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Minn. legislators still divided on gun control after hearings

Minn. legislators still divided on gun control after hearings

After three days of hearings this week at the state Capitol, legislators remain divided on the issue of gun control with some believing compromise and consensus can be reached, while others believe the debate to be a distraction from important budget work.
by Mike Mulcahy and Tim Pugmire

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Video: Annual Minnesota Beard-Off

Nearly 100 will compete for the Twin Cities beard championship title this weekend. Watch a video of the competitive beardsmen talk about how they prepare for the show.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Minnesota Beard-Off to feature 100 hairy men (and some women)

Minnesota Beard-Off to feature 100 hairy men (and some women)

Nearly 100 will compete for the Twin Cities beard championship title this weekend. Hirsute competitive beardsmen prepare for the show, combing, brushing, styling and conditioning.
by Jessica Mador

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U of M seeks state funding; lawmakers want admin. spending answers

U of M seeks state funding; lawmakers want admin. spending answers

Students and top officials from the University of Minnesota are rallying at the Capitol today. It's an annual tradition in which they urge legislators to support the university's budget requests. But this year they're doing it amid an uproar over administrative spending.
by Alex Friedrich

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Renovated St. Paul crime lab costs more, will do less

Renovated St. Paul crime lab costs more, will do less

The St. Paul City Council released more than a million dollars in funding to fix the troubled St. Paul police crime lab. The lab will not resume drug testing, work which will be outsourced, but instead will focus on fingerprints, crime scene processing, video analysis and reconstructing crash scenes.
by Madeleine Baran

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Teen pleads guilty to 2011 shooting homicide

A teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing 13-year old RayJon Gomez in 2011.
by Nancy Lebens

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St. Paul officer apologizes over costume

The St. Paul police officer photographed last year in a culturally insensitive costume has apologized.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Legislature to consider funding more free school lunches

Legislature to consider funding more free school lunches

Hunger relief groups want the state Legislature to expand free lunch at school so that students currently eligible for reduced-price lunch can eat free. This would cost the state around $4 million. Lawmakers and advocates pushing the proposal say it would ensure that low-income kids get the nutrition they need and aren't turned away at the lunch counter when they can't pay. But critics of the proposal say parents who could pay a little, should.
by Julie Siple

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St. Paul PD probes hijab costume photo

The St. Paul Police Department launched an internal investigation Monday in response to an online photo purporting to show an officer from the department wearing a culturally insensitive costume.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Minneapolis' gun control efforts at center of Obama visit

Minneapolis' gun control efforts at center of Obama visit

Local police officials say new gun laws can help reduce gun violence in north Minneapolis. But some say Obama's proposals don't do enough to protect the people most at risk to be victimized by gun violence.
by Brandt Williams

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