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Group homes for troubled teens closing after 18 years

Group homes for troubled teens closing after 18 years

Hearthstone of Minnesota, a Twin Cities nonprofit that ran small group homes for deeply troubled teens, closed its doors Friday.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Twin Cities Catholics donate over $1M to Haiti

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says donations to Haiti earthquake relief from its 217 parishes together with online contributions have exceeded $1 million.

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Slideshow: New citizens welcomed

Slideshow: New citizens welcomed

More than 220 people from 50 nations became new U.S. citizens Thursday at a naturalization ceremony at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Duluth's largest union files intent to strike

The union representing over 460 city of Duluth workers has filed its official intent to strike.
by Bob Kelleher

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City of Duluth's largest union authorizes strike

Members of the city of Duluth's largest union have voted to reject a contract offer, authorizing a strike.

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Plan to block health insurance rate hikes may not impact Minn.

Plan to block health insurance rate hikes may not impact Minn.

A proposition in President Obama's new health care reform plan would allow the government to block health insurance rate hikes, but the measure's impact in Minnesota, if it were to take effect, could be minimal.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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New research, old finding: higher price, less drinking

New research, old finding: higher price, less drinking

The University of Florida's research reaffirms what we already knew and has reignited a longstanding debate: Should state liquor taxes be increased to reduce drinking problems?
by Dan Olson

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DOJ review finds no misconduct by 'torture memo' authors

DOJ review finds no misconduct by 'torture memo' authors

The Justice Department is closing the books on its probe of the Bush administration lawyers whose legal memorandums authorized the CIA to waterboard terrorism suspects, but the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he remains offended by the memos and will hold hearings.

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