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Twin Cities

NWS confirms four tornadoes touched down Wednesday

The National Weather Service has confirmed that four weak tornadoes touched down in the Twin Cities area Wednesday, bringing winds between 70 mph and 85 mph.

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Lutheran decision on gay clergy still pending

Lutheran decision on gay clergy still pending

Tom Crann talks to John Brooks, the news director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America communication services, about the decisions this week on whether member churches should be allowed to hire ministers in committed same-sex relationships as clergy.
by Tom Crann

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Tyesha Edwards' killer gets new sentence

A gang member convicted a second time in the shooting death of an 11-year-old Minneapolis girl will get a new sentence. But that sentence change won't allow him to get out of prison any time soon.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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Video: Tornado in Minneapolis

Tom Clark, a meteorologist for television station WNEP in Moosic, Penn., captured video of a tornado moving across south Minneapolis with his iPhone on August 19, 2009. Clark was visiting his daughter in Minneapolis. The storm toppled trees, damaged buildings and flooded Twin Cities highways Wednesday, though no injuries were reported.

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