Friday, May 16, 2008
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"Photo-cop" settlement approved by city council
Drivers nabbed by the now-outlawed photo-cop red-light enforcement program in Minneapolis will get most of their fines back and their records cleansed. The settlement would reimburse roughly 15,000 drivers who got tickets under the program
North Metro
Facing foreclosure? Don't count on becoming a landlord
Columbia Heights is putting a six-month halt on new rental applications. Says The city has enough, the mayor says.
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- Drug money behind Coon Rapids assaults, teen suspects say
- 3 doctors disciplined by board; 4th has license suspended
- Arrests don't quell fear in Coon Rapids
- Field trips with a virtual twist
- Mounds View gets new school board member
- New Brighton settles dispute over Northwest Quadrant
- Cities buying up open space now, asking questions later
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East Metro
Woodbury flight attendant charged with starting fire on NWA flight
A 19-year-old Woodbury man -- a flight attendant -- has been charged with setting a fire in the restroom during a Compass Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Regina, Saskatchewan.
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- Roseville officer injured in crash
- Falcon Heights is creating its identity
- Oakdale man convicted of shooting Minneapolis officer
- Roseville police warn of man exposing himself to girls
- Maplewood's Gethsemane: A park with a use-by date
- Survey shows behavior gains for students in Washington County
- Menu: Kids learn the ropes
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South Metro
Renovations reflect churches' changing roles
Congregations are getting away from large buildings that aren't used most of the week.
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- Ventura: Never at loss for words - or advice
- Readying a local nod to history
- Dakota County parks: Wild notions
- Burnsville, Northfield schools offer hands-on ways to learn citizenship
- Savage's dilemma: Fire stations cost, but so can slow response
- Prior Lake senior center is for people who hate senior centers
- Window into an unplugged life
South Metro prep sports
- Prep sports, an uncertain future: Burden in the ’burbs
- Thursday's prep results
- Maple Grove's Kelly O'Brien going for third trip to state golf meet
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West Metro
Dad charged with defrauding soldier son serving in Iraq
A Minnesota National Guardsman returned home to find that his father allegedly used forged documents to open accounts and rack up debts totaling about $22,000.
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- Garage sale that started big fight gets day in court
- Road construction worker killed in Carver County
- Richfield council approves plan to build a new, roomier City Hall
- Ex-U player Hagemo gets strict probation
- Field trips with a virtual twist
- Plymouth business guilty of tax crime
- Library, pavilion will further make Arbor Lakes a city center
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Forciea sues therapist over drug treatment
Former DFL operative Patrick Forciea is suing over what he claims is a misdiagnosis. Forciea claims his psychotherapist improperly gave him an anti-depressant for bi-polar disorder. Now in prison, he says his current doctors figured out the problem.
Photo right: Pat Forciea
Tick-borne illnesses reached record high in the state last year
High number of tick-borne illnesses suggests Minnesotans need to take precautions.
Parts of I-394 to be closed this weekend
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will shut down a portion of eastbound Interstate Hwy. 394 this weekend for a bridge repair project.
12-year-old tried to stop mother from driving drunk, complaint says
A Maple Grove woman who allegedly drove drunk with her son in the back seat of her car was charged with felony driving while impaired and endangerment of a child, according to a criminal complaint filed this week in Hennepin County District Court.
Fridley man wakes to shotgun, punches in face
The victim said the burglars claimed that his 17-year-old brother owed them money.
Pawlenty has 'no designs' on being VP
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, frequently mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican John McCain, said Friday he doesn't have "any motivations or designs" of doing anything more than volunteering on behalf of the presidential candidate.
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