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Fireworks pulled after complaint from Muslim group

A Wisconsin fireworks store has yanked a brand off its shelves after complaints from a Minnesota Muslim group.

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Commentary: Black water and Michael Jackson

The memorial service for pop star Michael Jackson has tentatively been set for Tuesday, July 7. Like many people, commentator Gordon Stewart heard the news last week while driving in the car.

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Minnesota's largest Hindu temple gets grand ceremony

Minnesota's largest Hindu temple gets grand ceremony

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Maple Grove this weekend for the grand opening of the Hindu Temple of Minnesota.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Slideshow: Hindu Temple of Minnesota

Slideshow: Hindu Temple of Minnesota

At 43,000 square feet, The Hindu Temple of Minnesota the largest Hindu Temple in the state, and one of the largest in the whole country.

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Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world

Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world

Best-selling novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon says he set out to recreate the storytelling of the great Victorian writers while including modern sensibilities.
by Euan Kerr

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Priest dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq

A Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis confirmed Sunday.

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Vatican declares Cathedral of St. Paul a national shrine

Vatican declares Cathedral of St. Paul a national shrine

The Vatican has designated the Cathedral of Saint Paul as a national shrine, the first in Minnesota. The cathedral also becomes the the only national shrine in North America dedicated to honor the Apostle Paul.
by Toni Randolph

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Daniel Hauser responding positively to chemo

Daniel Hauser responding positively to chemo

The 13-year-old boy from rural Minnesota who is undergoing court-ordered chemotherapy for Hodgkins lymphoma is responding to the treatment.

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Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum

Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum

A gunman, said by authorities to have a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past, opened fire inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot by other officers.

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