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Pawlenty and legislative leaders resume budget negotiations
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 Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resumed budget negotiations with legislative leaders. A spokesman for the governor says the talks began at 5:15 p.m. Job one is to patch an anticipated 935 million dollar budget deficit...
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President calls Jenna's wedding "spectacular"
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 President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau... |
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Student molested at U of M dorm
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Middlebrook Hall
Photo from U of M, Twin Cities
| A University of Minnesota student reported being molesting in Middlebrook Hall Sunday morning. The student was asleep in her room but woke when she felt someone touching her. When the student responded, she saw the suspect flee the room... |
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Stamp prices go up Monday
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 The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service. A new law regulating the post office makes it easier to raise rates as long as the agency doesn't exceed the rate... |
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Plymouth officer injured in police chase
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 A man took police on a high-speed chase through the Twin Cities Sunday afternoon. A car was reported stolen from the parking lot of the Cub Foods in Plymouth located on Highway 169. Plymouth Police spotted the stolen car...
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Highway 61 Bridge into Hastings reducing traffic to one lane
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| Traffic on the Highway 61 Bridge over the Mississippi River will be reduced to one lane at all times and will stay that way until mid-July. Work crews will be performing maintenance work and painting the bridge... |
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Sunday marks 150 years of Minnesota statehood
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 Minnesota has been a state for 150 years. President James Buchanan signed legislation on May 11, 1858 that made Minnesota the 32nd state in the Union... |
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Legislature's final push: 7 days, 7 questions
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 Minnesota lawmakers burst from the gate in February, quickly finalizing spending for transportation upgrades and a long-pushed ballot measure dedicating dollars to outdoors and arts programs... |
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Northern Minn. gets late-season snow
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 It might be May but there's still snow falling in parts of Minnesota. The National Weather Service reported that 4 inches of snow fell in Ely by Sunday morning... |
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Denied GOP nod, Olson might run as independent
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 State Representative Mark Olson says he might still run for reelection as an independent after his Republican Party constituents endorsed someone else to run for his legislative seat... |
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Metropolitan Mosquito fighters gear up for West Nile battle
Bill calls for study of lakefront home rentals in Minnesota...
MPCA wants anglers to get the lead out...
Ex-Leech Lake chairman pleads to 2 counts of bribe taking... 
It's been a rough spring for songbirds in Minnesota.
