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Woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct comes forward

Woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct comes forward

President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was thrust into turmoil Sunday after the woman accusing him of high school-era sexual misconduct told her story publicly for the first time.
by Associated Press

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Counterfeit bike helmets: cheap but dangerous

Counterfeit bike helmets: cheap but dangerous

Cheap knock-offs don't provide anywhere near the protection or durability of the products they replace. And most riders won't be able to tell the difference between real and counterfeit helmets.
by Jeff Tyler

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Authorities release more details on Sauk Centre shooting, standoff

Authorities release more details on Sauk Centre shooting, standoff

Authorities have identified the law enforcement officers who shot and wounded a man who allegedly used a compound bow to wound a sheriff's deputy on Thursday in Sauk Centre, Minn.
by MPR News Staff

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Manafort plea deal raises key question: What does he know?

Manafort plea deal raises key question: What does he know?

As Trump associates folded one by one over the last year under the pressure of federal investigators, there was always Paul Manafort. Until suddenly there wasn't.
by Associated Press

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Noor attorneys, Minneapolis press judge to delay Ruszczyk family suit

Noor attorneys, Minneapolis press judge to delay Ruszczyk family suit

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor's lawyers argued that since Noor invoked his right not to testify in the criminal case against him in the shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, he wouldn't be able to testify in the civil case.
by Riham Feshir

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Stearns County to release Wetterling file Sept. 20

Stearns County to release Wetterling file Sept. 20

It's been almost three decades since 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted along a rural road in St. Joseph, Minn., and more than two years since Danny Heinrich led authorities to the place where he buried Wetterling on a Paynesville farm.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Ex-cop, Minneapolis want to put shooting lawsuit on hold

Ex-cop, Minneapolis want to put shooting lawsuit on hold

The city of Minneapolis and a former police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman are asking a federal judge to put a $50 million civil rights lawsuit by the woman's family on hold while a criminal case is pending.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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5 slain in Southern California shootings; gunman kills self

There was no immediate word on what sparked the shootings that took place at a home and a business in Bakersfield, which is some 90 miles north of Los Angeles.
by The Associated Press

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