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May 23, 2013
Cherokee Park mudslide kills two St. Louis Park 4th graders [UPDATES]
-- Original post from afternoon of May 22; updates at bottom -- One 4th grade student at St. Louis Park's Peter Hobart Elementary School is dead, one remains missing, and two others were taken to the hospital following a mudslide earlier today at Cherokee Park in St. Paul.According to the Pioneer Pr ... More >>
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May 23, 2013
Poll: Buying beers on Sunday is way more popular than DFL, MNGOP, or Mark Dayton
Today, Public Policy Polling released its end-of-session snapshot of the popularity of Minnesota's elected officials.SEE ALSO: Conservatives upset Mark Dayton missed speech for birth of first grandchildAnd this probably won't surprise you, but it turns out buying a cold beer on a Sunday is way more ... More >>
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May 22, 2013
Target doesn't miss opportunity to talk about weather, blames disappointing sales on winter
Target's first-quarter earning report is Best Buy-esque, but the company doesn't think you should attribute that to the ongoing decline of big-box retail. Rather, it's winter's fault!SEE ALSO: Target renames "Orina" sandal after learning word means urine in Spanish [IMAGE]In the official first-quart ... More >>
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May 22, 2013
Fraudsters buy MN SuperAmerica with bad check, sell everything for half price, then take off
Forget complicated Ponzi schemes. The "business people" behind a recent scam at the SuperAmerica in Waconia provided a refresher course in good ol' fashioned fraud.SEE ALSO: Tom Petters, convicted Ponzi schemer, teaches fellow inmates business classesThe previous owner of the SA, a 51-year-old man n ... More >>
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May 22, 2013
St. Paul's wedding website IDs gay couple who may be first to marry in the city [IMAGE]
In the wake of love becoming the law in Minnesota, the city of St. Paul quickly overhauled its I Do St. Paul website to make it gay friendly.SEE ALSO: Mary Franson wonders whether marriage equality extends to polygamy"With the passing of the Freedom to Marry act, Saint Paul is now strongly positione ... More >>
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May 20, 2013
MNGOP runs out the clock on anti-bullying bill
Salon's headline says the "GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill." We wouldn't go that far, but however you want to describe it, MNGOP senators did whatever it took to prevent an anti-bullying bill from coming up for a vote.OUR COVER FEATURE: Gay bullying: In wake of suicides, schools face fede ... More >>
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May 17, 2013
Twin Cities one of the youngest (in spirit) metros in the country, study says
According to RealAge Test data, Twin Cities residents are some of the healthiest, most rested, and calm people in the country.SEE ALSO: Minneapolis has one of the nicest tree canopies in the country, U.S. Forest Service study saysAnd as a result, our metro is one of America's youngest -- at least in ... More >>
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May 17, 2013
Police release sketch of man who allegedly attempted to abduct girl near Lake Calhoun [IMAGE]
Earlier this month, three men allegedly attempted to abduct a 13-year-old girl just blocks away from Lake Calhoun. The men fled the scene after the girl screamed, and no arrests have been made.THE BACKSTORY: Three men tried to abduct 13-year-old girl while she rode her bike near Lake Calhoun, police ... More >>
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May 17, 2013
MN tea party group asks members to pray for George Soros's conversion to Christianity
Well, this is weird. The Alexandria Lakes Area Tea Party is asking members to pray "perhaps more than once a day" for the conversion of liberal financier George Soros from atheism to Christianity.SEE ALSO: Mary Franson on DNC "God" debacle: "Peter denied Christ 3 times also" [VIDEO]"We are hoping th ... More >>
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May 15, 2013
A.J. Clemente, news anchor of "fuckin' shit" fame, finds another line of work
A.J. Clemente is learning the hard way that it's tough to find a job in journalism these days, especially when the first two words of your TV career are "fuckin' shit."THE BACKSTORY: New NoDak TV news anchor's first two on-air words are "fuckin' shit!" [VIDEO] But don't expect to see Clemente in you ... More >>
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May 15, 2013
Wildfires rage in northern Minnesota [PHOTOS]
As of this morning, wildfires that started yesterday in north-central Minnesota covered over 8,000 acres of land and forced the closure of roads in an area including Park Rapids, Menagha, and Red Lake.SEE ALSO: Nicolas Hutchinson, Uptown fire victim, left with clothes he's wearing, phone and compute ... More >>
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May 14, 2013
Vikings unveil stadium design: Top 10 tweets
In what will go down as one of the most ringing first-take endorsements of the Vikings new stadium design, Greg Jennings called it "serious."THE BACKSTORY: New Vikings stadium design revealed [IMAGES]So yeah, in general, folks weren't thrilled to learn that the east end of downtown will soon be occu ... More >>
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May 14, 2013
