<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/specialreports/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV</title><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports</link><description><![CDATA[Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:48:40 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Good Question: 'Reply All' To Your Good Questions]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/indian.summer.belly.2.1297641.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/indian.summer.belly.2.1297641.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be beautiful this weekend, which is why one of our Good Questions has to do with Indian Summer. Another has to do with belly buttons. So there's that.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:40:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Buyer's Tax Credit Expanded]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/buyers.credit.expanded.2.1297501.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/buyers.credit.expanded.2.1297501.html</link><description><![CDATA[With the clock ticking on a first time home buyer's tax credit,
realtors like Connie Nompelis have been swamped. They've been trying to
get deals closed by month's end. However, continued weakness in the housing market, especially in the
median to upper bracket homes, convinced Congress that more help is
needed.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:08:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Check: Pawlenty's Proposed Spending Cap ]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/pawlenty.reality.check.2.1297332.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/pawlenty.reality.check.2.1297332.html</link><description><![CDATA[Governor Tim Pawlenty is proposing tough new budget standards. However,
they are standards he has failed to meet himself since taking office in
2004. He has proposed budgets that far exceed the amount of money the state
had to pay for it.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:52:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Question: Are There Foods That Fight The Flu?]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/flu.fighting.foods.2.1296218.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/flu.fighting.foods.2.1296218.html</link><description><![CDATA[We know that vaccinations can help protect us from the flu. And
sanitizing can kill the virus if it gets on our hands. But are there
more natural ways to protect ourselves? Are there foods that fight the
flu?
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotic Hands Help Improve Heart Surgery Recovery]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/robotics.heart.surgery.2.1295464.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/robotics.heart.surgery.2.1295464.html</link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of heart surgeries are performed every day. In fact, an
estimated 253,000 Americans undergo heart bypass procedures every year.
Those surgeries traditionally take a good amount of time to heal. But
robotic hands are making recovery quicker and easier.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:29:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Question: Is There Really A Second Wind?]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/second.wind.exercise.2.1292513.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/second.wind.exercise.2.1292513.html</link><description><![CDATA[For runners, it may be the most important part of a long-distance race.
For the rest of us, it's the boost that comes right after we're ready
to collapse. But is there truly such a thing as a second wind?
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Far From Memories Of Fallen Comrades In Iraq]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/fallen.comrades.iraq.2.1292462.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/fallen.comrades.iraq.2.1292462.html</link><description><![CDATA[For WCCO-TV anchor Don&nbsp;Shelby and photojournalist Tom Aviles, there are so many stories to tell from Iraq, but in a war zone, the one story you cannot avoid is the awful moment when a comrade in arms is killed. Seventeen Minnesota National Guard soldiers have died since the action began in 2001.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blast Walls Protect Red Bulls At Basra Base]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/blast.walls.basra.2.1292560.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/blast.walls.basra.2.1292560.html</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV anchor Don Shelby and photographer Tom Aviles are reporting from Iraq this week, where the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division commands all forces in half of the country. There are still dangers in the operations in southern Iraq, including rocket attacks on the base. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet Farm Fields Putting Damper On Harvest]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/rain.fall.harvest.2.1289264.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/rain.fall.harvest.2.1289264.html</link><description><![CDATA[On a day when fields should be bustling with the machines of harvest,
weeks of rainfall have left the fertile soils wet and off limits. Soggy
corn fields can't support the weight of an 18-ton combine.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:09:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Check: Ad Targets Medicare Advantage]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/specialreports/medicare.advantage.ad.2.1292378.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/specialreports/medicare.advantage.ad.2.1292378.html</link><description><![CDATA[As the health care debate heats up again, it's hard to miss the onslaught of TV ads, pro and con. That includes an ad produced by the insurance industry aimed at thousands of Minnesota seniors. The ad targets Minnesota seniors who use Medicare Advantage. 
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