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Twin Cities

No new charges against Metro Gang Strike Force

FBI and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman say the investigation on the Metro Gang Strike Force has concluded with no criminal charges. In 2010, police reached a $3 million civil settlement.
by Tim Nelson

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Metrodome roof replacement about 80 percent done

Metrodome roof replacement about 80 percent done

About 80 percent of the new roof being installed on the Metrodome in Minneapolis is in place. The new roof was needed after the old one collapsed under the weight of snow during a blizzard last December. MPR's Jim Bickal went inside the stadium earlier this week and got an update on the project.
by Jim Bickal

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St. Paul announces plan for riverfront makeover

St. Paul announces plan for riverfront makeover

The city of St. Paul has unveiled a sweeping plan for redeveloping the city's Mississippi riverfront. The renovation plan calls for a dramatic makeover that would make the area more natural, more urban and more connected. Don Ganje, the city's projects manager, talked with MPR's Tom Crann about the plan.
by Tom Crann

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Webster Magnet School: Minnesota's early experiment with voluntary desegregation

Webster Magnet School: Minnesota's early experiment with voluntary desegregation

Webster Elementary became the state's first magnet school in 1976, and 600 white children voluntarily bused in for enrichment programs that remained popular through the 1990s.
by Sasha Aslanian

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St. Paul magnet again at heart of district's struggle over race and achievement

St. Paul magnet again at heart of district's struggle over race and achievement

A struggling St. Paul elementary school that was once a beacon of racial integration and academic achievement hopes to re-invent itself again, this time taking a page from a successful Afrocentric charter school in north Minneapolis.
by Sasha Aslanian

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