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Guthrie loses $438,000

Guthrie reports biggest operating loss -- $438K -- in two decades

The Guthrie saw significant declines in season-ticket and single-ticket sales, which contributed to overall attendance of 375,702, a drop of 50,000 from fiscal 2011-12. Updated 7:00 PM
- Minn. Orchestra musicians raise $650K, vow to play on

'Government Motors' no longer

Government sells remaining stake in GM, loses $10.5B on bailout

The Treasury Department sold its final shares of the Detroit auto giant on Monday, recovering $39 billion of the $49.5 billion it spent to save the dying automaker at the height of the financial crisis five years ago. Updated 5:35 PM
- General Motors withdrawing Chevrolet from Europe
- Auto sales surge to best rate since pre-recession

Brain bypass helps North Dakota teen injured by shotgun blast

Dr. Eric Nussbaum, a neurosurgeon at United Hospital in St. Paul, applied a common procedure to an uncommon wound after a 14-year-old Kaelan Macdonald was injured in a hunting accident that sent a stray pellet zipping between his left eye and eye socket to lodge inside an artery in his brain. Updated 7:38 PM
- Bismarck native gets lifesaving surgery in Minn.

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Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8 Updated 7:44 PM
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Minn. Senate leader: Rebate checks unlikely Updated 6:05 PM
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St. Paul to get more plows, new leadership to manage snow removal Updated 3 minutes ago
Minn. Senate ups living allowance for outstate senators Updated 4:54 PM
St. John's Abbey releases list of 18 accused monks Updated 3:12 PM
Medtronic's itty-bitty pacemaker is implanted directly inside the heart Updated 17 minutes ago
Star Tribune building edges closer to demolition Updated 1:57 PM
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Access Vikings: Frazier gets call from league about Sunday's officiating

Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said he received a call from the NFL about the officiating in Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens. Updated 5:40 PM

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Peterson's status still unknown, Gerhart hurt, Rudolph to IR

Adrian Peterson will see a foot specialist as further evaluation along with more X-rays and a CT scan. Full storyFull story Updated 4:06 PM

Ryan looks for pitching, a former Twins pitcher looks for work

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St. Paul to get more plows, new leadership to manage snow removal

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, responding to a chorus of complaints about slick and bumpy city streets following last week’s... Full storyFull story Updated 3 minutes ago

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Medtronic's itty-bitty pacemaker is implanted directly inside the heart

The tiny device is about the size of a large vitamin tablet and is one-tenth the size of a conventional pacemaker. Full storyFull story Updated 17 minutes ago

Government sells remaining stake in GM, loses $10.5B on bailout

New American Airlines emerges as deal closes

S&P 500 index notches another record close

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Comic book raises awareness of mental illness

Tony Kinnard wanted to make sure kids who might be struggling with mental illness know help is available. Full storyFull story Updated 4:38 PM

Study says many lung cancer tumors prove harmless

Brain bypass helps North Dakota teen injured by shotgun blast + video

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“Peephole driving” is the death-defying belief that peering through a Frisbee-sized porthole in your windshield enables you to see well enough to drive in winter. Full storyFull story Updated 3:11 PM

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Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8

Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold. Full storyFull story Updated 7:44 PM

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State GOP moves HQ to Minneapolis DFL stronghold

The Republican Party of Minnesota is moving its headquarters to the Seward neighborhood. Party leaders said the move will result in significant rent savings and gets the party closer to what they describe as everyday Minnesotans. Full storyFull story Updated 11:33 AM

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South Africa prepares for massive Mandela memorial

An eclectic mix of world leaders including President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will eulogize Nelson Mandela before a crowd of nearly 100,000 mourners at a massive memorial service Tuesday in the World Cup soccer stadium where the anti-apartheid champion made his last public appearance. Full storyFull story Updated 6:43 PM

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US vet held in N. Korea says video confession was coerced

The 85-year-old U.S. Korean War veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during the war was given involuntarily and under duress. Full storyFull story Updated 5:45 PM

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