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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release that officers found the substance in the bag of a 35-year-old woman arriving from Laos via Tokyo.
Should mining be allowed in the BWCA watershed?
"It's a big deal because he is saying that the Boundary Waters is too important to put at risk," said Becky Rom with Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness.
Today, across Minnesota: Democracy, township-style
Tuesday is Township Day in Minnesota, when many of the state's 1,781 townships will host elections and decide their tax levels for the next year.
Bernie Sanders' recent comment joking that Republican debates show a need to invest in mental health has spurred comments that the presidential hopeful isn't sensitive to people with mental illnesses.