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Federal officials on the lookout for fake sports merch

Federal officials on the lookout for fake sports merch

Some of the telltale signs of fake NFL items include jerseys without a universal product code, or U.P.C., rip-off holograms, misspelled words and poor stitching.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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U hotel standoff ends, suspect in custody

U hotel standoff ends, suspect in custody

Police arrested a man who'd kept them in a standoff since Monday at a hotel on the University of Minnesota campus. The capture came to a dramatic conclusion Tuesday afternoon after police used flash grenades and tear gas. There were no injuries.
by Mark Zdechlik and The Associated Press

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My Pillow Inc. accuses competitor of brand breach

The new suit seeks unspecified damages. It also asks a judge to order "the surrender and destruction" of IMP products that may violate trademark rules.
by The Associated Press

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No uptick in Pre-Super Bowl sex trafficking -- yet

No uptick in Pre-Super Bowl sex trafficking -- yet

There hasn't been an uptick in sex-trafficking in the week before Super Bowl LII. But it is early yet, two outreach workers said Monday.
by Marianne Combs

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Pedestrian struck, killed by light rail train

Metro Transit says the woman was hit about 3 p.m. Sunday by an eastbound Green Line train on University Avenue. Transit spokesperson Howie Padilla says the woman was standing in an area marked as a hazard zone.
by The Associated Press

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Justice Ginsburg, 84, signals intent to work for years more

Justice Ginsburg, 84, signals intent to work for years more

The eldest Supreme Court justice has produced two of the court's four signed opinions so far this term. Outside court, she's the subject of a new documentary that includes video of her working out.
by Associated Press

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After-dark collision between snowmobile, ice house injures 3

The Chisago County Sheriff's Office says a man who was assembling a portable ice house and his juvenile son were struck by a man driving the snowmobile shortly before 8 p.m. Friday.
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