Mpls unveils $400 million plan to convert Star Tribune land into downtown's biggest park
Zygi Wilf isn't the only one whose wallet got fatter as a result of the Vikings stadium deal. Another big winner was the Star Tribune, as the paper stands to make a pretty penny selling the right-next-to-the-new-stadium property it owns for redevelopment.SEE ALSO: New Vikings stadium design revealed ... More >>
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May 14, 2013
Mark Dayton to sign marriage equality bill [STREAMING VIDEO]
This afternoon, barring a shocking last-minute heel turn, Mark Dayton will sign the marriage equality bill approved yesterday by the Senate, paving the way for Minnesota's first gay marriages to occur in August.HAPPENING AFTER THE BILL SIGNING: Love Is the Law concert celebrating marriage equality a ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Bloomington man injured after falling into 8-foot sinkhole [IMAGE]
As if we all don't already have enough things to worry about already, here's another.SEE ALSO: Small alligator found in Bloomington; fisherman says "there's a big one back there too" [PHOTO] A 65-year-old Bloomington man was hospitalized after he fell in an 8- to 9-foot-deep sinkhole near 102nd Stre ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Bachmann looks extra creepy while attributing Benghazi, 9/11 to God's "hand of judgment" [VIDEO]
America may have reached Peak Bachmann during her speech last week at a religious event in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall.SEE ALSO: Michele Bachmann embarrasses herself during House Intelligence Committee hearing [VIDEO] First, she attributed both 9/11 and Benghazi to God's "hand of judgment." ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Senate set to vote on legalizing gay marriage [STREAMING VIDEO]
Within a few hours, all that will stand in the way of legal gay marriage in Minnesota is Mark Dayton's signature, and we already know his pen is ready and willing for action.SEE ALSO: House approves marriage equality; four Republicans vote in favor, two Dems against [UPDATE]Days after the House appr ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Cocaine, antidepressants found in roughly one-third of Minnesota lakes, study finds
The ice just now receding from Minnesota's lakes looks like it's on drugs. So maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that our lakes are, in fact, full of them.SEE ALSO: Minnesota House members vote to drug test themselves A study put together by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (read i ... More >>
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May 13, 2013
Minnesota Senate approves marriage equality
This afternoon, the Minnesota Senate followed the House and approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage with a 37-30 vote.HAPPENING TOMORROW: Love is the Law concert celebrating marriage equality announced Gov. Mark Dayton is reportedly wasting little time and planning to sign the legislation into ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
Kira Trevino's body found in Mississippi River [UPDATE]
-- Update at bottom -- More than two months after she disappeared, Kira Trevino has been found.FROM MARCH: Jeffrey Trevino plotted to leave country after posting bail, prosecutors sayHer body was found yesterday in the Mississippi River, St. Paul police confirmed during a news conference this aftern ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
MN for Marriage suddenly worried people might think they're bigots
Well, this is rich. With marriage equality a Senate vote and a Mark Dayton signature away from becoming the law of the land in Minnesota, Minnesota for Marriage -- the state's leading unintentional comedy troupe anti-gay marriage organization -- is suddenly worried about people thinking they're bigo ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
Mark Hamburger's MLB career derailed by pot; he now lives in parents' Shoreview basement
Think marijuana is a harmless drug? We mostly agree. But if you're looking for a sad pot-related story, look no further than the tale of 26-year-old Mounds View grad Mark Hamburger.A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE? Moorhead police decry recent influx of Cali medical marijuanaTwo years ago, Hamburger, a former ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
"Geography of Hate" maps show where racist and homophobic tweets come from [IMAGES]
Humboldt State University students recently combed through 150,000 geo-coded tweets to determine where America's 140-character racism and homophobia are concentrated.The researchers put together Google maps compiling their findings. You can zoom in or zoom out to focus on a particular region and sor ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
Two Minneapolis cops shot near Lyn-Lake in home owned by MPR producer
-- This is a breaking news post. Updates are at bottom -- Two cops were reportedly shot while investigating a forced entry this afternoon in south Minneapolis, according to chatter on the Minneapolis police scanner. :::: UPDATE :::: Motorcyclist lies dead in the street after being hit by MPD sq ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
Motorcyclist lies dead in the street after hitting MPD squad during police chase [PHOTOS]
-- Update at bottom -- During a police chase in the Lyn-Lake area this afternoon (see our full story about all the mayhem here), a motorcyclist was struck by a police squad near West 26th Street and Blaisdell Avenue (the exact circumstances aren't immediately clear -- see update below). After the ac ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
