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Do ‘stand your ground’ laws make neighborhoods more dangerous?

Do ‘stand your ground’ laws make neighborhoods more dangerous?

“Saying that ‘it’s time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods,’ Attorney Gen. Eric Holder on Tuesday called for a reexamination of so-called stand your ground laws,” writes NPR’s Mark Memmott It was just such a law that hovered over the trial of George Zimmerman…
by Michael Olson

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Relics photo essay: the K.K. Berge on the river in Granite Falls

Relics photo essay: the K.K. Berge on the river in Granite Falls

This former mercantile building on the edge of the Minnesota River was slated to be torn down before a group of locals convinced the city of Granite Falls to spend the demolition money on rehabbing it instead.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Is two hours of screen time a day a reasonable limit for children?

Photo by Henry Burrows via Flickr “Parents who think their children don’t pay attention can take heart. They’re doing their best to emulate your bad TV-watching habits,” writes NPR’s Nancy Shute. Parents have been told repeatedly that setting rules and banning TVs in children’s bedrooms will help limit TV time. But those much-researched and oft-touted…
by Michael Olson

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Former Bush official in Mpls to make economic case for immigration reform

Former Bush official in Mpls to make economic case for immigration reform

Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez told a gathering of business and immigration leaders today that if the United States doesn’t welcome talent from abroad by changing its immigration policies, its global competitors will. Minneapolis was picked as one of several “immigrant gateway cities” across the United States for visits by Gutiérrez, chairman of Republicans for Immigration…
by Sasha Aslanian

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Mpls police say no sign of foul play in boy’s hanging death

The hanging death of a 9-year-old boy in north Minneapolis was not the result of foul play, Minneapolis police said Monday. Police say a neighbor found the boy hanging by his neck on a clothesline in north Minneapolis a few weeks ago.  He died a few days later at Children’s Hospital.  Minneapolis Police Department spokeswoman…
by Brandt Williams

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