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April 20, 2011 1:30 PM

Minneapolis fireman injured in explosion is finalist in TV contest

Jacob LaFerriere was searching for victims in a burning house, when an explosion threw him across the room.

by Brandt Williams

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April 20, 2011 10:30 AM

A posthumous award for St. Paul’s “environmental steward”

The city of St. Paul awards 12 sustainability do-gooders, including a man who died last month.

by Laura Yuen

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April 20, 2011 5:43 AM

Shari’s sense of University Avenue humor

Two lanes of University Avenue are missing and several feet of earth have been removed creating a kind of no man's land populated with folks piloting heavy equipment.

by Dan Olson

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April 19, 2011 10:55 AM

Twin Cities light rail funds “expected” next week

It's a big pay when and if that happens. The $954 million CCLRT project, by one estimate, includes about $380 million that will be spent by contractors to employ more than 3000 workers.

by Dan Olson

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April 18, 2011 4:00 AM

Minneapolis tree mapping: How does your neighborhood measure up?

Nearly a third of the land in Minneapolis is tree canopy, according to a new University of Minnesota study.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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April 17, 2011 2:26 PM

Sociable guerilla bagging comes to the Twin Cities

Morsbags, a phenomenon launched in Britain to encourage the creation of pretty, reuseable cloth shopping bags, has hit St. Paul.

by Sasha Aslanian

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April 15, 2011 10:06 AM

For clarity’s sake: Mahdi, Ahmed, Abdirahman

There are three people central to this latest development in the deadly Seward Market shooting case. All three of these people share the last name "Ali" -- however, only two of them are related.

by Brandt Williams

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April 14, 2011 6:30 PM

Golden age of Twin Cities transit?

How would an extended period of $4 gasoline, should it occur, will alter the picture?

by Dan Olson

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April 13, 2011 11:54 AM

Minneapolis school district gets graded

The 87-page report, authored by Robert Schiller, offers observations and recommendations for all the district's departments.

by Brandt Williams

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April 13, 2011 9:49 AM

A budget story told through bumper stickers

Political divisions are usually invisible to the naked eye driving from one community to the next. Tune in to the bumper stickers.

by Sasha Aslanian

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