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Odor prompts evacuation at Mpls. airport building

Authorities evacuated part of an office building at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport for about an hour Wednesday afternoon, after odors from construction work leaked into the air vents.
by Madeleine Baran

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St. Paul prepares to decide on instant runoff voting

St. Paul prepares to decide on instant runoff voting

On the same day Minneapolis residents cast their first Instant Runoff Voting ballots, St. Paul will decide on a referendum on whether or not to use the controversial voting system for its municipal elections.
by Curtis Gilbert

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First leg of Petters trial gets underway

First leg of Petters trial gets underway

The trial of businessman Tom Petters, who stands accused of running a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of some $3.5 billion, gets underway today with the selection of jurors.
by Martin Moylan

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Groups pushing for 3 additional light-rail stops

St. Paul community groups pushing for three additional stops along a proposed light-rail transit line are fired up about new federal concerns over when those stations could be built.
by Laura Yuen

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Gophers' Decker out for season with foot injury

The Minnesota Gophers' star wide receiver Eric Decker will miss the rest of the regular season because of a foot injury.

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U of M police warn of robberies near campus

Police at the University of Minnesota have issued a crime alert after four robberies in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood near the East Bank campus.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Preservationists holding public panel on debated '50-year rule'

Preservationists holding public panel on debated '50-year rule'

Preservationists will meet tonight to raise awareness of a guideline they say threatens significant modernist buildings. They point to the old Guthrie Theater, above, which was demolished in 2006, as an example.
by Madeleine Baran

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Funeral Friday for Ramsey County deputy

A car accidentally struck 56-year-old Mike Wilken Saturday night while he was volunteering on traffic detail at Fright Farm in Maplewood.

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