Man arrested in Minn. attempted abduction
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) – A man is jailed on suspicion he tried to abduct a girl on her way to school in Brooklyn Park. Police say a student approached a school resource officer at …
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Minn. Senate leader: no complaint in Koch matter
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – New Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem says he doesn’t plan to file an ethics complaint against Sen. Amy Koch or other senators in connection with events leading up to Koch’s …
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Minn. deer harvest declines in 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The state Department of Natural Resources says Minnesota’s deer harvest declined 7 percent in 2011. The DNR cites lower deer populations and a windy first weekend of the firearms season. …
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Some new, some familiar ideas top Minn. GOP agenda
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Republicans are striking some familiar themes for reshaping state government – and adding a few new ones to push in a legislative session that begins next week. Leaders of …
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Sviggum insists new job vetted by U of Minn. brass
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – University of Minnesota Regent Steve Sviggum says he consulted with the board chairwoman and a school lawyer to go over conflict of interest rules before he accepted a high-paid position …
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Lawsuit: Debt collector broke patient privacy laws
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued a debt collection agency on Thursday, saying it failed to protect the confidentiality of health care records for thousands of state residents and did not reveal the extent of its involvement in their health care.
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Minn. unemployment rate continues to drop in Dec.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s unemployment rate continued to move downward in December to a rate of 5.7 percent. State officials say it’s now lower than at any time since the September 2008 financial …
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Universities test buying e-books in bulk
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Big Ten campuses in Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with four other major universities, will experiment with buying electronic textbooks in bulk. The universities will pool their buying power and negotiate discounted …
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