By WARREN WOLFE, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minn. first to post online a comparison of health procedure costs
Need a colonoscopy? That'll be $1,354 at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester, Minn. -- or just $402 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
For the first time in the nation, a Web tool is offering health care shoppers a glimpse into what insurance companies pay on average for 103 common medical procedures, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced this week.
Minn. teens charged with groping, taunting nursing home residents
The eight high school students had worked together part-time at the Good Samaritan nursing home in Albert Lea, Minn.
And, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday, the girls also laughed together early this year as they spat in frail residents' mouths, poked and groped their breasts and genitals, and at times taunted them until they screamed -- or witnessed those events.

