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Dems predict historic House vote on health care

House Democrats are predicting that a rare Sunday session will produce one of the most significant legislative triumphs in decades: passage of a historic bill to overhaul the nation's health care system to provide coverage to millions of people who currently lack it.

Minnesotans in Congress feel the pressure

The stakes are high for the state's House members, expected to split 4-4.

Red Lake lockup sits locked up and empty

Sen. Al Franken toured the Red Lake lockup in February.

Sen. Al Franken toured the Red Lake lockup in February.

Five years after it was built, the $2 million facility remains unopened and empty, except for thousands of dollars in furniture bought by the U.S. government.

Lawmaker won't press charges in spitting incident

A congressman who was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill says he is declining to press charges, but turns out the Capitol Police say they made no arrests.

Liberians get 3rd reprieve

Aba Hamilton-Dolo and daughter

Aba Hamilton-Dolo and daughter

A presidential order means 1,000 Liberians in Minnesota, many in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, can stay in the U.S. through September 2011.

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