54. ABC Radio Networks' senior VP of programming, John McConnell said this about Sean: "This is a spectacular accomplishment in less than two years of syndication. Most talk personalities take years to create a loyal audience but Sean reached incredible milestones in a very short period of time." On August 26th, WCBM in Baltimore brings talk live to the Maryland State Fair...