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Greater Minnesota

Minn. woman rejects settlement in song-sharing case

The Recording Industry Association of America says it will seek a new trial to determine damages against a Minnesota woman found guilty last year of sharing 24 songs over the Internet.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Deadly fish virus reaches Lake Superior

Deadly fish virus reaches Lake Superior

Viral hemorrhagic septicemia poses no threat to people, but can be fatal to fish. It's now been identified in all of the Great Lakes.
by Bob Kelleher

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Mike Parry says he's ready to get to work

The newest elected member of the Minnesota Senate says he's ready to get to work.
by Tom Scheck

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St. Cloud Muslims fearful and angry after racist incidents

St. Cloud Muslims fearful and angry after racist incidents

More than 300 St. Cloud area residents attended a town hall meeting Tuesday night, concerned about the racism in the area in light of public postings of anti-Islamic images around the city in early December.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Minnesota slips in wind energy rankings

Minnesota slips in wind energy rankings

U.S. wind energy production saw big gains last year in most of the leading states, except for Minnesota, as the state slipped again in the national rankings for wind power capacity.
by Mark Steil

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Republican wins election for Minn. Senate seat

Republican Mike Parry won a special election Tuesday in southern Minnesota for a seat his party has long controlled.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Phone outage along the North Shore

Long distance and emergency 911 phone service is out in communities along much of Lake Superior's North Shore. Local service remains unaffected.
by Bob Kelleher

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Interstates reopen day after blowing snow stranded motorists

A strong winter storm whipped up whiteout conditions, causing state officials to close interstates, sending stranded motorists to National Guard armories and keeping about 100 students at their high school overnight Monday.

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Storm traps 100 students at SW Minn. school

Storm traps 100 students at SW Minn. school

A winter storm roared into Minnesota on Monday, trapping at least 100 students in their school, closing roads in the southern and southwestern part of the state and prompting the governor to activate the National Guard.

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ELCA hopes to recover seminarian's body in Haiti

Officials of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America hope to persuade the U.S. Embassy in Haiti to work at recovering the body of a seminarian presumed killed in the earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince.

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