Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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Feeding a need to help others

Dinner at the Wheeler house

A snippy comment at church sparked a Chaska couple's enduring effort to help fill the food shelves Up North.

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James Lileks talks to Dan Browning about the pending Petters verdict, Joe Mauer, Brett Favre, the T-wolves and more.

Armed bank robber sentenced to 10 years under plea agreement

An armed robber who held up a Brooklyn Center bank and tried in vain to flee the scene has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Washington County takes harder look at low-income housing

The housing authority takes some heat in Washington County as some commissioners question need for funding.

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Semi rolls, chemicals leak, Hwy. 52 ramp closes

A southeast-metro highway ramp was closed Wednesday after a semitrailer truck rolled over.

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Charges: Buffalo High teen killed by wrong-way driver

Todd Lifto was charged with criminal vehicular homicide with DWI charges possible, the Wright County attorney said, in the death of Buffalo High senior Jonathon Kramnic.

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Charges: Buffalo High teen killed by wrong-way driver

Todd Lifto was charged with criminal vehicular homicide with DWI charges possible, the Wright County attorney said, in the death of Buffalo High senior Jonathon Kramnic.

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Bloomington mother, daughter convicted in day-care death

Demar Hicks, 22 months, died of asphyxiation after being strapped too tightly in a car seat while no adults were around.

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At issue: 2 women, money & Hecker

Denny Hecker

A judge, noting that the auto mogul was spending $30,000 a month on his girlfriend, ruled his estranged wife should get $7,500.

Ex-Mpls. cop pulls 2 from boat fire in Florida

Baltzer and Gallacher

Harry Baltzer, a Minnesota snowbird, carried the women, injured in an explosion on the boat, to safety seconds before another explosion left it engulfed in flames.

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HCMC bleeding with deep cuts

HCMC's Emergency Room

Of all hospitals in Minnesota facing economic woes, Hennepin County Medical Center is the hardest hit.

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Feds seize 17,000 counterfeit items in Twin Cities

Shoppers are warned to be on the lookout for fake name-brand items.

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