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• Franken greeted with 'attaboys' on Range
  While his wife, Franni, stayed in Minneapolis to pack for Washington, Al Franken spent Friday night and Saturday on the Iron Range, marching in six July 4th parades with daughter, Thomasin, 28, and son, Joe, 24, by his side.
  Jul 5, 2009
• Project: Locked in limbo: Inside the Minnesota Sex Offender Program
  Minnesota has civilly committed 554 men and one woman to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP), designed to treat paroled sex offenders until they are no longer dangerous. The 2003 killing of Dru Sjodin triggered a surge of commitments. But the system's spiraling cost and lack of measurable success are causing growing unease.
  Jun 10, 2009
• Minneapolis woman charged with biting off part of ex-boyfriend's ear
  The defendant told police she acted in self-defense.
  Apr 23, 2009
• Are elk herds too much of a good thing?
  The herds in the northwest part of Minnesota have damaged crops, angered farmers and depleted a state fund to cover damages. Now what?
  Feb 28, 2009
• State's casinos are hitting a dry spell
  As business slumps, Minnesota's tribes find gambling isn't exempt from downturn.
  Feb 16, 2009
• Mining's underworld threatens Hwy. 169
  A plan for "land bridges" over possible sinkholes near Chisholm is on the list of projects for federal stimulus aid.
  Feb 4, 2009
• No smoke from 'e-cigs,' but there's plenty of ire
  Last year, several Minnesota judges ruled that smokers can't pretend to be actors and bars can't pretend to be theaters to get around the state smoking ban.
  Feb 1, 2009
• Sleepwalker found frozen had Ambien
  Electrician Timothy Brueggeman, 51, of Hayward, Wis., had a history of insomnia and once had crashed his pickup while taking the sleep aid.
  Jan 15, 2009
• Franken's lead at 49 pending resolution of absentee ballots
  County officials and campaign lawyers went back to work across the state today, reviewing unopened absentee ballots and trying to reach consensus on which ones were wrongly rejected and should be included in the Senate recount results.
  Jan 6, 2009
• Petters scheme: Duluth haven imperiled
  A foundation lost funds with which to it hoped to turn a former nursing home near Duluth into a haven for addicts and ex-cons.
  Jan 6, 2009

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