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Mobile broadband boosts Minnesota access figures

Mobile broadband boosts Minnesota access figures

Those tracking broadband speeds in Minnesota say some mobile service recipients have fast enough connections to count toward the state goal of ubiquitous high-speed Internet connections by 2015. As a result, three-quarters of households now have access, by that definition.
by Dave Peters

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Are you working too much?

Image by Vik-Thor via Flickr “In 2013, Americans only used 10 out of 14 vacation days, leaving more than 577 million days untouched, according to an Expedia survey of 8,535 people across 24 countries. That’s more than twice as many as the year before,” writes Lauren Davidson in Quartz. What’s their excuse? More than a Read more →
by Michael Olson

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Minneapolis police investigate possible gang connection to Epic killing

Gang violence may behind the death of a man shot inside Epic nightclub Nov. 3, according to court documents filed recently in Hennepin County District Court. Police say Tyrone Washington Jr., 27, was shot in the downtown club and found dead outside on the sidewalk around 1 a.m.  Homicide investigator Sgt. Emily Dunphy states in Read more →
by Brandt Williams

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Trial date set in battle to preserve historic Kasson school

Trial date set in battle to preserve historic Kasson school

The fight to save a historic public school building in Kasson, Minn. will go to trial on January 6, 2014 in Olmsted County District Court. Earlier this year, two residents filed a lawsuit against the city after officials revived plans to demolish the structure and build a new library. Both sides met last week but failed Read more →
by Elizabeth Baier

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Varsity Theater picked as best restroom in America

Varsity Theater picked as best restroom in America

Dinkytown’s Varsity Theater has the best restrooms in America right now. That’s according to Cintas, a Cincinnati-based restroom supplier and service company. The Varsity’s bathroom joins the ranks of the Field Museum in Chicago, Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio, and the Grand Casino in Biloxi, Miss. “The restroom is absolutely phenomenal…We’ve described it Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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How do you weigh equal treatment of gay couples against free expression?

How do you weigh equal treatment of gay couples against free expression?

“A New Mexico law forbids businesses open to the public to discriminate against gay people. Elaine Huguenin, a photographer, says she has no problem with that — so long as it does not force her to say something she does not believe,” writes in the New York Times. “In asking the Supreme Court to hear Read more →
by Michael Olson

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Vote could eliminate 'blood quantum' rule for White Earth Band of Ojibwe

Vote could eliminate 'blood quantum' rule for White Earth Band of Ojibwe

Should blood determine who is in the White Earth Band of Ojibwe? Tribal members on Tuesday will get the final say. If approved, the new constitution would scrap "blood quantum" and instead use family lineage to decide who is a member.
by Dan Gunderson

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Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office slowly diversifying deputy ranks

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) began keeping track of the race and gender of its civilian and sworn personnel in 2008.  According to the data I received from the HCSO for the Lt. June Johnson discrimination complaint story, the numbers of women and racial minorities have increased slightly over the years since then.  The Read more →
by Brandt Williams

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