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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Minn.</title>
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		<title>Minn. woman accused of starving 10-year-old developmentally disabled daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANDSTONE, Minn. — A Minnesota woman is accused of starving her developmentally disabled 10-year-old daughter, who died in 2006.

In a complaint signed by a judge on Friday, 29-year-old Ludusky Sue Hotchkiss, of Sandstone, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Authorities say a sibling found Hotchkiss&#8217; daughter, Lakesha Victor, dead at her family&#8217;s home in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 companies sued in Minneapolis bridge collapse keep landing state highway contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two companies the state accuses of negligence that contributed to the Interstate 35W bridge collapse have won a combined $50 million in new highway and bridge contracts since the deadly disaster two years ago.

Minnesota&#8217;s continued reliance on engineering consultant URS Corp. and paving company Progressive Contractors Inc. is drawing attention amid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloverleaf tattoo turns out to be unlucky for alleged robber in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The cloverleaf turned out to be unlucky for one alleged robber in the St. Paul area. Ramsey County sheriff&#8217;s deputy Jeremy Bolen identified the 32-year-old St. Paul man by the cloverleaf tattoo on his left arm, the cloverleaf on his cap and the Celtic cross tattooed on his right bicep.

Bolen used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 years after Minneapolis bridge collapse, families of dead look back, try to move ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Condon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — It&#8217;s been two years since Justina Hausmann&#8217;s father died when a Minneapolis freeway bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River, long enough for some people to ask how she&#8217;s getting on with life.

&#8220;It&#8217;s not like you stop thinking about it. I think about him every day,&#8221; said Hausmann, 18, as she sat with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty builds brand nationally while dismissing talk of GOP presidential bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is a man on the move. Next stop, the Republican National Committee meeting in California. Future stop? Maybe the White House.

The two-term fiscal and social conservative is taking necessary steps toward a possible presidential bid — headlining GOP fundraisers, taking an influential job at the Republican Governors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 killed, including 2 children, when SUV collides head-on with dump truck in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INDEPENDENCE, Minn. — Police say two children are among four people killed when a sport utility vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a dump truck west of Minneapolis.

The crash happened shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday in Independence, in western Hennepin County.
Chief Ray McCoy of the West Hennepin Public Safety Department says two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Minn. neighbors found dead in murder-suicide; 1 discovered stabbed to death in cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETER, Minn. — Two days before Michaela Widmer&#8217;s corpse was found, she sent her fiance text messages saying she had gone for a ride with her neighbor who told her he had won the lottery and would give her half of his winnings, the fiance said Monday.

Widmer, 22, was discovered stabbed to death at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Jude Medical plans senior debt securities offering, proceeds could go to stock buyback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said Thursday it is offering senior debt securities and could use the proceeds to pay debt, buy back stock or fund general purposes.

The company said it could repurchase stock based on an authorized $500 million stock-buyback program.
Shares of St. Jude rose $1.11, or 3.1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3M posts decline in 2nd-quarter profit as demand weakens, but raises 2009 earnings forecast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as the global recession cut sales to car makers, but results still beat analysts&#8217; expectations.

The Dow Jones industrial average component, which makes products including Scotch tape and Post-it notes, also raised its full-year sales and earnings forecasts, and shares [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of Minn. man killed by deputy say it wasn&#8217;t clear that he was a law enforcment officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Dunbar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KASOTA, Minn. — A plainclothes sheriff&#8217;s deputy shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old man wearing only swim trunks after an argument ensued when he confronted the man for erratic driving, authorities and witnesses said Tuesday.

Le Sueur County Sheriff&#8217;s investigator Todd Waldron, 37, shot Tyler Heilman after the two scuffled Monday in Kasota, a town about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Minn. sheriff&#8217;s deputy fatally shoots man wearing only swim trunks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Dunbar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LE CENTER, Minn. — State investigators say a plainclothes Minnesota sheriff&#8217;s deputy fatally shot an unarmed man dressed only in swim trunks.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Tuesday that 37-year-old sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Todd Waldron shot 24-year-old Tyler Heilman on Monday in the southern Minnesota community of Kasota.
The bureau says Waldron is a 10-year law enforcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota police look for man with self-professed fetish for slashing rubber exercise balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DULUTH, Minn. — Police are looking for a man with a self-professed sexual fetish for slashing rubber balls. Police have been seeking the 31-year-old since surveillance tape allegedly showed him breaking into a fitness clinic in May and slashing exercise balls.

Authorities are familiar with the man. A criminal complaint released Thursday said he was convicted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors: Minn. mom charged with slaying son told kids Jackson&#8217;s Neverland was heaven</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HASTINGS, Minn. — Prosecutors say a Minnesota mother charged with murder told police she and her two youngest children planned to commit suicide together and invoked Michael Jackson&#8217;s Neverland Ranch to them as an image of heaven.

