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Abbott to buy St. Jude Medical for $25 billion
Abbott says St. Jude's devices for heart failure, blockages and abnormal heart rhythm complement its range of heart products.
Novel casts fresh light on Shakespeare's 'dark lady'
Mary Sharratt's novel imagines how the bard might have been influenced by a literary peer ... who happens to have been a woman.
Art Hounds: Two plays and a May Day Parade
This week on Art Hounds: The May Day Parade, "Seminar" and "Angry Black Woman and Well Intentioned White Girl."
Minneapolis parks could get major funding boost
An $800 million, 20-year spending plan for both parks and streets cleared a key hurdle Wednesday, passing a city council committee unanimously. The full council is expected to pass it Friday.
TSA manager says he was told to profile Somalis at Twin Cities airport
A senior manager for the Transportation Security Administration at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said his supervisors asked him to profile Somali imams and other Somali community members in Minnesota.
Courtney Barnett hopes her music keeps evolving
"They keep revealing themselves. They morph and change form and can end up sounding completely different. I hope it's like that forever," Barnett said.
New Timberwolves coach to build on Saunders' plan
Tom Thibodeau says he has a plan to turn the underperforming basketball team around.
Ex-Prince employees hope Paisley Park becomes museum
What to do with Prince's famous motorcycle, his guitars, and purple suits? Former Prince employees say they want Paisley Park to be a "living" museum.
Just 6,000 copies of the American punk rock band's debut album sold that first year.
3 things to watch at the Minnesota Legislature this week
The budget, guns and Real ID will dominate the agenda at the Capitol.