Business
Loonie's swoon makes for deals on other side of Minn.-Canada border
Canadian dollar at its weakest point in 11 years, so Minnesotans get better deals north of border
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Germany won't continue Nazi probe involving Minneapolis man, 96
Michael Karkoc's family has consistently said that the 96-year-man is innocent.
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Zimbabwe wants Twin Cities man in lion killing extradited
Zimbabwean authorities confirmed on Friday that they will seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun.
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White House to answer petition on Twin Cities man who killed lion
A White House spokesman said Thursday that the Obama Administration will provide a response to a growing online peition asking for the alleged killer of Cecil the Lion to be extradited to the U.S.
Man stabs several people at Jerusalem gay pride parade
Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city's annual gay pride parade were left shrieking in pain and panic Thursday night, as an anti-gay extremist lunged into a group leading the march and stabbed six people, Israeli police and witnesses said.
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Youngest refugees bear brunt of Syrian war woes
Gathered on the desert floor, the Askar family chants prayers for their 1-year-old daughter Jawahir, who died of malnutrition and is buried beneath the sands of their informal refugee camp far from their Syrian hometown.
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Photo Gallery: Jerusalem Gay Pride parade attacked
An ultra-Orthodox Jew attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in central Jerusalem. Israeli police said several people were stabbed.
Man attacks Jerusalem gay parade, just weeks after release from prison for similar attack
Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city's annual gay pride parade were left shrieking in pain and panic Thursday night, as an anti-gay extremist lunged into a group leading the march and stabbed six people, Israeli police and witnesses said.
Iran says it will ban US, Canadian experts from UN nuclear inspections
Iran will not allow American or Canadian inspectors working for the U.N. nuclear watchdog to visit its nuclear facilities, an official said in remarks broadcast by state TV on Thursday.
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U.S. agencies step up in case of dentist who killed lion
In Zimbabwe, two men implicated in the killing of Cecil were in court Wednesday. In Bloomington, Dr. Walter Palmer was referring his patients to other dentists for the time being.
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Sewage viruses in Rio Olympic water
The Associated Press investigates sewage vViruses in Rio Olympic waters.
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Americans hunting in foreign countries subject to few U.S. laws
Minnesota trophy hunter Walter Palmer is being severely judged in the court of public opinion, but he appears unlikely to face prosecution in the U.S.
Afghanistan says Taliban leader Mullah Omar died 2 years ago
Afghanistan asserted Wednesday that the Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, died more than two years ago in a Pakistani hospital — an announcement that injects new uncertainty into the country's fragile peace process.
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Outdoors
Minnesota hunting club would remove illegal kills
Hunting club investigates Minnesota dentist's records, after he is accused of illegally killing a Zimbabwe lion. The Pope & Young Club says Walter Palmer's US records could be jeopardized if he was found to have done something illegal.
West Metro
Bloomington dentist thought he was acting legally at lion hunt
A big-game hunter from the Twin Cities acknowledged Tuesday that he killed a beloved lion in Zimbabwe with a bow and arrow, but said he regrets what he did.
Twin Cities dentist admits killing beloved lion, thought it was legal
A big-game hunter from the Twin Cities acknowledged Tuesday that he killed a beloved lion in Zimbabwe with a bow and arrow, but said he regrets what he did and believed that his guides were leading him on a legal hunt.
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