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Starbucks: No need to purchase to use the potty

Starbucks: No need to purchase to use the potty

Starbucks Chair Howard Schultz said the company will let everyone use its bathrooms, whether they bought a drink or not. It comes after the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia location.

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Recession nearly killed her MN gymnastics studio. Now, she's on a roll.

Recession nearly killed her MN gymnastics studio. Now, she's on a roll.

Brenda Nolby navigated some tough economic times. But the Ham Lake entrepreneur proved her staying power. Now her studio is thriving, and she's Minnesota's Small Business Person of the Year.
by Emma Sapong

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Transportation proposal divides unions, leaves DFLers in the middle

Transportation proposal divides unions, leaves DFLers in the middle

The debate at the Minnesota Capitol over a proposed constitutional amendment on transportation funding has created an unusual divide within organized labor.
by Tim Pugmire

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Lawsuit: Burberry accuses Target of ripping off signature plaid

Lawsuit: Burberry accuses Target of ripping off signature plaid

The high-end British fashion company Burberry has sued Minneapolis-based Target, accusing the retailer of selling illegal knock-offs of its trademarked check pattern.
by Martin Moylan

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Top exec out at medical marijuana company

Top exec out at medical marijuana company

The chief executive of one of Minnesota's two medical marijuana manufacturers is out amid the company's years of heavy financial losses.
by Associated Press

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Winona Co. sand mining ban unconstitutional, firm tells appeals court

Winona Co. sand mining ban unconstitutional, firm tells appeals court

A Minnesota Sands lawyer told judges Thursday that Winona County's silica sand mining ban is discriminatory because it restricts the company's "reasonable" mining. The county's lawyer argued Minnesota Sands effectively had no right to mine.
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings or veterans? House Republicans eye stadium fund

Vikings or veterans? House Republicans eye stadium fund

Republicans in the Minnesota House want to use $30 million from an account that backs up debt payments on the new Vikings stadium to build veterans homes. It's running into resistance.
by Brian Bakst

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Enbridge, Leech Lake Band rip Judge's Line 3 report

Enbridge, Leech Lake Band rip Judge's Line 3 report

Both Enbridge Energy and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe are firing back against an administrative law judge's recommendation that the company can build its proposed Line 3 oil pipeline, but only if it builds it along the pipeline's current route across northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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