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GOP Speaker Kurt Daudt suggested that half of the $1.9 billion Minnesota budget surplus should go to unspecified tax relief and said Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed gas tax hike is "off the table." Updated 40 minutes ago
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What color is #TheDress? Question takes over social media
The top trend on social media has been whether a dress is blue and black or gold and white. Different users see different colors — and are all deadset that they are right. Why? Here's a look at the science and the social-media reaction.
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Projected Minnesota budget surplus swells to $1.9 billion
Minnesota's projected budget surplus grew to $1.9 billion, up $832 million from a November projection, it was announced Friday. Legislators now will craft proposals based on the revised figure, setting the table for budget negotiations at the Capitol.
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Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov shot dead
Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said. He was 55.
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Gunman kills 7, commits suicide, in house-to-house rampage
A man who authorities say may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother killed seven people and then took his own life in a house-to-house shooting rampage that wiped out a swath of this tiny town in the Missouri Ozarks.
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The 'dark magic' of drag queen Max
Local drag queen Max takes a shot at stardom in “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
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