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Prosecutor Gaertner launches bid for governor

Democrat Susan Gaertner is playing up her experience as a prosecutor and promising to draw support from suburban swing voters as she formally launches the bid for governor she started more than two years ago.
by Martiga Lohn

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Delta getting closer on integrating Northwest

About half of the old Northwest Airlines planes that will get Delta's colors have been repainted, and the rest will be finished by mid-2010, a Delta executive said on Thursday.

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Target agrees to pay $600,000 fine for lead-tainted toys

Target has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for importing and selling toys with an illegally-high concentration of lead paint on the surface.
by Martin Moylan

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Local inventors frustrated over patent office bureaucracy

Local inventors frustrated over patent office bureaucracy

Inventors like Bill Kurtz, seen here holding brochures for some of his inventions, are frustrated at the backlog of ideas awaiting approval from the U.S. Patent Office, which last quarter rejected more than half of all the patents it reviewed.
by Sanden Totten

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DFL gubernatorial candidates share similar views at forum

DFL candidates for governor offered similar views on taxes, job creation, education and other issues during a forum today Thursday Bloomington.
by Tim Pugmire

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Two men charged in pawn shop killing

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has charged two men in connection with Monday's fatal shooting at a Richfield pawn shop.
by Madeleine Baran

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Weekend lane closures on 35W near Hwy 62

Motorists will encounter detours and increased congestion on metro area roadways this weekend, when the southbound lanes of I-35W will close at the western junction of Hwy 62.
by Madeleine Baran

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President of Somalia making rare visit to Twin Cities

President of Somalia making rare visit to Twin Cities

Minnesota's Somali community is rolling out the red carpet for newly-elected Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed (seen above speaking at the U.N.), who is visiting the Twin Cities as part of a stateside tour of cities with large Somali-American populations.
by Laura Yuen

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