Dayton Medicaid order turns into Minn. town hall

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton shared the podium with tea party protesters on Wednesday as he completed his first official act — deepening Minnesota’s participation in the federal health care overhaul by expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor.

The Democratic governor turned his first news conference into an impromptu town hall meeting, but laid down ground rules before giving equal time to opponents of the Medicaid expansion who jammed into the Capitol reception room.

Trail of cyber crimes leads to Winona students

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WINONA, Minn. — A federal investigation has led agents to a pair of 22-year-old foreign-exchange students in Winona who are suspected of being part of an identity theft ring based in Vietnam, according to court records and fraud investigators.

A Star Tribune report based on court documents unsealed Dec. 29 and interviews with investigators said the ring has used the stolen identities of many Americans to fleece retailers out of millions of dollars.

QB at Minn. community college shot, killed in Ind.

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BRAINERD, Minn. — Dominique Corder, a standout quarterback at a community college in Brainerd, Minn., was shot and killed Saturday in his hometown of Indianapolis, police said.

Corder, 20, was shot in the abdomen about 12:40 a.m. after being seen talking to someone in an SUV, Indianapolis police spokeswoman Linda Jackson said. Corder was taken to a hospital where he died.

Ceiling lights in Minn. send coded Internet data

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet.

The lights will transmit data to specially equipped computers on desks below by flickering faster than the eye can see.