Wisconsin ice storm causes migrating loons to be "encased in ice," fall from sky "like rocks"
Image you're a migrating loon headed north for the summer. All of the sudden, you find yourself thinking what the hell? as you fly into a nasty, unseasonal ice storm. And next thing you know, you wake up in some random human's bathtub.SEE ALSO: Minnesota Zoo selling unintentionally (?) morbid s ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
Minneapolis is one of America's top sports cities, study says
Sports, sports, sports -- is your whole life just sports?SEE ALSO: Former Viking Ray Edwards's last two boxing matches have been unintentionally hilarious [VIDEOS] Well, if it is, you're living in one of the right places. According to a study put together by Nerd Wallet, Minneapolis is the county's ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
House set to vote on legalizing gay marriage [STREAMING VIDEO] [UPDATES]
-- Updates below jump --The long-awaited day is finally here. This afternoon, the Minnesota House is expected to vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.SEE ALSO: Gay marriage opponents waved bizarre signs during yesterday's Capitol rally [PHOTOS]Earlier this week, DFL leaders said they're tota ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
Department of Public Safety to publish names of people arrested for DWI on Twitter
If you drive drunk tomorrow night, your name could go viral for all the wrong reasons.SEE ALSO: Oakdale driver pulled over while under the influence of McDonald'sThat's because law enforcement is planning to publish the names of folks they arrest during the state's largest DWI patrol on Twitter alon ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
Madison police "overwhelmed" with calls confusing sunbathers for corpses
Here's a sure sign you've just lived through a too-long winter: You see somebody lying around outside under the sun, and your first thought is Oh my God is that person dead?!SEE ALSO: Wisconsin is stupid, says Google auto-completeIn fact, so many people in Madison placed calls to police to share the ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
House approves marriage equality; four Republicans vote in favor, two Dems against [UPDATE]
This afternoon, the House approved marriage equality by a 75 -59 vote. Sixty-eight votes were needed for passage.SEE ALSO: Minnesota for Marriage's Hinckley rally was the biggest megafail in the history of megafails [VIDEO]The Senate plans to take up a companion bill on Monday. If it also wins appr ... More >>
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May 8, 2013
Man robs TCF Bank in St. Cloud, calls police hours later to confess
Around 12:30 on Sunday afternoon, a man walked into a TCF Bank branch location in St. Cloud and handed a teller a note instructing him to start stuffing $100 bills in an envelope and "and no one gets hurt."SEE ALSO: Donald Ingerson of Ely confesses rape thinking statute of limitations is up, gets ar ... More >>
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May 7, 2013
Three men tried to abduct 13-year-old girl while she rode her bike near Lake Calhoun, police say
Yesterday, the Minneapolis Police Department distributed a crime alert about a reported abduction attempt that took place around 2:25 Sunday afternoon near the intersection of 36th Street West and Zenith Avenue South.SEE ALSO: Missing Minneapolis girl was simply crashing at a different friend's hous ... More >>
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May 7, 2013
DFL leaders say they have votes to get marriage equality done this week
Before this weekend is in the books, marriage equality might be approved by the Minnesota House and Senate.SEE ALSO:-- MN for Marriage: "Don't let the metro area force gay 'marriage' on the rest of the state"-- Minnesota for Marriage's Hinckley rally was the biggest megafail in the history of megafa ... More >>
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May 6, 2013
Campus-wide University of Minnesota smoking ban almost a done deal
Last week, the University of Minnesota Senate approved a resolution that would ban smoking campus-wide. The only thing needed for the ban to become policy is the signature of University President Eric Kaler, and he has already signaled his support.FROM JANUARY: Smoking is slowly becoming illegal in ... More >>
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May 3, 2013
Watch 15 inches of snow fall on Owatonna in two minutes [TIME-LAPSE VIDEO]
It's May 3 in Minneapolis and it's snowing. Most of us regard that as an unfortunate development, but it's nothing compared to what happened in Owatonna Wednesday night into Thursday.GOOD DECISION: Mike Wallace turned down more money from Vikings because of Minnesota weather Over the course of that ... More >>
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May 2, 2013
Bipartisan medical marijuana bill to be introduced today at Capitol
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will introduce companion bills to legalize medical marijuana today at the Capitol.SEE ALSO: MNGOP spent $10,500 on study that supports legalizing medical marijuana According to a press release distributed by the pro-marijuana law reform group Minnesotans for Co ... More >>
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April 30, 2013
Lilydale Park hikers witnessed man burning to death in apparent self-immolation
