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Accidental smothering of infants rarely results in charges

A Lakeville baby's death puts new focus on rarity of criminal charges in accidental smothering of infants.

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Mystery of the lofty red light revealed

Roadguy found it curious that members of the traveling public were being asked to monitor a bit of infrastructure. What happens if the red light goes on while nobody's looking?

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Man jailed after boy shot in neck during fireworks

The St. Paul man was upset over amateur fireworks near his home, police said. The boy is expected to survive.

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Harriet Burns, 89, was pioneering educator

The leader in special education turned personal hardship into professional service to others.

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St. Paul light-rail utility work to begin Monday

Some utilities need to be moved before construction starts on the planned light-rail line next year. Downtown restrictions and closures will last into the fall.

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Janesville to get 50 'green jobs' by spring

Kennedy says RecyGrow is also working with state agencies to plan marketing opportunities for things like green roofs and erosion control products. But he says it will take a couple of years for RecyGrow to navigate those areas.

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Holiday fireworks accidents kill 4 workers

Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree said authorities immediately halted the show and evacuated part of the park in eastern Pennsylvania.Authorities did not immediately identify the man's employer.At Merrillville, Ind., the collapse of a wooden pedestrian bridge dropped at least 50 people into a lake Saturday night and injured about 25 of them, police said. None of the injuries was life-threatening,...

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Communities confront 'ghostbox' buildings when big-box retailers leave

BISMARCK, N.D. - Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town.

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State's 2nd light-rail line moves ahead

Utility relocation crews will be doing preliminary work along the Central Corridor line that will connect the Minneapolis and St. Paul downtowns. The actual relocation of water lines and storm and sanitary sewers is due to start later this summer.

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Minn. officials to explain details of health cuts

The workshops are for local officials, planners, nursing homes, tribal agencies and those who provide medical and support services to people in their homes or community-based settings.

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Multivehicle crash in fog closes miles of eastbound I-94 in Wis.

Fog is being blamed for a multivehicle crash in western Wisconsin that has all lanes of eastbound Interstate 94 sealed off tonight for several miles, authorities are reporting.

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Names of women in ATV crash released

| Names of women in ATV crash released Last update: July 4, 2009 - 8:55 PMPrint this story More from BENTON COUNTYNames of women in ATV crash released Identities were released Saturday of the two women in their late teens who crashed their all-terrain vehicle into a tree in central Minnesota, leaving one of them dead.Killed Thursday evening was Kayla Lien, 19, of Foley, Minn., the passenger on the...

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Park Board tributes aren't forever

Renewal fees on a Minneapolis memorial bench come as a surprise.

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Library is studying strategies for balancing its books

With a $3 million to $4 million budget cut looming, Hennepin County libraries take stock of the system's costs and benefits.

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It's Mad-off, not Made-off, and no, we're not related

People with unusual family names understand the challenges and occasional thrills that come with them. I'm not related to a single Rosenblum in the Twin Cities, but I'm aware of all of them, having been asked so many times over the years if we are kin. On the other hand, I remain bullish that the genealogists are flat wrong and that I am, in fact, heir to the Rosenblum Cellars vineyard in Northern...