The Stream
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The Eiffel Tower is closed today because workers are protesting a growing problem with aggressive pickpockets. -
Gophers get commitment from 6-foot-6 high school quarterback from Michigan. Joe Christensen has the news and video highlights. -
South Korean airline executive known for her "nut rage" tantrum has been freed from prison by the Seoul High Court.
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Gusty winds and waves have slowed cleanup efforts at the site of an oil spill that fouled a California shoreline.
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Minneapolis council member Andrew Johnson, who says reading the city code late at night has become a hobby, is tackling dozens of outdated laws. -
Twin Cities man joins Twitter backlash to President Obama with noose image, says he gets visit from Secret Service in response. -
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It could take months to find cause of California coastal oil spill: "What we see from this event is that the industry still poses enormous risks to an area we cannot afford to lose," one official says.
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To encourage more women hunters, Wisconsin legislator preparing to unveil bill legalizing blaze pink for hunters.
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Michael Sam, first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, signs two-year contract with Montreal of Canadian Football League.
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Clinton e-mails start to roll out: She got now-classified Benghazi info on her private e-mail account.
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Minneapolis council member Andrew Johnson is working to repeal outdated city ordinances, including a ban on wearing hats in movie theaters. He says the updates can help streamline city enforcement and ease the burden on small business owners.
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"Probably had one too many beers," an aide to a New Hampshire candidate admits after he sent out a fake news release saying the candidate's opponent had dropped out of the race.
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"We may never see Justin Morneau play baseball again ..." after he is sidelined by another concussion.
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“19 Kids & Counting” has been removed from TLC’s schedule, as one of the show’s stars, Josh Duggar, finds himself mired in a child molestation scandal.
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Former Hastings priest Francis Hoefgen takes stand to deny claims he sexually abused an altar boy. “I’ve waited 18 months for this day,” he said in Dakota County court. -
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Memorial Day weekend could see most road trips in years. Thanks to lower gas prices and a stabler economy, many say they will make trips they would have passed up in recent years.
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The Minnesota Swarm pro lacrosse franchise, which came to Minnesota in 2004, announced Friday it is leaving for a yet-to-be-determined location next season. -
A woman in Maryland was found pushing her dead 3-year-old son in a park swing, and authorities say she may have been there for hours, even Thursday.
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A Blaine man who ejaculated into co-worker's coffee gets 45 days in the Ramsey County Workhouse. The victim successfully lobbied for new legislation to make such acts criminal sexual conduct.
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A White Bear Lake man is charged with abusing his 1-month-old son so severely that the baby needed to be revived and was left with "permanent disabilities," the complaint says.
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No injuries reported at large Orono house fire, which left the garage in ashes and spread to the roof of the home, which dispatchers say wasn't occupied at the time.
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“Overall, children in Minnesota are going to be safer because of this," Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said of a series of child protection reforms signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton.
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On 62-37 vote, GOP-led Senate approves President Obama's request for enhanced trade negotiating authority.
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A motorcyclist was killed Friday night after a crash with an animal on Hwy. 52 north of Rochester, the State Patrol said. News reports out of Rochester said the motorcycle hit a deer.
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Friday was the first day of a partnership that paired St. Paul and Metro Transit officers to head out on foot on St. Paul's East Side and make positive
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As part of its centennial celebrations, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is wrapping three Minnesota water towers with reproductions of popular images from its collection.
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The Republican-led Senate has blocked a House bill that would have ended the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records.
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Morning forecast: Looks as if today will be the nicest day of the holiday weekend before rain moves in Sunday and Monday. Cloudy and cooler, with a high near 70.
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Myanmar's president has signed off on a law requiring some mothers to space their children three years apart despite objections that it could be used not only to repress women, but also religious and ethnic minorities.
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"If we were a company, we'd be bankrupt," one senator says over Congress' inability to come up with anything but short-term fixes for long list of problems.
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Cleveland patrolman found not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage.
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More than 80 dead calves found on 2 Kenosha County, Wis., farms owned by same family, authorities say.
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