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January 24, 2010 11:11 PM

Benton County bounces checks to employees, vendors

Benton County in central Minnesota bounced about 20 checks to employees and vendors this month.

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January 22, 2010 3:41 PM

Feds file antitrust suit against Dean Foods

The lawsuit says Dean's 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms USA's Consumer Products Division eliminates substantial competition in the sale of milk in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan.

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January 22, 2010 2:09 PM

Judge reduces damages in illegal file sharing case

A federal judge has drastically reduced the damages a Brainerd woman must pay for illegally copying music.

by Bob Kelleher

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January 22, 2010 11:26 AM

State Patrol: I-90 bus crash nearly much worse

The Minnesota State Patrol says a fatal charter bus crash on Interstate 90 last year narrowly missed being much worse.

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January 22, 2010 11:23 AM

Haiti earthquake survivors from Wahpeton come home

Wahpeton nurse Brenda Marzigliano and Georgia Dufault, a former Breckenridge, Minn., resident who now works in Moorhead, were stationed at a hospital about 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince when the quake hit.

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January 22, 2010 11:19 AM

Snowmobiler killed by truck in southern Minn.

Steele County Sheriff Gary Ringhofer says the 64-year-old man died Thursday afternoon while crossing a road on his snowmobile.

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January 22, 2010 10:15 AM

Ely bear gives birth to cub on den webcam

Researchers watching the black bear's den near Ely announced the birth online and noted the high-pitched cries of a newly born bear cub on the center's webcam.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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January 22, 2010 3:00 AM

Concerns over coyotes have some considering bounties

Growing concerns over Minnesota's coyote population affecting livestock farming, some are considering a law that allows legal bounties on the predator to encourage increased hunting.

by Mark Steil

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January 22, 2010 3:00 AM

Cleanup of problematic Excel Dairy may be far off

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it won't re-issue a permit for the Excel Dairy farm in northwestern Minnesota, in effect shutting it down, but that doesn't mean the foul-smelling and overflowing manure pits will be cleaned up anytime soon.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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January 21, 2010 4:55 PM

Black bear about to bear cubs live on Internet

A black bear named Lily is may be about to give birth in the wild live on the Internet.

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