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Minnesota OKs using medical pot for pain
The Minnesota Health Department says it will expand the legal use of medical marijuana to cover people with intractable pain.
Richard Thompson to play First Avenue tonight
Mojo Magazine recently named his latest album as one of the best of the year.
Longtime civil rights activist on what next for 4th Precinct protests
Protesters continue to stand their ground near at the 4th Precinct in north Minneapolis. That's despite ongoing calls from city and state leaders for an end to the encampment.
Snow in Chanhassen triggers all-Prince playlist online
To celebrate the first measurable snow of the season, our friends at the Current will switch their Local Current streaming service to an all-Prince format starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Environmental studies professor Roopali Phadke is there this week with 10 of her students.
No guns, $500K bail ordered for alleged 4th Precinct protest shooter
A judge ordered Allen Scarsella to have no contact with the others charged in the shootings near the Jamar Clark protests. Another defendant's lawyer said his client was no white supremacist and voted for President Obama.
The officers in the Jamar Clark shooting: What we know
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators have interviewed two Minneapolis police officers about their roles in the shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
The single that the group released just prior, "Nothing But Heartaches," failed to crack the top 10, breaking a streak of five straight singles that made it to No. 1.