Patricia Ann Becht, 42, was charged Friday with first-degree premeditated murder for the death of her son, Michael, 10, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Franken takes vacant Minn. Senate seat, political reporter shaves off beard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota&#8217;s Senate standoff was a hairy deal. Just ask St. Paul Pioneer Press political reporter Bill Salisbury.

Soon after Sen. Al Franken was sworn in Tuesday, Salisbury had a barber shave off the beard he grew over the eight months the race lingered.
Salisbury vowed on Nov. 5 — the day after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Franken, Minnesota sends yet another newbie to a Senate where seniority rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — When Al Franken assumed his new Senate perch Tuesday, the numbers told the tale: Minnesota&#8217;s second senator, the symbolic 60th vote for Democrats — and No. 100 on the seniority list.

Back of the line is a familiar spot for senators from Minnesota, where voters have sent six new faces to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman faces charges after allegedly prank-calling her grandma 45 times in a day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Minn. — A 21-year-old woman faces felony charges after allegedly prank-calling her 69-year-old grandmother 45 times in one day, threatening to kill her. The woman faces five felony counts including harassment. A criminal complaint said she told police she was &#8220;bored&#8221; and &#8220;wanted to have some fun.&#8221;

The woman and a 20-year-old friend, also facing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denied Senate seat, GOP&#8217;s Coleman seen as formidable candidate for Minnesota governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Condon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The man who lost the 1998 Minnesota governor&#8217;s race to pro wrestler Jesse Ventura now holds the distinction of losing his U.S. Senate seat to former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; comedian Al Franken.

But it&#8217;s a testament to Norm Coleman&#8217;s political durability that just a day after he conceded the contest and gave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoofer turned spoofee?: Franken torn over who should play him if &#8216;SNL&#8217; spoofs old cast member</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken&#8217;s torn over who he&#8217;d like to see turn the parody tables on him.

As a former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; cast member headed to the U.S. Senate, he could be a prime spoof target for his former show.
When asked Wednesday who&#8217;d be best for the role, Franken first told The Associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Al Franken will show up in Washington? New senator expected to showcase serious side</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Now that Al Franken is headed for the Senate, which Franken will show up in Washington?

Will it be the passionate, sometimes angry liberal who hurled playground insults at Rush Limbaugh as an author and radio host? Or will it be the cautious, serious Franken who buttoned himself down the minute he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen.-elect Franken tells supporters at Minnesota rally &#8216;I&#8217;m not going to waste this chance&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sen.-elect Al Franken turned a rally at Minnesota&#8217;s Capitol on Wednesday into an extended thank-you to supporters, promising not to &#8220;waste this chance&#8221; in what amounted to a victory speech nearly eight months late.

With a crowd of several hundred cheering his words, Franken said he had drawn strength from their efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Franken&#8217;s win in Minnesota Senate race gives Democrats filibuster-proof majority</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-frankens-win-in-minnesota-senate-race-gives-democrats-filibuster-proof-majority-96341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken refused his rival&#8217;s calls for an election night concession last November, choosing instead to begin vote counting and courtroom haggling that stretched almost eight months and ultimately landed him a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Franken&#8217;s victory over Republican Norm Coleman gives Democrats 60 Senate seats, the critical number needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrat Al Franken wins Minn. Senate race, gives Democrats fillibuster-proof majority</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrat-al-franken-wins-minn-senate-race-gives-democrats-fillibuster-proof-majority-96159/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Franken&#8217;s victory gives Democrats control of 60 seats in the Senate — the critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Norm Coleman concedes Minnesota Senate race, sending comedian Franken to Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota&#8217;s contested Senate race Tuesday, hours after a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled the former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; comedian should be certified the winner.

Coleman announced his decision at a news conference in St. Paul, bringing an end to a nearly eight-month recount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. court paves Al Franken&#8217;s way to Senate, giving Democrats control of 60 seats</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minn-court-paves-al-frankens-way-to-senate-giving-democrats-control-of-60-seats-95987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — A unanimous Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Democrat Al Franken should be certified the winner of the state&#8217;s long-running Senate race, paving the way for the former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; comedian to be seated after an almost eight-month fight.

The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Supreme Court paves way for Democrat Al Franken to fill long-vacant Senate seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state&#8217;s long-running Senate race.

The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the Senate seat are dwindling.
Justices said Franken is entitled to the election certificate he needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul Pioneer Press lays off 9 employees, including reporter, photographer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/st-paul-pioneer-press-lays-off-9-employees-including-reporter-photographer-95881/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The St. Paul Pioneer Press has laid off nine employees.

