The Stream
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Minneapolis is now the 46th-largest city in the country, moving up two positions over the past year, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. -
A man who was on a Minneapolis roof for 3-plus hours, rammed a Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, injuring two deputies, police said.
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David Letterman went his own way as he said goodbye after 33 years and 6,028 broadcasts of his late-night shows on CBS and NBC.
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David Letterman's star-studded finale extended to his final Top 10 list, which included Neal Justin's line of the night, coming from Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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Jon Bream's review of New Kids on the Block: Older, still a lot of fun and the champs of staging a show.
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Best Buy has better than expected first quarter thanks to strong sales of TVs, mobile phones and appliances. -
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Hollywood ageism: Maggie Gyllenhaal told 37 is ‘too old’ for her to play opposite a 55-year-old love interest. -
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Sharp-tongued Democratic Rep. Ryan Winkler of Golden Valley to resign seat in Minnesota House, move to Brussels.
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North Dakota ring levee project manager says delay ordered by judge may cost taxpayers millions of dollars while Minnesota Department of Natural Resources completes environmental study on the planned $2 billion Red River diversion.
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Minneapolis police officer Michael Griffin pleaded not
guilty in his first appearance in federal court Thursday on charges of perjury,
falsification of records and rights violations stemming from two incidents in
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Our Twins Live Chat with writer Phil Miller starts at noon, and the floor is open for questions and comments now. Leave them here. -
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Best food on cross-country biking trek: Bill’s Pizza, Prescott, Ariz.; Fire Up Pizza, Durango, Colo.; Bar-B-Q Pit, Madill, Okla.; Cotton Alley Café, Natchez, Miss.; Half Shell Oyster House, Biloxi, Miss.
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An appeal in which several former Vikings challenged a $50 million settlement between retired players and the NFL has been rejected.
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'Next year, a lot of this roster might be gone.' -- Twins beat writer Phil Miller chatting with fans. Join his Live Chat here.
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Hints about their June 3 concert here? Rolling Stones played entire "Sticky Fingers" album -- and more -- in a small LA club last night.
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"The status quo in our movement's membership standards cannot be sustained," said
the national president of the Boy Scouts today, hinting that the policy banning adult leaders who are gay may be revised soon. -
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Sherman, Mortenson and newcomer Saturday Properties bid for Guthrie Liner Parcel, a thin strip of land facing Washington Avenue.
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"[George] Clooney gives his insufferable role a dash of rich ham flavor, adding the correct tone of amusing excess to each gripe." Ouch. Read the rest of the review. -
State officials say the threat from bird flu is easing for this season, but a Rembrandt Enterprises farm in Renville, Minn., announced layoffs of 39 workers in addition to killing 2 million chickens.
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“If there’s no way out, I’m saying. If our backs are against the wall, I’m gonna go kill the one who punks me,” one of the Twin Cities men charged with supporting terrorism allegedly said, according to federal authorities who’ve reviewed secret recordings by a confidential informant.
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A federal judge has ruled that gays and lesbians have the right to marry in all Alabama counties, but placed her decision on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling on same-sex marriage.
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A University of Minnesota lab is one of 20 worldwide selected recently to receive bioprinters using "living" ink. “It’s like science fiction,” said Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, a pediatrics and medicine professor.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a GOP gathering in Oklahoma that he's convinced "radical Islamic terrorists" are planning to attack the U.S.
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“This is the rumbling of change,” one Minneapolis electric vehicle owner said after state utility regulators approved lower rates for people plugging in and charging up at night.
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A South Korean court suspended the prison term of the former Korean Air executive whose onboard "nut rage" delayed a flight last year, setting the stage for her release from prison.
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Facing an increasingly complex and organized brand of stealing, police and businesses leaders have formed the Twin Cities Organized Retail Crime Association to better share information across the region.
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A landlord too good to be true? North Loop building owner Chuck Gross shrugged off 12 months of late rent by saying: "I know my tenants have their good years and their bad years, and I knew they would pay it back.”
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The Gophers football team landed a commitment from a Michigan high school quarterback who as a junior threw for 34 touchdowns and rushed for 22.
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A suspect sought in a quadruple slaying at a Washington, D.C., mansion has been arrested in that city, hours after reports that he was seen in New York.
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A chemistry teacher at Washburn High in Minneapolis was arrested last week on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
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