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Meet the Minnesota kids at the National Spelling Bee, and the words that took them down

Meet the Minnesota kids at the National Spelling Bee, and the words that took them down

There is nothing quite so simultaneously sweet, inspiring and heartbreaking as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year seven Minnesota students made it to the competition. None of them made it to the final round.
by Marianne Combs

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Paulsen pressed on guns, taxes, Trump during town hall forums

Paulsen pressed on guns, taxes, Trump during town hall forums

Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, who's been accused of avoiding constituents, held three town hall meetings Wednesday. He called the one in Hamel a success, although most who spoke were there to criticize him.
by Mark Zdechlik and Peter Cox

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Appetites: Where to find the best eats on East Lake Street

Appetites: Where to find the best eats on East Lake Street

HeavyTable.com's editor recently took his crew on a food crawl down East Lake Street. Here's what they found.
by Tom Crann

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Pillsbury House Theatre brings evening of 'theatrical jazz'

Pillsbury House Theatre brings evening of 'theatrical jazz'

'dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/The Show' is a 'performance processional' celebrating the spirit of black traditions. Performers will sing, move, tell stories, call the audience to process, chant, holler back and build altars.
by Marianne Combs

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Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

"They were really engaging in some very terrible conduct," Attorney General Lori Swanson said of Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics. It's Minnesota's first lawsuit targeting a pharmaceutical company over its manufacture or distribution of opioids.
by Jon Collins

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Dayton signs Minnesota public works spending bill despite 'concerns'

Dayton signs Minnesota public works spending bill despite 'concerns'

Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday put his signature to a public works package that will spend $1.5 billion on projects from road construction to college campus repairs. The state will borrow $825 million of it.
by Briana Bierschbach

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Hijab-wearing Olympian inspires high school girls to fence

Hijab-wearing Olympian inspires high school girls to fence

Fencing provides Muslim high school girls at Rochester STEM Academy the chance to "use your mind and your body as a chess piece."
by Catharine Richert

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Minneapolis Super Bowl netted $370 million, report says

Minneapolis Super Bowl netted $370 million, report says

The Super Bowl host committee report says the average visitor spent $608 per day and most of that money stayed in Minnesota.
by Tim Nelson

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