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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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Lack of services making refugee life more difficult

Lack of services making refugee life more difficult

New research at the University of Minnesota shows many of the refugees coming to the Twin Cities aren't getting the mental health services they need, and university researchers are searching for a way to solve that problem just as a new group of refugees arrives.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Rybak to speak at candidates' forum tonight

Rybak to speak at candidates' forum tonight

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will speak at a neighborhood meeting Monday night, marking one of the few times the mayor has appeared with other candidates since the field of 10 challengers was established after the filing deadline closed this summer.
by Madeleine Baran

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Man found in parked car died of multiple gunshot wounds

Authorities say a man fatally shot while inside a parked car Monday morning in Minneapolis died of multiple gunshot wounds.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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