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Mpls.-Rochester rail plans find no love in rural SE Minnesota

Mpls.-Rochester rail plans find no love in rural SE Minnesota

Opposition is mounting against two high-speed rail proposals to link the Twin Cities and Rochester. Both options are years from becoming reality, but residents along the Highway 52 corridor are fighting mad already.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Scammers using name of MN clergy sex abuse law firm in debt threats

Phony debt collectors have been pretending to be from Jeff Anderson & Associates, the St. Paul-based law firm best known for representing clergy sex abuse victims, the Minnesota Commerce Department says.
by MPR News Staff

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Lured by new industry's promise, entrepreneurs fly to drones

Lured by new industry's promise, entrepreneurs fly to drones

Nearly 2,800 drone businesses across the country now have FAA permission to fly, but thousands more are still waiting for new federal rules. Drone users worry those delays could hamstring a rapidly growing industry.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mexican border workers make a push to unionize

Mexican border workers make a push to unionize

Unions are virtually non-existent in the northern Mexico factories around Juarez. But now some 300 workers are trying to unionize to push for higher wages and other benefits.
by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

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How one Minnesota chicken producer kept the bird flu out

How one Minnesota chicken producer kept the bird flu out

As avian flu swept across Minnesota this spring, Gold'n Plump managed to keep every one of its hundreds of central Minnesota chicken barns virus-free. Now, poultry producers nationally are taking notice.
by Mark Steil

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Martin Shkreli is replaced as Turing Pharmaceutical's CEO

Martin Shkreli is replaced as Turing Pharmaceutical's CEO

One day after he was arrested on fraud charges, controversial drug executive Martin Shkreli has resigned his post as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Shkreli is currently free on bail.

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Ship held at Minnesota port for more than a month can leave

Ship held at Minnesota port for more than a month can leave

An agreement has been reached that will allow a German-operated cargo ship to leave a Lake Superior port in Minnesota where it was detained for more than a month due to alleged environmental violations.
by The Associated Press

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For teen-driven Minnesota bakery, expansion is icing on the cake

For teen-driven Minnesota bakery, expansion is icing on the cake

Cookie Cart began when a nun wanted to offer north Minneapolis youth an alternative to violence and drugs. The nonprofit bakery that gives kids real world experience plans a new site in St. Paul.
by Aaron Bolton

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Adelson family confirms ownership of Las Vegas newspaper

Adelson family confirms ownership of Las Vegas newspaper

Thursday's announcement ends a week of speculation and demands by Las Vegas Review-Journal staff and politicians to know the identity of the new boss.
by The Associated Press

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