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March 15, 2016
Follow teen's St. Paul-to-Hopkins front-end loader joy ride

Follow teen's St. Paul-to-Hopkins front-end loader joy ride

A 15-year-old boy stole a front-end loader late at night in St. Paul and took it on a joy ride spanning at least 22 miles through the University of Minnesota, downtown Minneapolis and into Hopkins until he crashed into an auto dealership building and was arrested, police said Tuesday. Read the story.
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March 14, 2016
A closer look

A closer look

State and regional numbers of homeless in Minnesota.
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February 26, 2016
Transmission line route

Transmission line route

Here's a look at the 224-mile route through northern Minnesota that the high-voltage line would take, bringing hydroelectric power to Minnesota from far northern Manitoba.
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February 26, 2016
Proposed deer permit area changes in moose country

Proposed deer permit area changes in moose country

The DNR is proposing, on short notice, to change some deer permit areas in northeast Minnesota, where deer and moose populations overlap. In the new moose zone, deer numbers will be kept near historical lows.
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February 23, 2016
Pension cuts hit Minnesota fund participants

Pension cuts hit Minnesota fund participants

Minnesota's eight congressional districts could receive benefit cuts. Here's a look at how many might be effected.
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February 22, 2016
Look up your metro school districts' 2015 high school graduation rate

Look up your metro school districts' 2015 high school graduation rate

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February 19, 2016
Not your grandfather's hearing aid

Not your grandfather's hearing aid

Hearing aids have made significant advances in the past decade. The devices are smaller. Feedback has been virtually eliminated. And you can connect your hearing aid to your iPhone and other Apple devices, allowing you to stream music and phone calls directly to your hearing aid.
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February 17, 2016

BNSF plans expansion

BNSF plans to expand their railroad capacity in NE Minneapolis with a new track that will bring trains about 14 feet closer to people's homes along a tight corridor.
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February 15, 2016
LRT station renamed

LRT station renamed

Downtown East LRT station to be renamed U.S. Bank Stadium Station.
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February 15, 2016
Condom use down, STDs rise

Condom use down, STDs rise

A new survey at the U of M shows a drop in condom use among students having vaginal intercourse and a rise in sexually-transmitted diseases. Condom use is rising for other kinds of sex, but remains too low, university health officials say.
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February 12, 2016
Tracking a global mastermind

Tracking a global mastermind

Here's a look at Paul Calder Le Roux's global web of criminal activity.
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February 8, 2016
Many medical devices dropping in price

Many medical devices dropping in price

Here's a look at a handful of medical devices and how the price has changed since 2010.
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January 25, 2016
Rising use of opioid drugs

Rising use of opioid drugs

A rise in opioid addictions and treatment admissions correlates not just with a rise in opioid-related deaths among young adults, but a reversal in the overall death rate of young adults.
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January 15, 2016
Dayton's $1.4 billion proposal

Dayton's $1.4 billion proposal

Gov. Mark Dayton wants to borrow $1.4 billion to pay for new buildings, airport improvements and other projects with statewide significance. The governor tried to select projects that spread the money around the state evenly.
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January 14, 2016
Dayton's clean water plan

Dayton's clean water plan

Governor Mark Dayton unveiled a $219.7 million plan to update Minnesota's aging wastewater and drinking water systems, and protect groundwater from contamination.
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December 17, 2015
Island planned at Scherer site

Island planned at Scherer site

Minneapolis park officials want to create an island near one that was erased by an adjoining business.
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December 17, 2015
El Niño year

El Niño year

This season is already cranked up and is considered to be one of the three strongest El Niño events going back to 1950.
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December 1, 2015
Hwy. 12 campaign

Hwy. 12 campaign

The stretch of Hwy. 12 from Wayzata to the Hennepin County border that is the focus of a campaign to bring traffic fatalities to zero for 12 months.
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November 17, 2015
Hottest October ever

Hottest October ever

The planet's temperature departure from the long-term average of 1.04 Celsius in October was the greatest of any month ever recorded by NASA. It marked the first time a monthly temperature anomaly exceeded 1 degree Celsius in records dating back to 1880. The previous largest anomaly was 0.97 Celsius from January 2007.
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November 17, 2015
Graphic: How community solar gardens work for Minnesota Xcel Energy customers

Graphic: How community solar gardens work for Minnesota Xcel Energy customers

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