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Klobuchar and Franken lose effort to stop trade promotion vote
Minnesota's U.S. Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, failed to block a vote on trade promotion authority that will give the White House more negotiating power in two international trade deals.
Motorcyclist killed while fleeing law enforcement
A Rockville motorcyclist is dead after being thrown from the bike while fleeing from law enforcement in Stearns County.
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Supreme Court rules Texas can reject Confederate flags on license plates
Supreme Court ruled that plates are not the private speech of motorist.
FCC gives phone companies green light to stop robocalls
Tired of automated phone calls urging you to vote for a certain candidate or pitching you a cruise vacation? You can now tell your phone company that federal regulators say it's OK to block them.
AT&T hit with $100M fine, company vows to fight
AT&T Mobility LLC has been slapped with a record $100 million fine for offering consumers "unlimited" data, but then slowing their Internet speeds after they reached a certain amount. The company says it will fight the charges.
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Some Cubans worry diplomatic thaw will shift after Obama presidency
Residents who like their lives fret about becoming more like the U.S.
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Prosecutors seek order to permanently shield details in Hastert case
Order would protect alleged victim's identity even after the case ends.
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Gov. Dayton calls a special session of Legislature for 10 a.m. today
The final deal to finish the state budget, struck Thursday night, sets the table for a special session today where approval of money for environmental and agricultural programs is still in doubt.
NTSB: Amtrak engineer wasn't talking, texting on cellphone
The engineer in last month's fatal Amtrak crash wasn't using his cellphone to talk, text or download anything just before the train sped off the tracks, investigators said Wednesday, addressing one big question about what might have caused the accident but only deepening the mystery of what did.
US orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy
President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an escalation but not a significant shift in the struggling U.S. strategy to defeat the extremist group.
EPA says it intends to regulate emissions by US airliners
The Obama administration proposed Wednesday to regulate aircraft emissions in much the same way as power plants, saying they are a threat to human health because they contain pollutants that help cause global warming.
Cybersecurity firm says spying campaign targeted Iran talks
A cybersecurity firm with close ties to Russian intelligence said Wednesday it uncovered a cyber-espionage campaign targeting hotels that hosted Iran nuclear negotiations, the details of which are among the most closely held secrets in world diplomacy.
Protests follow video of Texas officer drawing gun on black teens
Hundreds of demonstrators marched Monday night to the pool where a white police officer pinned a black teenage girl to the ground and pulled a gun on others over the weekend. The protesters carried signs that included the phrases, "My skin color is not a crime" and "Fire Eric Casebolt."
Minnesota cities, counties fume over costly sales tax change
Local governments are fuming over an impending Minnesota law change that will cost them $20 million in sales taxes that won't go away as planned, an unwelcome prospect given the hundreds of millions of dollars lawmakers set aside to enable possible tax cuts next year.
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GOP candidates take aim at Hillary Clinton for her criticism of laws she says suppress the vote
Christie and Perry say she just doesn't understand states' rights prerogative.
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Beau Biden laid to rest
The former Delaware attorney general and son of Vice President Joe Biden died a week ago of brain cancer at age 46.
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