Two hikers out yesterday evening in St. Paul's Lilydale/Harriet Island Regional Park got an extremely grisly surprise when they came across a man engulfed in flames.SEE ALSO: White Bear Lake's sudden shrinkage: DNR sued by group demanding less water pumping Despite their efforts to save the man, inc ... More >>
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April 29, 2013
Macalester students end sit-in; administration refuses to dump Wells Fargo
During a Friday afternoon meeting, Macalester administrators reaffirmed to Wells Fargo-protesting students that the school has no plans to end its business relationship with the bank.SEE ALSO: Macalester protesters heeding nature's call in kitty-litter box during sit-in Student protestors ended thei ... More >>
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April 26, 2013
Mall of America's aphid population under attack from 72,000 ladybugs
There are 30,000 air-purifying live plants, including 400 trees, in the Mall of America. And there are also thousands of aphids trying to eat them.SEE ALSO: Sarah and Bristol Palin receive a lukewarm welcome at Mall of America So officials have decided to one-up the aphids by releasing a whole shit ... More >>
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April 26, 2013
Wisconsin student sent threatening texts to himself to get out of school
Yesterday, all Prescott School District after-school activities were canceled after a high schooler in the western Wisconsin community reported receiving two threatening texts from a man he said he met in St. Paul.SEE ALSO: Woman who allegedly sent Billy Joel's daughter threatening emails found nake ... More >>
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April 25, 2013
Chicago Avenue Deli goes up in flames [PHOTOS]
The Chicago Avenue Deli, located at 25th Street and Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis, went up in flames overnight.SEE ALSO: Massive Uptown fire engulfs building near Lake Street and Irving Avenue [PHOTOS] [VIDEO] A fire at the building was first reported at about 3:30 a.m., with the blaze intensi ... More >>
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April 23, 2013
Mishandled Regions stillborn had 14-year-old mother and 32-year-old father
Jose Armando Recinos-Ramirez faces a statutory rape charge after prosecutors determined he impregnated a 14-year-old girl who later gave birth to the stillborn that was mishandled by Regions Hospital and sent to a Red Wing laundromat.THE BACKSTORY: Baby boy's dead body found in Regions Hospital's di ... More >>
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April 23, 2013
Judgmental Mpls neighborhood map might offend you, will probably make you laugh [IMAGE]
Live in Loring Park? According to the "Judgmental Maps" blog, you're really in the land of "gay renters."SEE ALSO: MN Monthly helps Edina name its neighborhoods, including "Botoxia" and "Spraytanistan" [GRAPHIC] The latest entry on the blog takes a snarky, possibly offensive look at the City of Lake ... More >>
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April 23, 2013
New Prague school shooting hoaxer called cops "because he likes shiny lights and police officers"
More details have emerged about the 12-year-old student who scared the bejesus out of Minnesota with a hoax call last month in which he reported that an AK-toting gunman had injured two people and was still on the loose in a New Prague middle school.THE BACKSTORY: Report of shooting at New Prague Mi ... More >>
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April 22, 2013
New NoDak TV news anchor's first two on-air words are "fuckin' shit!" [VIDEO]
A.J. Clemente's career as an anchor for Bismarck's NBC affiliate KFYR might've literally ended as soon as it began.SEE ALSO: Diane Sawyer, seemingly drunk, projects Minnesota for "Barack Orama" [VIDEO] This because the first two words Clemente uttered during his first telecast as anchor yesterday ev ... More >>
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April 22, 2013
Senate passes bill to help convicted criminals land job interviews
On Saturday, in a 44-16 vote, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill intended to make it easier for convicted criminals to land job interviews.SEE ALSO: MNGOP Sen. Dan Hall suggests gay marriage supporters are unpatrioticThe so-called "ban the box" bill would require most private employers to follow the ... More >>
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October 4, 2012
Chris Fields' then-wife filed a restraining order against him in 2006
Chris Fields, the Republican candidate challenging Rep. Keith Ellison this November, had a restraining order filed against him by his then-wife, Jessica Fields, in October 2006.SEE ALSO: Chris Fields debuts racial ad: "Vote for this black guy, not that one" According to court filings obtained by Cit ... More >>
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August 28, 2012
Summer Set Music & Camping Festival day two, 8/25/12
By Aaron Rupar and Anand BalasubrahmanyanSee Also:Slideshow: Summer Set 2012, The PeopleSlideshow: Summer Set, The ArtistsSummer Set Music & Camping Festival day one, 08/24/12Fans, campers, and two Gimme Noise reviewers hit the second day of Summer Set in Somerset, Wisconsin, for a day that prov ... More >>
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June 27, 2012
Michael Brodkorb broadsides lawyer
Secret meeting with senators wasn't sanctioned
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