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Business: See Minnesota's top-earning companies and CEOs

Community:Twin Cities demographic information.

Education: Did your school make the grade? See 2009 test scores.

Entertainment: Find music, theater, art, festivals and other diversions.

Government: Learn how much public employees get paid.

Politics: See campaign contributions and election filings.

Public safety: Homicide map, crime statistics and more.

Recreation + lifestyle: Find local garden centers, farmers markets and more.

Real estate: Research home prices in the Twin Cities.

Transportation: A bridge watch list and traffic information.

Education

Rating our schools: 2009 math and reading test scores

Browse math and reading results for Minnesota public and charter schools. Drill down to results by grade and demographic group. These results will be used to determine which schools failed to meet their annual performance goal under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Interactive map: Where the dangerous dogs live

Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared about two dozen dogs to be "dangerous" because they have attacked people or other animals. Another 450 (plus one cat) are labeled "potentially dangerous." An interactive map shows where they live.

Business

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs

Is your boss among the top-paid executives at public companies in Minnesota? Even the top dogs are feeling the pain right now. Median total compensation for the 100 CEOs was down 38 percent in 2008, according to the Star Tribune's analysis.

Down, but not out

How bad was 2008 for Minnesota's biggest 100 companies? Find out by diving into our interactive, sortable chart.

Public safety

Minnesota's homicides: an interactive map

Homicides affect families and communities from the central cities to the far corners of the state. Our map marks the state's killings, remembering the victims and tracking suspects through the justice system.

Government

Public employee salaries

Browse salary data for most of Minnesota's largest government employers, including averages, overtime and total salary paid.

U.S. Senate recount results

A day-by-day look at the disputed election between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman.

Transportation

Minnesota bridges rated

Our interactive map shows more than 300 Minnesota bridges that receive special scrutiny because of structural deficiencies, outdated design features that make them functionally obsolete or use of gusset plate connectors similar to those on the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed.

Politics

Ranking the state's political donors

From California to New York, deep-pocket donors are writing checks to Minnesota candidates. And some Minnesotans are giving big bucks to the presidential candidates. We rank the top 200 biggest givers -- a who's who of the famous (and in a few cases infamous) names behind the state's campaigns.

Community

Hot or not: Population ups and downs in the Twin Cities

The U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates show population gains in the central cities and some inner-ring suburbs at the same time that growth in some other suburban communities is slowing.

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