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What will Volkswagen do for its diesel customers?

What will Volkswagen do for its diesel customers?

Some car owners could get a cash payment of $5,000; others could receive an offer to buy their car back, according to early reports on a possible deal with U.S. regulators.

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MnDOT: St. Croix Crossing will look more like a bridge by year's end

MnDOT: St. Croix Crossing will look more like a bridge by year's end

Construction on the St. Croix River bridge project is speeding up with the warmer spring weather. Officials aim to install most of the deck segments this year. But the project is still behind schedule.
by Peter Cox

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Treasury decides to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

Treasury decides to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

The decision caps a public campaign asking for the change and months of deliberation by the Treasury.
by Scott Horsley

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'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War'

'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War'

In 1914, miners in the Rockefeller-owned Colorado coal fields clashed with the state militia and dozens of men, women and children were killed.
by MPR News Staff

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Judge approves plan to give $172M to Petters' Ponzi scheme victims

Judge approves plan to give $172M to Petters' Ponzi scheme victims

A judge has approved a plan to provide $172 million to investors and creditors scammed by businessman Tom Petters, who received a 50-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme.
by Martin Moylan

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Met Council: Business booming along Twin Cities light rail lines

Met Council: Business booming along Twin Cities light rail lines

Economic development along the existing and planned light rail lines in the Twin Cities is soaring past initial expectations, Metropolitan Council and St. Paul city officials said Tuesday.
by Riham Feshir

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A rare look at factory Tesla hopes will revolutionize energy use

A rare look at factory Tesla hopes will revolutionize energy use

In Nevada's high desert, Tesla is building what it says is the world's largest battery factory. It will churn out batteries for the company's electric cars. But it's also making something new -- a battery for the home.
by Lauren Sommer

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PolyMet supporters, critics expected at permit info meeting

PolyMet supporters, critics expected at permit info meeting

This is the first public meeting on PolyMet since the DNR signed off on the decade-long environmental review of the proposed mine last month.
by Dan Kraker

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