Sunday, July 20, 2008
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Rushed rescues clear St. Paul apartments hit by arson
Bystanders and firefighters came to the aid of residents, and no one was hurt. No arrests have been made in the St. Paul fire, which officials believe was set shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday. No one was injured.
North Metro
Proxy war may take shape in Anoka County Board campaign
Anoka Mayor Bjorn Skogquist's candidacy for county commissioner has rekindled an already white-hot political rivalry between two incumbent commissioners -- Dan Erhart and Rhonda Sivarajah, who encouraged Skogquist to run for Erhart's seat.
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- What makes a gigachurch go?
- Columbia Heights: Long-seething rage erupts in wife's slaying, flames
- New Brighton murder suspect made a 'hit list'
- Drivers beware: 60,000 in Blaine for sports events
- Robert Beale: 'God wants me to destroy the judge'
- Brooklyn Park Council primaries take shape
- Ham Lake man pleads guility to bank fraud, identity theft
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East Metro
Officers try to recount details during testimony on woman's 1981 death
Memories are mixed about the night Barbara (Bobbi) Winn died. Her former boyfriend is on trial for murder.
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- Man bound over for trial in Madison stabbing death
- New Brighton murder suspect made a 'hit list'
- Tragic past won't save convicted St. Paul rapist from hard time
- Man is accused of spraying pepper spray in baby's face
- Monster tree search
- Trial opens in 1981 death of Maplewood woman
- McGovern campaigning again, now against hunger
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South Metro
Feud with city shadows school board election in Farmington
A 2005 lawsuit over a new high school motivated several candidates to run, and the fallout is mostly shaping the agenda.
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- Monsters who beat dad come straight out of today's culture
- Prior Lake's former fire chief sentenced for embezzling
- St. Paul autistic girl, 17, found safe in Eagan
- Growing cities may outsource ambulance care
- Arson suspected at Savage company
- Eagan man accused of pointing laser at State Patrol helicopter
- New charge against Prior Lake man who killed bicyclist
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West Metro
Proposed SuperTarget is bull's-eye for complaints
The Bloomington Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for this week.
More West Metro News
- Teen driver killed after pickup hits power pole
- Recently released con followed, killed elderly Hopkins woman
- Mother's 9 decades were well-lived, daughter says
- A family's anguished cry: 'Why?'
- Barn lovers flock to threatened Eden Prairie site
- Hennepin County Jail nurse charged with stealing drugs
- Minnetonka Realtor arrested in theft of pain meds
West Metro prep sports
- Legion baseball: Tradition in transition
- Chaska's Hand headed for Gulf Coast League
- Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Building for the future
Today's West Metro events
Downpours, twister reports in metro area
Saturday storms drop hail, down trees.
Soldier finally returns, bearing scars - and hope
More than two years after he left Minnesota for Iraq, Jeff Srisourath is rebuilding his life.
Hiker explores ups and downs of a 2,650-mile solo journey
Elevations on the Pacific Crest Trail range from 100 feet to more than 13,000 feet; U grad student Claire Porter is taking it all in.
Teen driver killed after pickup hits power pole
A teenage boy died Saturday after the pickup truck he was driving left the road and struck a power pole near Watertown, officials said.
Katherine Kersten, columnist
Monsters who beat dad come straight out of today's culture
The savage attack at Valleyfair on the night of July 4 horrified Minnesotans. A father was beaten and kicked unconscious as he tried to protect his 12-year-old daughter from being sexually groped by two men.
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- State pension head gets huge raise
- Higher pay considered for pension fund chief
- McCain coming to Hudson this week
- Drill more now, pay less at the pump? Not so fast
- Mostly quiet first term keeps Ellison from facing experienced challengers
- Group launches ad critical of Franken's union views
- McGovern campaigning again, now against hunger
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- Convicted in assault case, GOP Rep. Olson isn't running
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