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Friday, July 10, 2009

3M chemicals found in residents' blood

Chemical levels in 196 adults are higher than national averages, but officials said their disease risk isn't greater.

Michael Rand hosts today's NewsBreak.

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Former Hastings man killed in combat in Afghanistan

The ex-Minnesota Army National Guard member and former Marine was in Afghanistan with the Illinois Guard. He was one of four soldiers killed by a roadside bomb.

Photo right: Chester Hosford

Court records, family member at loss to explain why mom would have killed her son

Police still haven't revealed how or why a single South St. Paul mom may have killed her autistic 10-year-old son, and severely injured her 11-year-old daughter.

Hunting arrow hidden in car seat injures St. Paul woman

A St. Paul woman was injured Tuesday when she sat on an arrow apparently placed intentionally in the driver's side of her vehicle, police said.

From Sunday's paper

Mom who threw twins in river raises awareness of mental illness

The Twins

The Twins

Six years ago on July 4th, Naomi Gaines took her 14-month-old twins from a stroller and tossed them from a St. Paul bridge 60 feet into the Mississippi River. Then she jumped in. This is her story.

From Sunday's paper

Take a tour of Wisconsin microbreweries

Fans of microbrew beers, some of which are unavailable in Minnesota, will find no shortage of tasty inspiration in the many small-town breweries that dot the Wisconsin countryside.

Mother investigated in South St. Paul boy's death

Police won't say how the South St. Paul boy died. His mother and sister were hospitalized.

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