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Doctors say VA care is a model of efficiency

Doctors say VA care is a model of efficiency

Some say that the Department of Veteran Affairs medical care is actually an excellent example of how the government is leading on health care quality and cost.
by Lorna Benson

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Mpls. man sentenced to 76 years in triple murder

The Ramsey County attorney's office says Johnny Lee Ellis Jr., 39, was sentenced Monday in the deaths of his girlfriend, her mother and her sister in October 2008.

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Debate divided on gay clergy in Lutheran church

Debate divided on gay clergy in Lutheran church

Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are in Minneapolis this week debating many issues, most notably whether or not to allow sexually active homosexuals in committed relationships to serve as clergy.
by Martin Moylan

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FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating

FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating

The FBI has agreed to review a video depicting Minneapolis police officers using force to subdue a man during a February traffic stop.
by Brandt Williams

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Witness: Circus bleacher collapsed like a 'fallen souffle'

Witness: Circus bleacher collapsed like a 'fallen souffle'

The city of St. Paul has temporarily closed the circus academy where about a dozen spectators were injured when a set of bleachers collapsed last night. The accident happened at the end of the final performance of the summer show at Circus Juventas.
by Tim Nelson and Elizabeth Baier

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River otter's return a sign of healthier Mississippi

River otter's return a sign of healthier Mississippi

Trapping and pollution almost drove the river otter out of Minnesota, but now there's been a report of an otter living on a once badly polluted stretch of the Mississippi River.
by Dan Olson

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Local impact of the PGA is hard to measure

Local impact of the PGA is hard to measure

For nearly a week, golf fans all over the world became familiar with Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., as it hosted the PGA Championship. Whether that kind of exposure will bring a long-term impact to the area is not clear.
by Jessica Mador

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More truck sales mean more work at St. Paul Ford plant

Ford Ranger sales are up, and that will mean overtime for the roughly 760 workers at the Ranger plant in St. Paul this fall.
by Annie Baxter

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Portions of Lowry Avenue in Mpls. re-open today

A portion of Lowry Avenue will re-open today, as construction in the north Minneapolis neighborhood was completed two months ahead of schedule, Hennepin county officials said.
by Madeleine Baran

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Company deflects blame for Minn. bridge collapse

An engineering firm blamed for not spotting the fatal flaw in the doomed Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis argues the state was at fault and shouldn't be able to recover damages from the company.
by Brian Bakst, Associated Press

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