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Pulltabs, other charitable gambling up 8.6 percent across Minnesota

After a decadelong slide, pulltabs, bingo and other forms of charitable gambling are bouncing back in Minnesota, with gross receipts expected to top $1.1 billion, according to the Minnesota Gambling Control Board. Updated 9:16 PM
- Sept. 18: E-pulltab haul for Vikings stadium is zero
- May 21: Charities launch tour to promote e-gambling

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Giant magnet makes U attractive to brain mapping researchers

The world’s most powerful magnet for full-body imaging scans has arrived at the University of Minnesota, where it is expected to attract millions of dollars in research grants and play a significant role in a national project to map the human brain. Updated 10:29 PM
- Human brain may be hard-wired by gender
- April 30: U poised to play major role in brain initiative

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 53 minutes ago
- Minn. Orchestra musicians raise $650K, vow to play on

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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 foot injury not believed to be serious

The initial exams revealed no serious damage, but Adrian Peterson's status for Sunday’s game remains unclear. Full storyFull story Updated 8 minutes ago

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

Mayor Chris Coleman, responding to a chorus of complaints about slick and bumpy city streets following last week’s storm, is doubling the city’s use of salt and sand, speeding up the purchase of new trucks and shaking up management of its street maintenance division. Full storyFull story Updated 10:11 PM

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Government sells remaining stake in GM, loses $10.5 billion 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. Full storyFull story Updated 9:06 PM

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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. Full storyFull story Updated 7:38 PM

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