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Central Corridor: A slow train coming

Central Corridor: A slow train coming

After some 30 years of debate, a nearly $1 billion proposal to link St. Paul and Minneapolis is as close as it's ever been to becoming a reality. But the Central Corridor light rail project still faces significant opposition.
by Laura Yuen

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Mahtomedi school building referendum up for vote

Voters in the Mahtomedi school district in the north metro head to the polls Tuesday, to decide whether to raise their property taxes to fund $45 million in construction.
by Tom Weber

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Adult male gorilla dies unexpectedly at Como Zoo

Adult male gorilla dies unexpectedly at Como Zoo

The Como Zoo says Gordy, one of its three adult male western lowland gorillas, died unexpectedly Monday.

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Police presence increased for U of M's weekend Spring Jam

Police presence increased for U of M's weekend Spring Jam

Police will be out in full-force around the Minneapolis campus of the U of M starting Friday night as this weekend marks Spring Jam, an on-campus celebration at the university that many students see as a chance to throw huge off-campus parties.
by Tim Post

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U of M approves temporary easements for Central Corridor

The University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council have finalized a tentative deal reached last Friday in a dispute over light rail.
by Laura Yuen

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Current Arlington HS juniors will get to stay, but not sophomores

Current Arlington HS juniors will get to stay, but not sophomores

The vote Wednesday night caps a week in which the board voted to close Arlington and five other schools as a way to balance a nearly $30 million budget gap.
by Tom Weber

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Funeral held for 5 family members killed in Mpls. fire

Funeral held for 5 family members killed in Mpls. fire

One funeral remains for the victims of a fatal fire earlier this month in Minneapolis at in the apartments above McMahon's Pub on Lake Street.
by Brandt Williams

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St. Louis Park homicide suspect arrested

A man wanted in the fatal stabbing of a St. Louis Park woman was arrested early Wednesday.

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Cap Wigington, St. Paul's architect

Cap Wigington, St. Paul's architect

Of the approximately 100,000 architects in the United States in 2005, only about 1,500 were African-American, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This fact makes the story of Clarence "Cap" Wigington even more remarkable.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Fire marshal recommends changes to Mpls. inspections

Fire marshal recommends changes to Mpls. inspections

The state fire marshal recommends that in the case of mixed-use buildings -- like McMahon's Pub in Minneapolis, which burned earlier this month, killing six -- both the commercial and residential floors be inspected at the same time.
by Brandt Williams

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