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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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Conductor Vanska discusses orchestra worries before celebration concert

Conductor Vanska discusses orchestra worries before celebration concert

As Minnesota Orchestra musicians prepare for a celebratory concert, conductor Osmo Vanska says worries about the lock-out's effect on the orchestra
by Euan Kerr

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River Room restaurant serves its last lunch

River Room restaurant serves its last lunch

The River Room restaurant in the Macy's downtown St. Paul store served its last patron this afternoon, ending decades of tradition in downtown department stores.
by Tim Nelson

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Ellison invites slain businessman's son to State of the Union speech

Ellison invites slain businessman's son to State of the Union speech

The son of a Minneapolis business owner who was gunned down in September has been invited to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
by Jon Collins

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Bridge collapse survivors request mementos

Bridge collapse survivors request mementos

Survivors of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis may be able to keep a piece of scrap steel as a reminder of the historic event.
by Tim Nelson

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