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Twin Cities News

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If you're stuck in traffic, you have no good choices

If you're stuck in traffic, you have no good choices

You're stuck in Minneapolis rush hour traffic on Interstate 94, near the Lowry Hill Tunnel. A thunderstorm spins out a tornado nearby. What can you do? Not much. You're now among the most vulnerable people in a tornado. There are no good options.
by Curtis Gilbert and Paul Tosto

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Minneapolis police kill man wielding knife

Minneapolis police fatally shot a man early Saturday morning after the man approached them with a knife. They were responding to a domestic assault call when the incident occurred.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Water pipes in suspicious bag at MSP

Officials say a brief evacuation of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport today was spurred by a bag containing materials supposedly used for water filtration.
by Annie Baxter

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Twin Cities population to grow more diverse, elderly by 2040

Twin Cities population to grow more diverse, elderly by 2040

The population of the Twin Cities metro area will grow, age and become more diverse by 2040, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Metropolitan Council.
by Jessica Mador

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Rybak: To grow Mpls, focus on the north side

Rybak: To grow Mpls, focus on the north side

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak focused on the challenges facing north Minneapolis in his 11th State of the City address Wednesday.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Police: Woman found 3 adults dead in Minn. day care

Police: Woman found 3 adults dead in Minn. day care

A mother who takes her toddler to a home day care in Brooklyn Park discovered three adults shot to death inside the home early Monday morning, according to police.
by Tim Post and Curtis Gilbert

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Report: Twin Cities rental market tightest in a decade

The Minnesota Housing Partnership also found almost 20 percent of the state's homeowners were underwater in the last three months of last year, meaning they owed more on their homes than they were worth.
by Jessica Mador

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Bittersweet homecoming for N. Mpls resident displaced by tornado

Bittersweet homecoming for N. Mpls resident displaced by tornado

After nearly 10 months, Brett Buckner is finally moving back into his recently repaired house -- but without his elderly mother who recently passed away.
by Brandt Williams

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A closer look at the numbers in the Vikings stadium plan

At first blush, the new proposal to build a football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis would cost just under $1 billion. But a closer look shows the cost might be higher than that, and that some of the money stadium supporters are counting on may not materialize.
by Catharine Richert

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