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Police ID Wal-Mart worker killed, colleague wounded in Grand Forks
Authorities have yet to reveal what prompted the Grand Forks base airman to shoot the employees before he killed himself.
Man shot dead Monday in north Minneapolis was a convicted murderer
Two others were wounded in what police described as a neighborhood dispute.
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Bridge collapse near International Falls closes crucial rail corridor
The fire and subsequent collapse of the timber bridge over the Rat Root River closes a rail artery that connects the Pacific Coast with Chicago.
Minnesota joins other states with confirmed cases of canine flu
The virus is highly contagious, but symptoms are usually mild.
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2 of 5 Minnesotans make Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals
A champion will be crowned in a live telecast Thursday from the Washington, D.C., area.
Empty St. Paul pool where boys were hurt troubled apt. residents
A boy was still hospitalized Tuesday after firefighters rescued him and his brother, years after alarm was raised about Princeton Place.
Anoka moves to curb aggressive panhandling
A city measure will restrict how people can ask for money. It does not include passively standing or sitting with a sign.
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Minnesota prison inmates sue to gain access to costly hepatitis C medications
Two prisoners have sued the state, highlighting a national dilemma: tax money going for expensive treatments.
Lee's Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis to be sold to buyer who 'loves it as is'
The famed downtown Minneapolis watering hole could change hands by mid-June, but not much else should change.
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$200 million federal settlement over bank's mortgage practices includes Twin Cities
HUD said Wisconsin-based bank discriminated in its mortgage lending in Minnesota, other states.
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Minn. Appeals Court strikes down criminal defamation law
A man convicted of criminal defamation for posting sexually explicit comments, purportedly by his ex-girlfriend and her minor daughter, won a reversal Tuesday from the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which struck down a 52-year-old state law.
Minneapolis police build Little Free Libraries
The hope is that the book-sharing boxes will help to build bridges.
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North Dakota holdout landowner refusing to sell rights for Sandpiper oil pipeline
The company sued, citing its rights to the land under North Dakota's eminent domain law, giving them power to condemn land for a right of way.
Tyrone Herman gets 10 years for operating $20 million Ponzi scheme
Herman was sentenced in US. District Court on wire fraud charges.
U of M student robbed at knifepoint after ATM withdrawal
The perpetrator fled on a light-rail train as it stopped in front of campus police headquarters, authorities said.
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