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Gun trouble again for subject of MPR firearms series

Gun trouble again for subject of MPR firearms series

Last month, Minneapolis police officers arrested Jiyaad Copeland, 21, after they allegedly found a Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic pistol in a car he was riding in.  According to the complaint, Copeland was sitting in the right rear seat of a black Dodge Durango and the gun was found under the right front passenger seat, “with…
by Brandt Williams

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Members become lenders at Wrenshall produce farm

Members become lenders at Wrenshall produce farm

After a financial crisis, a farm owned by Rick and Karola Dalens is back on solid ground. With more than 100 member-customers, Northern Harvest Farm is one of 15 Community Supported Agriculture produce farms that have sprouted in the Northland. CSA farms are different than traditional market farms because farmers earn an established income from members buying shares at the beginning of each growing year.

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Midwestern invitational art exhibit marks 54 years in Moorhead

Midwestern invitational art exhibit marks 54 years in Moorhead

  The Rourke Art Museum’s Midwestern Invitational Exhibit is one of the longest running invitational art shows in the country.  This is the 54th consecutive year artists with a Midwest connection have been invited to create works around a theme. This year 89 artists from across the Midwest and beyond submitted works around the theme…
by Dan Gunderson

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Is NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a patriot?

Is NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a patriot?

“The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything,” Snowden said in explaining his actions. “With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife’s phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get…
by Michael Olson

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Farmers warned after anthrax kills Minn. cow

A cow in northwest Minnesota has died from anthrax, the first case in Minnesota in five years. Anthrax spores occur naturally in the ground, and recent heavy rains may have brought the anthrax to the surface.
by Mark Steil

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What level of domestic snooping by the government is acceptable?

What level of domestic snooping by the government is acceptable?

The US government is collecting the phone records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court order. Read the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order here via The Guardian “It’s an overstatement to say that it’s beginning to look like President George W. Bush’s fourth term, writes NPR’s Frank James. Still, that…
by Michael Olson

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Charges: Tax preparer failed to file his own

A tax preparer who has completed hundreds of returns over the years, is charged in Aitkin County with failing to file his own tax returns.

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