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Wis. school, police provide a lesson in handling senior class pranks

Wis. school, police provide a lesson in handling senior class pranks

Four high school seniors hauled half a car to the school, taped black plastic to the brick wall and made it look as though the car had crashed through the school near the principal's office. We know from experience that some schools would chase down the offenders, expel them, and deny them the opportunity to graduate.
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Legislature heading for collision with courts over White Bear Lake level

The Minnesota Legislature is thick with lawyers in its ranks so it's hard to believe that when the Senate followed the House in passing legislation to ignore a judge's order addressing water levels in White Bear Lake, they didn't know it's probably unconstitutional.
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Sports betting to make team owners even richer

Something new to remember the next time a sports team comes asking for public money for a stadium: The value of their teams just doubled, according to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, citing today's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a federal law banning sports betting in states not named Nevada.
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A parade to honor a disappearing fish

Billions of years from now, another civilization will come to what remains of earth and its archaeologists will uncover evidence of the Duluth smelt parade and come up with some fascinating conclusions about the species that once inhabited the planet.
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Fake candidate makes real news in Rochester

Fake candidate makes real news in Rochester

There wasn't anything particularly remarkable about Hal Newman's announcement that he intends to run for mayor of Rochester. Except that there is apparently no such person as Hal O. Newman. Hal O. Newman. Get it?
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Pilot’s low-flying thrill ride over Miss. River killed him, wife

Pilot’s low-flying thrill ride over Miss. River killed him, wife

Chad J. Rygwall, 47, and his wife, Jill, 48, of Princeton, Minn., died when their Cessna 172 struck power lines and plunged into the river. The National Transportation Safety Board said they likely never saw the lines, which were below the tree line, and the pilot may have been blinded by a setting sun.
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