Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked two Minnesota-based health care CEOs in the top 20 of its annual list of the 100 Most Influential people in health care. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group's CEO Stephen Hemsley came in at No. 7 on the list, while Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy ranked No. 17.

The Democratic representative landed on several top ten lists in a Twitter analysis from public relations firm Edelman. Rep. Michele Bachmann also scored among the most popular Congress members on the social network, and Sen. Al Franken ranked among the most trusted.

Forbes magazine has once again recognized St. Paul-based Ecolab and Golden Valley-based General Mills on this year's list of the “The World’s Most Innovative Companies." Ecolab ranks No. 31 and General Mills is 50th out of 100 global companies. Both Minnesota-based firms were on the magazine's 2011 list.

The Minneapolis-based financial institutes vice chairman of payment services Pamela Joseph and executive vice president Leslie Godridge both ranked in this year's list compiled by American Banker magazine.

Topping the list is the intersection of Hwy. 15 and Hwy. 23 in St. Cloud. Most of the other crossings are in the Twin Cities metro. The rankings are based on the number of crashes and their severity over the past three years.

As Minnesotans dealt with the harrowing details coming out of Colorado, local media bolted into action to give the find the Minnesota angle. Did they succeed?