Bowing To Metro Leaders Met Council Pushes Back LRT Action
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Citing pleas from metro leaders to slow down, members of the agency overseeing the Southwest light-rail transit project decided Thursday that they would give the officials an extra week to consider decisions crucial to its ...
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2-month-old Baby In Minneapolis Hit By Stray Bullet
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Cyndi Barrington, Minneapolis Police spokeswoman, said preliminary information indicates the baby was struck about 9 p.m. while inside a home on the 2400 block of Emerson Av. ...
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Missing Alligator Found By Owner In Scandia
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SCANDIA, Minn. - This should be a relief to folks in Scandia after an alligator is no longer on the loose in the community. The reptile's owner says he found the gator, named Bonnie, in Goose Lake. The owner's other ...
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Congress Poised To Barricade Mississippi River Lock In Minneapolis
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The tugboat Becky Sue pushed two barges — one empty and one carrying recycled metal – through the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in ...
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Legislators Add Pressure To Move Freight Trains For Southwest LRT
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Warning that the future of the metro area’s biggest light-rail project is at stake, key legislators Thursday urged the agency in charge to look for new ways to route freight rail traffic out ...
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Prince To Open Paisley Park For Weekend Show
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Will Prince play at Paisley Park on Saturday? Well, nothing is straightforward when you’re talking about Prince, but the answer is...probably. ...
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Dispute Over Washington Redskins Name Logo Flares Up In Minnesota
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MINNEAPOLIS -- A long-running dispute over the name of the Washington NFL franchise has flared up in Minnesota, where the construction of a new stadium for the Vikings has provided an entree for American Indian groups and supporters who consider the Redskins name and logo racist. They're asking the agency building the stadium to ban the word "Redskins" on publicly owned signs or ...
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Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Cam Winton Emphasizes Jobs Schools And Services
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"I have found it necessary to speak very plainly," said Winton, 34, an attorney whose Fulton area household includes his wife, also a lawyer, two toddlers and a rambunctious ...
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