— Gov. Mark Dayton has named bus company executive Charlie Zelle as transportation commissioner.
Zelle will take over in January for Tom Sorel (SOAR'-uhl), who resigned to take another job.
Zelle is longtime head of Jefferson Lines, a regional bus company that operates in 13 states from North Dakota to Texas. He's also a former investment banker who came back to Minnesota to run the family company.
The other finalist for the job was acting commissioner Bernie Arseneau, a longtime engineer.
1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa — A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida.
Law to protect property of victims in murder passes 128-0
MIT police officer killed on campus; firefight in Watertown, Mass; Boston suburbs shut down
8-year-old adopted son of Mona and Russell Hauer was found malnourished weighing 35 pounds
FBI releases photos of suspects in Boston bombing
FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers says the photos came from surveillance cameras, and men are extremely dangerous
UPDATE: At least five killed in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
Blast could be heard for dozens of miles; firefighters, police officer among the dead
Man, who has not been charged, sold dozens of assault rifles online. Mills Fleet Farm contact authorities
Obama vows to fight on, say both parties "caved to pressure" from NRA
Authorities confirm image of suspect, earlier reports of arrest apparently not true
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