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2017's most popular baby names: How popular is yours?

Whether you favor perennial favorites or trendier names, see how popular they've been in 2017 -- and in all the years going back to 1910.

May 22, 2011: Aerial photo of tornado damage in north Minneapolis.

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Minnesota on track for a record number of tornadoes this decade

May 22

More than 400 tornadoes have been recorded since 2010, including one that hit north Minneapolis seven years ago this week.

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Minnesota youth could affect key November elections — if they turn out

July 30

Minnesota ranks high on a 2018 ranking of states where young voters' participation could have the greatest significance, despite traditionally low youth turnout.

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Google tracked a year of my life in downtown Minneapolis

March 29

It was an eye-opening experience examining the mass of data Google had collected.

Hospitals have switched from handwritten prescriptions to computerized order entry, but one thing hasn’t changed over the past two decades: the smal

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See which Minnesota hospitals had medical mistakes last year

February 28

Minnesota's hospitals have publicly reported preventable errors since 2005. Look up how many have happened by hospital, year or the type of error.

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Find the hottest Twin Cities housing markets of 2017

February 26

For the second year, the Star Tribune compared home sale data in the Twin Cities to determine which cities had the hottest markets in 2017. How did your city fare?