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Minn. House OKs crackdown on synthetic marijuana

An effort to criminalize synthetic marijuana sold as herbal incense has easily cleared the Minnesota House with bipartisan support.

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Minn. House votes for stiffer dog abuse penalties

The Minnesota House has voted to toughen a state law to deter people from harming or killing public safety dogs like those police use.

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Shooter charged in Mpls. November drive-by

The Hennepin County Attorney's office has charged Marlon Alejandro Lozano-Montano, 17, of Minneapolis in a drive-by shooting that wounded a 12-year-old Minneapolis girl last November.
by Brandt Williams

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Lesbian teens shake up Champlin Park pep fest

A civil rights group is threatening to take Minnesota's largest school district to court if it doesn't permit two lesbian teens to walk into pep fest as a couple on Monday afternoon.

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Appeals court rejects judicial elections challenge

A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to Minnesota rules for electing judges and its mandatory retirement age for judges.

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Newsmaker: Loughner to be arraigned

Newsmaker: Loughner to be arraigned

Jared Loughner faces arraignment before a federal judge in Phoenix today. With all the publicity surrounding the case, can he get a fair trial?

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2 indicted in Red Lake shooting that left 1 dead

Two Redby men have been indicted in a shooting on the Red Lake Indian Reservation that left one man dead and two others injured.

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Federal appeals court to hear Petters case Feb. 17

Federal appeals court to hear Petters case Feb. 17

A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 17 in the Tom Petters case. The Wayzata businessman was accused of running a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme.

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Police chief Scott Knight on Minn. gun control laws

To talk about Minnesota's gun control laws, MPR talked to Scott Knight, chair of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Firearms Committee and police chief in Chaska.
by Tom Crann

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