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As special session starts, legislators prepare for long weekend

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An adjournment deadline was set for 7 a.m. Saturday, but hopes of a one-day session were thrown into question Friday morning.
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Sentencing today for man who kidnapped Jayme Closs, killed her parents

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Machinery from Fisher Industries prepare the ground for a wall to be built on private property near El Paso, Texas.
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Trump tries to steer border wall deal to N.D. firm owned by GOP donor, Fox News guest

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State: Twin Cities nursing home failed to prevent resident's falls, then injury killed him

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Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media

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Fruit cup deal: investor buys two Minnesota produce wholesalers and merges them
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Minneapolis landlord must pay $37K to settle claims he offered tenant cheaper rent for sex
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May to quit as party leader June 7, opening race for new PM
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Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection
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Midwest communities affected by springtime flooding, like Hamburg, Iowa, will have to wait longer for Congress to approve disaster aid.
Tim Gruber, New York Times
Midwest communities affected by springtime flooding, like Hamburg, Iowa, will have to wait longer for Congress to approve disaster aid.

Lone GOP lawmaker delays $19B federal disaster aid approval

11:33am
A House GOP conservative complaining of Washington's free-spending and opaque ways blocked a long-overdue $19 billion disaster aid bill on Friday, extending a tempest over hurricane and flood relief that has left the measure meandering for months.
Joe Mauer retired after last season, and with his salary off the books the Twins have compiled powerful pieces to the lineup.
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Souhan: Mauer is Twins' 2019 MVP - Most Valuable Pensioner

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How many iconic roadside attractions does Minn. have? And where are they?

No Minnesota road trip is complete without seeing a giant ball of twine, or one of the state's many Paul Bunyans.
An aerial view shows Mount Everest, also known as the Sagarmatha, on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
World

Utah man, 55, dies descending from summit of Mount Everest

10:50am
Watch: Teammate obliterates Aaron Rodgers in beer-chugging contest at Bucks game
Sports

Watch: Teammate obliterates Aaron Rodgers in beer-chugging contest at Bucks game

11:14am
She said, he said: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump engaged in rude-and-then-some questioning of his fitness for office and her s
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This image was taken Dec. 1, 2001, from television footage in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, It shows John Walker Lindh, right, claiming to be an Americ

John Walker Lindh case shows why rule of law is strongest weapon against terrorism

As odious as his professed allegiances were, he still received due process.

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