In an e-mail to staff, Editor Thom Fladung (FLAD&#8217;-ing) says the layoffs were needed to deal with the challenges of a difficult economy and unprecedented change in the industry.
Those laid off Tuesday include five copy editors, two page designers, one reporter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union official says St. Paul Pioneer Press begins layoffs; numbers unclear</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-official-says-st-paul-pioneer-press-begins-layoffs-numbers-unclear-95825/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — A union official says the St. Paul Pioneer Press has begun laying off employees.

Mike Bucsko (BUSS&#8217;-koh), executive officer of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild Typographical Union, says the affected employees began getting the word Tuesday morning. He declined to say how many employees or give other details but says the union would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Prairie Home Companion&#8217; turns 35, but creator Garrison Keillor unsentimental about milestone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the 35th anniversary of his &#8220;A Prairie Home Companion,&#8221; humorist Garrison Keillor will actually be in Lake Wobegon when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.

But don&#8217;t assume Keillor is all misty about the milestone.
Keillor tells The Associated Press that he&#8217;s &#8220;not sentimental anymore.&#8221; He says he&#8217;s more interested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen with cancer who fled Minn. says he&#8217;s angry judge ordered him to continue chemotherapy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/teen-with-cancer-who-fled-minn-says-hes-angry-judge-ordered-him-to-continue-chemotherapy-90301/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Forliti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy with cancer who fled Minnesota to avoid chemotherapy said Tuesday he is angry a judge has ordered him to continue the treatment because doctors say it has significantly shrunk the size of his tumor.

Daniel Hauser was not in court when the judge issued his order, but later told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: Teen with cancer who fled Minn. must continue chemotherapy, treatment appears working</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-teen-with-cancer-who-fled-minn-must-continue-chemotherapy-treatment-appears-working-90242/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Forliti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ULM, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy with cancer who fled Minnesota last month to avoid chemotherapy must continue getting the treatment because it appears to be working, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The ruling came as court documents showed that Daniel Hauser&#8217;s tumor had shrunk significantly after a recent round of chemotherapy.
Daniel&#8217;s parents are still concerned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H.B. Fuller sees demand and profit fall in second quarter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hb-fuller-sees-demand-and-profit-fall-in-second-quarter-90231/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — H.B. Fuller Co. on Tuesday reported that its profit and sales fell in the second quarter.

The St. Paul, Minn.-based company, which makes adhesives, sealants, paints and other products, said it earned $17.6 million, or 36 cents per share, for the quarter that ended May 30. That&#8217;s down from $21.4 million, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Titanic exhibit at museum in St. Paul through Jan. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — A collection of items from the Titanic is now at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

&#8220;Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition&#8221; tells the story of the hundreds of people aboard the ship through more than 200 artifacts and room recreations.
About 1,500 people died when the so-called &#8220;unsinkable&#8221; ship sank after striking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota chaplain dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Rev. Tim Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago, has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Sunday. He was 49.

Vakoc, who was believed to be the first military chaplain wounded in Iraq, died at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largest group of Minnesota bridge collapse victims sues 2 firms who worked on span</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martiga Lohn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The largest group of victims from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse two years ago filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies that worked on the structure, saying the rush-hour disaster in downtown Minneapolis was &#8220;entirely avoidable.&#8221;

Lawyers for 93 survivors and families of victims filed 79 lawsuits in Hennepin County District Court against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwest storms spawn possible tornadoes in Minn., Neb.; no major injuries reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Powerful storms that rolled across the Midwest brought heavy rain, strong winds and unleashed several apparent tornadoes, damaging homes and businesses, tossing railcars off their tracks and knocking out power to thousands.

In southeastern Minnesota, daylight Thursday revealed a path of destruction left by an apparent tornado in the town of Austin, where vehicles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Twin Cities computer executive died in plane crash at Minn. airport</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CRYSTAL, Minn. — Officials have identified the pilot of a small plane who was killed trying to land on a rainy night at a Minnesota airport.

CyberOptics chief financial officer Jeffrey Bertelsen said Wednesday that the company&#8217;s founder, Steven Case, died in the crash at the Crystal Airport near Minneapolis. Sixty-year-old Case was the only one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot just missed runway and died in small plane crash at Minnesota airport</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CRYSTAL, Minn. — Authorities say the pilot of a small airplane was killed trying to land in pouring rain at a Minnesota airport.

The plane was engulfed in flames and destroyed after landing Tuesday night at the Crystal Airport near Minneapolis. Crystal Police Sgt. Rob Erkenbrack (UR&#8217;-ken-brak) said Wednesday that the pilot was killed, and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small plane crashes upon landing at Minnesota airport; 1 person believed dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CRYSTAL, Minn. — Authorities believe the pilot of a small plane has been killed after it crashed upon landing at a Minnesota airport.

