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Troubled St. Paul crime lab: Officials knew of problems, new documents show

Troubled St. Paul crime lab: Officials knew of problems, new documents show

Nearly 700 pages of internal St. Paul Police Department emails offer more evidence that top officials knew about problems with the crime lab's drug testing unit months before it was shut down.
by Madeleine Baran

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Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports be legalized?

With his admission in an interview to be broadcast tonight, bicycling superstar Lance Armstrong joins a crowd of prominent athletes caught using performance-enhancing drugs. Today’s Question: Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports be legalized?
by Eric Ringham

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Duluth icebreaker keeps winter maritime traffic moving

Duluth icebreaker keeps winter maritime traffic moving

Believe it or not, there are still ships on the Great Lakes headed for Duluth even though the harbor there is clotted with ice. Their routes are made possible by the Coast Guard Cutter Alder.
by Dan Kraker

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White Earth Nation vote could end 'blood quantum' tribal membership requirement

White Earth Nation vote could end 'blood quantum' tribal membership requirement

The White Earth Band of Ojibwe in northwestern Minnesota could become the first member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to revise its constitution and completely change the rules for who can be a tribal member.
by Tom Robertson

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Appetites: New batch of taprooms serving up in NE Minneapolis 'brew district'

Appetites: New batch of taprooms serving up in NE Minneapolis 'brew district'

There's something serious brewing in northeast Minneapolis. The bar story of 2012 was the explosion of taprooms in the Twin Cities. As the New Year begins the pace isn't slowing.
by Tom Crann

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Minneapolis ups its response to sex trafficking

Six months after passing a resolution formally requesting Backpage.com stop running ads that law enforcement says contributes to minors being sold for sex, the city council received its first report on the police department’s response to trafficking. The jist of it: since February 2011, 19 defendants have been charged with trafficking and 18 girls were…
by Rupa Shenoy

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Photography is transformative magic for Xavier Tavera

Photography is transformative magic for Xavier Tavera

Photography is magic. That's how Xavier Tavera describes the art form. It can snatch up a split-second of life and turn it into an everlasting moment. Then there's the way it bridges the gap between strangers.
by Nikki Tundel

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