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January 7, 2013 11:40 AM

Mpls police: children ducked while bullets flew over basketball court

A coach who was in the park at the time of the shooting says he instructed his team to lie flat on the ground until the shots stopped.

by Brandt Williams

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January 4, 2013 9:59 AM

St. Paul Macy’s out, but Sears wants to expand

Sears is planning to expand its Rice Street location.

by Laura Yuen

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January 2, 2013 5:34 AM

Cartoon cats appear on Grand Ave.

The smiling faces of a lion and a tiger now frame the entrance to Creative Kidstuff in St. Paul. It took an act of the City Council to build them.

by Curtis Gilbert

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December 31, 2012 10:42 AM

Charges filed in case of 19 guns found in minivan

According to the complaint, Richfield police officers found Anderson sleeping in a minivan full of 19 rifles and shotguns - some of them loaded.

by Brandt Williams

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December 28, 2012 6:27 AM

Don Samuels mulls mayoral bid

A third city council member expresses interest in taking over from R.T. Rybak.

by Curtis Gilbert

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December 27, 2012 9:00 AM

Minneapolis man allegedly caught with AR-15 rifle and meth

Police say 22-year-old Eric Campion told them he took his rifle outside because "he was going down to help the police and he couldn't find his pistol".

by Brandt Williams

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December 27, 2012 4:37 AM

Rock of ages

The McFarlane line of master stone carvers ends with Dean; there's not a family member waiting in the wings to carry on the craft.

by Dan Olson

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December 26, 2012 3:00 AM

Who remembers the Jam Line?

My reporter's notebook on telling the Jam Line story.

by Sasha Aslanian

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December 24, 2012 8:00 AM

Mpls police arrest admitted gang member with three ‘assault rifles’

Minneapolis police officers searched a north Minneapolis home and found three "SKS 7.62 x .39mm assault rifles and a Luger .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun."

by Brandt Williams

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December 19, 2012 11:15 AM

Bottineau LRT corridor: Wildlife oasis or mattress dump?

A Golden Valley resident shares a visual sampling of the critters she's spotted in her wooded cul-de-sac overlooking a proposed light-rail corridor.

by Laura Yuen

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