Sen. Amy Klobuchar presented Antonio Vandal with the award Saturday. The 10-year-old Cub Scout was on his first canoe trip with his dad when he helped rescue a friend from a Wisconsin river in 2010.

The 1991 Minnesota case is among 125 instances in which a blacklist meant to keep pedophiles away from boy scouts failed. The Los Angeles Times reviewed more than 1,000 Boy Scout files dating from 1970 to 1991. It found suspected - or convicted - abusers often found their way back into scouting in spite of a blacklist.

Researchers at the North American Bear Center in Ely say Jewel and her two new cubs are getting more active. A live webcam continues to monitor the den where the cubs were born.

Authorities say the four boys had been last seen on the Sugar River in Wisconsin while canoeing with the rest of their troop. But the boys became separated from the group at a portage near Sugar River Park.

Twin Metals Minnesota, a joint venture pursuing the development of an underground copper, nickel and platinum group metals mine in Northeastern Minnesota, announced Tuesday that it has been selected as a recipient of Finance & Commerce's 2012 Progress Minnesota award.

The money comes from the new federal health care law's Community Transformation grant. It will help fund programs aimed at fighting tobacco use, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise.