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Play lifts curtain on N. Korea's weirdness, and ours
"You for Me for You" follows two sisters as they attempt to leave their country, with mixed results.
Feds probe northern Minn. wolf killings, offer reward for information
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information tied to the illegal killing of three gray wolves in northern Minnesota near Floodwood.
Some of the guns sold by Eitan Benjamin Feldman were used in area crimes within days of their purchase, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
A Brooklyn Park woman who pleaded guilty to terroristic threats after pointing a rifle at a Muslim couple waiting to pick up their son last spring was sentenced Thursday.
How does a candidate’s religion affect your vote?
Many presidential hopefuls will invoke religion in selling themselves to voters, and the data show that could certainly pay off.
Crowded Mpls. morgue has medical examiner looking to move out of downtown
The Hennepin County medical examiner's staff has been making do in an old food-service building, but stadium-related development makes that location untenable.
SEIU janitors begin pickets over wages, sick time
Thousands of unionized Twin Cities janitors are expected to participate in a 24-hour strike Wednesday.
Photos: Discovering 'the good within' -- and all around Minnesota
A Stillwater mother of four crafts a delightful diary online through iPhone images of found feathers, explorations on foot and tranquil scenes from a canoe's confines.