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Should the definition of marriage be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court or the Minnesota Legislature?

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Minnesota Legislature are deliberating the definition of marriage. Either institution could take action to legalize same-sex marriage and extend equal benefits to all married couples. Today’s Question: Should the definition of marriage be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court or the Minnesota Legislature? Same-sex marriage at the…
by Michael Olson

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Developer eyes old jail for apartments

It might not be the first place you'd imagine calling home, but a Duluth developer wants to turn the city's former St. Louis County Jail into apartments.

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Vandals spray-paint Minneapolis synagogue

Workers spent the day Wednesday removing graffiti from Temple Israel synagogue in Minneapolis. The vandalism happened on the second night of Passover, but it doesn't appear to be anti-Semitic.
by Matt Sepic

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Are you concerned that technology is making your job less secure?

The Internet is making us poor, asserts Christopher Mims, science and technology writer for Quartz. “History is littered with technological transitions,” he says. “Many of them seemed at the time to threaten mass unemployment of one type of worker or another, whether it was buggy whip makers or, more recently, travel agents. But here’s what’s…
by Michael Olson

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Southern Minn. ethanol plant may be sold

An ethanol company says it may sell a plant it owns in Fairmont, in southern Minnesota. It's the latest indication of the ethanol industry's financial troubles.
by Mark Steil

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Vikings stadium takes spotlight in first Minneapolis mayoral debate

Vikings stadium takes spotlight in first Minneapolis mayoral debate

Five leading DFL candidates for Minneapolis mayor outlined their positions on taxes, public safety and stadium funding today. The candidates met for the first debate in the city's most hotly contested mayoral race in a generation.
by Curtis Gilbert

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At Bridging, Fran Heitzman connects the needy with furnishings others discard

At Bridging, Fran Heitzman connects the needy with furnishings others discard

A non-profit founded in 1987 by the 88-year-old Heitzman at a suburban Twin Cities church, Bridging has grown into one of North America's largest furniture stores in which customers too poor to pay can shop for free.
by Dan Olson

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Appetites: Crave Brothers make a mean, green cheese

Appetites: Crave Brothers make a mean, green cheese

It's easy to think of local cheese as an old-fashioned, traditional food but the face of upper Midwestern cheese-making is changing to catch some new waves of flavor... and green energy.
by Tom Crann

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