Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A mother and daughter who ran a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week day care out of their Bloomington home were convicted of two counts each of manslaughter in the death of a toddler who died from asphyxiation.
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.
Commissioners increase booking fees to $25 to be consistent with other counties and to help offset costs.
A semitrailer truck rolled over on a highway ramp in the southeast metro late Wednesday morning, and the ramp is expected to be closed well into the evening rush hour, authorities said.
Carver's quandary: Main Street bridge is too dilapidated to maintain, yet too historic to replace.
His pleas of poverty notwithstanding, former auto mogul Denny Hecker must pay Tamitha Hecker $7,500 in monthly support, a judge said in an order released today.
Harry Baltzer pulled the women, injured in an explosion on the boat, seconds before a another explosion left it engulfed in flames.
Sunday's paper
Of all hospitals in Minnesota facing economic woes, Hennepin County Medical Center is the hardest hit.
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.
Garcia wears orange tennis shoes to court. The troubled lawyer will stay in jail for the holidays.
A convicted meth cook is now accused of having sex repeatedly with a teenaged baby-sitter years ago.
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