The plane was engulfed in flames and destroyed after the landing Tuesday night at Crystal Airport near Minneapolis. It was not immediately known if others were on the plane, but there was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Buy 1st-quarter profit falls 15 percent as same-store sales drop but beats expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Best Buy Co. Inc. reported Tuesday that its first-quarter profit fell 15 percent, even as its biggest competitor exited the market, as recession-weary shoppers cut back on items like appliances and digital cameras.

The earnings, however, beat Wall Street expectations, and the nation&#8217;s largest consumer electronics seller maintained its annual profit outlook.
Even so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four-wheelers flocking together: Minn. riders claim world record for longest ATV parade</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SILVER BAY, Minn. — All-terrain vehicle riders who formed a parade along Minnesota&#8217;s North Shore are claiming a world record for their turnout.

The All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota tried Saturday to line up more than 2,000 ATVs in Silver Bay into the longest parade documented for Guinness World Records.
Group spokesman Les Schermerhorn said they fell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billy Bye, halfback for Gophers in 1940s, drowns at 81 in boating accident on Minnesota lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRAINERD, Minn. — Billy Bye, a halfback at Minnesota in the 1940s, has drowned in a boating accident. He was 81.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff&#8217;s Office confirmed the death Saturday. He died at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.
Authorities say Bye&#8217;s motor became entangled while he was on Bay Lake on Friday. He freed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Propane tank explosion at Minnesota farm supplier kills 1 young man, injures another</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WACONIA, Minn. — One young man is dead and another injured after a propane tank exploded at a farm supply company in Minnesota.

The victim was an employee of Waconia Farm Supply. His name has not been released, but friends tell the Star Tribune he was a high school senior.
Carver County Sheriff&#8217;s Lt. Dave Williams says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. psychologist accused of billing shopping trips as therapy agrees to surrender her license</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — A psychologist has surrendered her license to practice after she was accused of taking a patient shopping and traveling, then billing the activities as therapy. The Minnesota Board of Psychology said 68-year-old Judith Henderson charged more than $300,000 in fees to the patient over 10 years. Henderson neither admitted nor denied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norm Coleman to pay $95K to Minnesota Senate foe Al Franken over election lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/norm-coleman-to-pay-95k-to-minnesota-senate-foe-al-franken-over-election-lawsuit-77949/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election results.

A Ramsey County court administrator entered the judgment Wednesday. It results from the two-month trial that ended with Coleman 312 votes short of Franken.
Minnesota law required Coleman to cover some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. governor&#8217;s residence open for tours</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minn-governors-residence-open-for-tours-75566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The nine-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion that serves as the official home of Minnesota governors has opened for public tours.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty and his family spend part of their time there, while also maintaining their home in Eagan.
Tours will run from 1 to 3 p.m. on the first three Tuesdays of June, July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty won&#8217;t seek 3rd term; possible presidential candidate in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minn-gov-tim-pawlenty-wont-seek-3rd-term-possible-presidential-candidate-in-2012-70030/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third-term bid while declining to say if he&#8217;ll set his sights on the White House. Pawlenty dismissed talk of a 2012 Republican presidential campaign as premature, saying he would focus on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty won&#8217;t seek 3rd term in 2010; possible prez candidate in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he won&#8217;t seek a third term, a decision that may pave the way for a Republican presidential bid in 2012.

Pawlenty said Tuesday in St. Paul that it&#8217;s time to give someone else a chance in the state&#8217;s government.
Pawlenty is widely thought to be a possible presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Supreme Court ponders whether to extend or end state&#8217;s Senate race</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — An hourlong hearing before a feisty Minnesota Supreme Court put a new spark in the state&#8217;s U.S. Senate race Monday, but Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman ended the day stuck in familiar waiting mode.

The justices didn&#8217;t say when they would rule in an election now seven months past its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Supreme Court hears Coleman, Franken arguments over disputed US Senate seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to toss out a lower-court ruling that gave Democrat Al Franken a victory in the state&#8217;s U.S. Senate race.

Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg argued before the high court Monday that counties were inconsistent in the way they decided whether absentee ballots were filled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraising meter tops $50M for Minn. Senate fight that still may be far from resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 23:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Senate foes Al Franken and Norm Coleman stepped off Minnesota&#8217;s campaign trail last November after sinking $37 million into commercials, consultants and statewide tours.

Lawyers&#8217; meters are about the only things running now.
Seven months after the Coleman-Franken race was supposed to end, the rivals seldom hold public events and have shaved their [...]]]></description>
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