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HCMC bleeding with deep cuts
Of all hospitals in Minnesota facing economic woes, Hennepin County Medical Center is the hardest hit.
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Bus crash investigation
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Anoka County closes jail, cuts costs
With fewer prisoners, the county closed its medium security prison, reducing its budget by $400,000 so far.
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North Metro prep sports
- Drama is gone as Centennial girls pull together
- Totino-Grace defense faces stiff challenge in Sartell
- First-team defense
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East Metro
Washington County raises cost of going to jail
Commissioners increase booking fees to $25 to be consistent with other counties and to help offset costs.
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- Holiday lights: Send us suggestions
- Federal prosecutor to join First District Court in Hastings
- Enhanced penalty possible for West St. Paul teacher guilty of sex abuse
- Minnesota may use private prison in Appleton
- Video advances are a big crime-solving aid in metro area
- Teacher guilty of sexual contact with girl
- A new generation of high school sports coverage
East Metro prep sports
- Totino-Grace defense faces stiff challenge in Sartell
- All-metro second, third teams
- Eden Prairie takes red-eye flight
Today's East Metro events
South Metro
Dakota Co. drug felon charged with having sex with teenaged baby-sitter
A convicted meth cook is now accused of having sex repeatedly with a teenaged baby-sitter years ago.
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- Mother, daughter convicted in day care death
- Perking up in Shakopee
- Movable barriers could ease south-metro traffic
- Scott County: Infrastructure, transit top issues
- Lakeville Arts Center may seek endowment
- Northfield's beloved bookmobile goes back in garage
- Diner hopes comfort food keeps business cooking
South Metro prep sports
- Title drought ongoing for southern hockey teams
- Tuesday's prep schedule
- All-metro second, third teams
Today's South Metro events
West Metro
A bridge worth saving, but no money to save it
Carver's quandary: Main Street bridge is too dilapidated to maintain, yet too historic to replace.
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West Metro prep sports
- Keeping focus important for Breck
- Tuesday's prep schedule
- Metro Player of Year: Wayzata's A.J. Tarpley
Today's West Metro events
From Sunday's paper
A fragile hope
After a three-month separation, the Sunderlands are back together -- with a door alarm replacing the metal chain.
2 Minnesota residents killed in Wis. crash
Two Minnesota residents have been killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle crash in southern Wisconsin.
Charities trimming turkey dinners
In a sign of economic stress among nonprofits, some food shelves and other helping agencies have cut back on Thanksgiving meals this year.
Foodshelves are running low on donations this year200-plus pot plants seized from Duluth home; 2 arrested
More than 200 marijuana plants have been unearthed from a home in Duluth, and authorities have two people under arrest and are hunting for a third, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Feds gobble up bogus designer items
More than $600,000 in counterfeit goods -- with designer labels such as Coach, Gucci and Nike -- have been seized from 21 businesses in the Twin Cities area, federal authorities say.
Parents say Minneapolis cop seized kids
A Minneapolis officer was charged with false imprisonment for driving off with two boys who he believed were being mischievous.
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- Pawlenty's lawyer defends cuts to nutrition program
- Effort builds to repeal nuclear power ban
- Legislators take a field trip to the Metrodome
- Library is pressed to take gang force report off Web
- Quam exits firm to help husband run for governor
- Backed by House, 6 patients sue Pawlenty, state officials
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