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August 6, 2010 5:22 PM

Electrolux, Muslim workers settle dispute over Ramadan

Electrolux has settled a religious accommodation complaint filed against the freezer manufacturer's St. Cloud plant.

by Ambar Espinoza and Madeleine Baran

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August 4, 2010 4:02 PM

Emmer, DFLers skirmish over budget, biofuels at Farmfest

The three Democratic candidates for governor took aim at Republican Tom Emmer on Wednesday, using a forum at Farmfest near Redwood Falls to criticize Emmer's no-taxes pledge as short-sighted.

by Tom Scheck

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August 3, 2010 3:59 PM

Spiny waterfleas discovered in lake near Ely

Spiny waterfleas have been discovered in Burntside Lake near Ely. Although the water fleas are small, they pose threats to lake life.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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August 3, 2010 3:53 PM

Duluth nurses stage informational picket

About 100 nurses and their supporters picketed Duluth's St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon, because little progress has been made in their contract talks with Duluth's two hospital systems.

by Bob Kelleher

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July 30, 2010 11:52 AM

Flaws fixed at new, empty state building in St. Peter

A new state nursing home for prisoners in St. Peter could finally open in October, three years after it was projected to be ready for aging convicts.

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July 29, 2010 4:14 PM

New product could remove common herbicide from drinking water

Two University of Minnesota graduates have come up with a product to remove the herbicide atrazine from drinking water.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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July 28, 2010 6:41 AM

Teen hit by lightning during storms

A teenager jogging along a parkway in Duluth was hit by lightning when a storm rolled through northeastern Minnesota.

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July 27, 2010 4:33 PM

Cass Lake supt. charged with sexual assault of teen

The superintendent of Cass Lake-Bena schools was charged Tuesday with sexually assualting a 17-year-old boy.

by Tom Robertson

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July 27, 2010 4:25 PM

Hutchinson Tech to trim costs, cut more jobs

Disk-drive components maker Hutchinson Technology says it is cutting costs by $25 million. The company said it expects to cut 80 jobs in Minnesota.

by Ambar Espinoza

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July 26, 2010 5:23 PM

Dark matter experiment leaving northern Minn. mine

Physicists plan to relocate an internationally-renowned underground laboratory near Ely to a deeper site in Canada by 2013.

by Madeleine Baran

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