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Hodges backs new police investigation team to stem Minneapolis crime
In the wake of increased violence in Minneapolis, Mayor Betsy Hodges Friday announced new initiatives designed to focus on repeat violent offenders, including a new violent crime investigations unit.
Today students debate the arguments for and against affirmative action at college campuses, in lieu of the Supreme Court's decision to reexamine the case of Fisher v. University of Texas.
Compassion Over Killing says the video from a Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin shows workers taking inhumane shortcuts to keep slaughter lines moving.
Bemidji shop resurrects WWII planes, flaws and all
'We're rebuilding these planes for their story. If we aren't exact, we're writing fiction.'
For troubled Minnesota youth, a map out of the chaos
About a third of Minnesota's young offenders re-enter the juvenile system within a year of their release; about half return eventually. Adults who mentor those kids say it doesn't have to be that way.
A new policy by Amnesty International that endorses the human rights of sex workers has been criticized by many.
Lileks laments the lists of the lists
Star Tribune columnist James Lileks has had it with lists.
Applebee's attack victim: 'I'm scared for my life'
"I can speak English," Asma Jama told the woman who berated her for speaking Swahili, "but we choose to speak whatever language we want." Then the woman smashed a glass beer mug across Jama's face.
Costly renovations to the Soap Factory's 130-year-old building have created a serious budget problem for the visual arts center.