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The company denies it did anything wrong  insisting it was acting legally at the time. The settlement did not require an admission of liability   Attorney General Lori Swanson  said.
"We're pleased with the settlement. We think the settlement will help solve a problem in Minnesota. It's been a problem that has been a long time in the making for many decades "  Swanson  said. "These chemicals  as I mentioned  were put into the ground. And we are very hopeful the settlement can help fix that."
The settlement was announced Tuesday after jury selection was halted as the trial was set to begin.  Swanson  said  she  believes it is the largest environmental case in state history.
 Swanson  said 3M will pay the state in one lump sum within the next 15 days. It will go into a fund dedicated to projects that will clean up and safeguard drinking water in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul. Details on how the money will be used are still being worked out  but it could go to help homeowners with contaminated wells  or help municipalities with sustainable drinking water and treatment plans.
3M to pay $850 million to settle suit over chemical disposal

On Monday  the New York Times reported that  Brett Talley   President Trump's nominee for Alabama's federal district judge  had failed to disclose that  he  was married to a White House lawyer. But aside from  his  potential conflicts of interest  and general lack of experience for the role  there was another detail about the 36-year-old lawyer that made headlines Mondayâhis work as a horror novelist and ghost hunter.
As Gizmodo points out   Talley  first shared his supernatural interests in a 2014 Washington Post interview  where he talked about his novels of "true ghost" stories and going out with the Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group to hunt for the paranormal  armed with thermal cameras and digital voice recorders. According to its website  the group "uses a strictly scientific approach to determine the extent of the paranormal activity" and uploads photos and audio from some of its expeditions.
"I tend to believe thereâs a good scientific explanation for the weird things people see and hear "  Talley  told the Post. "But Iâm open to the idea  and itâs fun."
According to the Daily Beast   Talley  even co-wrote a book with the founder of the group  David Higdon  called Haunted Tuscaloosa. It apparently explores "tales of haunted houses and shadows moving through university buildings."
It's not clear if  Talley  has ever actually come across a ghost  considering Higdon told the Beast the group usually doesn't find any paranormal activity and ends up sitting "in the dark and mostly wish[ing] something does happen."
Still  it doesn't look like  Talley 's ghost-hunting abilities will stand in the way of his judicial aspirations. According to the Times  he's already been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee even though the American Bar Association unanimously deemed him "not qualified."
A Guy Trump Nominated as a Judge Apparently Used to Hunt Ghosts

Walmart confirmed Thursday that it is closing dozens of Sam's Club warehouse stores â a move that a union-backed group estimated could cost thousands of jobs â on the same day the company announced that it was boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers and handing out bonuses.
The world's largest private employer said it was closing 63 of its 660  Sam 's Clubs over the next weeks  with some shut already. Ten are being converted into e-commerce distribution centers  according to a company official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the decision publicly.
He said it was too early to say how many people overall would lose their jobs since some will be placed at other Walmart locations or rehired at the e-commerce sites. Making Change at Walmart  a campaign backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union  estimates that 150 to 160 people work at each Sam's Club store  meaning the closures could affect about 10 000 people.
Lauren Fitz  22  said she was at her other job as a church secretary when a colleague texted to say that  the Sam's Club  where they both worked in Loveland  Ohio  had closed. Fitz had been pleased earlier to read the news that Walmart was boosting starting salaries and offering bonuses.
"I thought  'this is really cool.' And then to find out that my store is closing " said Fitz  who said she had worked as a sales associate in the jewelry department for two months. At home  she got a call from her manager and had a letter in the mail saying the store had closed and she could seek employment at another Sam's Club or Walmart store.
On Twitter   Sam's Club  responded to people's queries by saying  "After a thorough review of our existing portfolio  we've decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy."
President Donald Trump cheered the announcement with a tweet  saying  "Great news  as a result of our TAX CUTS & JOBS ACT!" White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders later said she would not comment on the Sam's Club closings but that the wage increases were a sign that the tax measures "are having the impact that we had hoped."
Walmart announced years ago that it would actively manage its store portfolio as it strives to put a dent in Amazon's dominance online. With Thursday's closing  that strategy is now extending to Sam's Club.
The company said the wage increase benefits all hourly U.S. workers at its stores  including Sam's Club  as well as hourly employees at its websites  distribution centers and its Bentonville  Arkansas  headquarters. The one-time bonus between $200 and $1 000 will be given to Walmart employees who won't receive a pay raise.

Walmart boosts starting pay closing dozens of Sam 's Clubs