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Top stories
- J.K. Rowling play features adult Harry Potter: Producers announced Friday that "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will center on an adult Harry and his son Albus Severus.
- MLS coming to STP: After months of pursuit, St. Paul landed a Major League Soccer franchise Friday. The team will play its games at an 18,000 seat stadium to be built in the Midway neighborhood.
- Aitkin mourns slain deputy: Thousands of law enforcement officers poured into town on a drizzly morning to bury one of their own, Deputy Steven M. Sandberg.
- Mexico braces for monster hurricane: Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere.
- Cabela's superstores cannibalizing each other: The retail mecca for all things outdoorsy admitted Thursday that it vastly overestimated the market for massive shopping centers stuffed with stuffed critters.
- Jeb Bush cuts staff and salaries: The GOP presidential candidate is drastically slashing campaign spending, including an across-the-board pay cut for staff, as the one-time front-runner seeks to salvage his bid for the party's nomination.
- Ben Carson surges in Iowa: The retired neurosurgeon is the favorite choice for 28 percent of likely GOP caucus goers — 9 percentage points ahead of Donald Trump, according to a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll.
- Abducted 15-month-old found safe: A Ramsey woman who recently lost custody of her 15-month-old daughter abducted the child from a day care center on Wednesday before the pair were found by authorities Thursday night, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said.
- WEEKEND MUST READ - Hope on the Range: "Most of the 44 young men from faraway places in Mesabi Norsemen jerseys had never heard of the Iron Range before they signed up to chase the elusive dream of playing big-time college football." Don't miss retiring reporter Mike Kaszuba's final piece for the Star Tribune, with gorgeous photography and video by Aaron Lavinsky.
Music break
New tune from Adele: Watch the video for "Hello," the first single from the many Grammy-winning singer's new album "25," set to be released Nov. 20.
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Trending
- Hanging "bodies" freak out neighbors: A Halloween display created to gross out 12-year-olds is the talk of a St. Louis Park neighborhood.
- Egg board scandal! The CEO of the American Egg Board has stepped down earlier than planned, following the release of emails indicating she tried to stop the sale of a vegan mayonnaise at Whole Foods.
- The deaths of Bart Simpson: In Sunday's "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, a longtime nemesis will finally kill Bart, over and over again. Watch a clip here.
Sports roundup
- Pominville gives Wild something to worry about: Through six games this season, the team's right winger has scored zero goals.
- New York Metropolitans claim National League base-ball pennant: The New York Times writes up the heartbreaking final game of the Chicago Cubs' season in the old-timey style of the sporting press circa 1908.
- How Chris Colabello went from Twins castoff to Jays mainstay: The Blue Jays' postseason roster is a veritable who's who of former Twins, many of whom were cast off by Minnesota.
- Subscribe to our Access Vikings podcast! Mike Rand and Matt Vensel break down all the Vikings news each week. It's free on iTunes.
Quote of the day
Worth a click
What happened to Baltimore's "hero mom"? The Washington Post tracks down Toya Graham, the mother who clobbered her son in a video that went viral during the Baltimore riots earlier this year. At the time, people told her she would be a star, but little in her life has changed and she is facing eviction.
From the archives
Oct. 23, 1972: A runaway bulldozer cut a 1 1/2 mile swath across Carver County, demolishing everything in its path, including a home, farm equipment and this unfortunate car. (Photo: William Seaman/Star Tribune)
