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The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Friday and Saturday, the first since 2005.
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Minnesota Supreme Court: Legal Marijuana Now failed to meet requirements to remain a major party

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Abortion bans made Minnesota a health care island. Could the same happen with IVF?

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The design of the new state flag features an abstract shape of Minnesota, cast in a deep blue and topped with an eight-point star facing north.
State Emblems Redesign Commission, Tribune News Service
The design of the new state flag features an abstract shape of Minnesota, cast in a deep blue and topped with an eight-point star facing north.

Flying new colors: Minnesota's redesigned state flag to make its debut at the State Capitol

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The current flag will be replaced with a brand new design to mark Statehood Day on Saturday.
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Trade Ant!? Five things I was terribly wrong about with the Wolves.

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He fought this newspaper — and won. Dan Cohen, mainstay of Minneapolis politics for decades, dies at 87.

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