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Gopher women's volleyball seek to advance in NCAAs

The University of Minnesota Women's volleyball team is once again in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the team.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Blockbuster stadium district project gets green light in Minneapolis

Blockbuster stadium district project gets green light in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis City Council today voted unanimously to approve the $400 million dollar development in downtown Minneapolis that has been the source of months of controversy.
by Tim Nelson

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Minneapolis council vote will go forward on Downtown East deal

Minneapolis council vote will go forward on Downtown East deal

The city of Minneapolis and critics of the $400 million stadium district development traded arguments in Hennepin County District Court for an hour and a half this morning, but it doesn’t look like a planned vote on the deal will be stopped.
by Tim Nelson

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MLB intends to ban plate collisions

Home-plate collisions will eliminated in Major League Baseball by 2015 at the latest. In a sport long bound by tradition, a ban will be a major step.
by The Associated Press

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Xcel Energy Center gets men’s college hockey championships in 2018

Xcel Energy Center gets men’s college hockey championships in 2018

The University of Minnesota says it’s going to host the Frozen Four at the St. Paul arena in 2018, as it has done seven times before. The school said today: “Minnesota previously hosted the 1958, 1966, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2002 and 2011 Frozen Fours. The 1989, 1991, 1994, 2002 and 2011 Frozen Fours were contested Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Complaint seeks to delay stadium area development vote

Complaint seeks to delay stadium area development vote

Plaintiffs Dan Cohen, Paul Ostrow and Stephanie Woodruff filed a complaint and motion for a temporary injunction Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court  to prevent the Minneapolis City Council from voting on measures related to the Downtown East development project proposed near the new Vikings stadium.  The council is scheduled to vote on the measures Read more →
by Brandt Williams

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Downtown East inching toward approval; Wilfs back in court

Downtown East inching toward approval; Wilfs back in court

The Community Development committee has now signed off on the $400 million deal to bring a home for thousands of Wells Fargo employees, 20,000 square feet of retail and 200 housing units to Downtown East.
by Tim Nelson

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