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September 24, 2018 at 2:21 pm

Appeals court sides with North Dakota in voter ID dispute

A federal appeals court Monday blocked a lower court ruling expanding the kinds of proof of identity that voters can use in North Dakota elections,...

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September 20, 2018 at 11:28 pm

Early voting begins as midterms season enters final phase

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Much of the political world is consumed with a battle over a Supreme Court nominee, an expanding international trade war and President...

September 7, 2018 at 1:07 pm

New Housley campaign ad features NHL Hall of Fame husband

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Karin Housley launched a campaign ad Friday that invokes her husband's hockey celebrity as she tries to close the gap in...

September 6, 2018 at 9:18 am

Feds lift roadblock to copper mining near Boundary Waters

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday lifted a roadblock to copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota, reversing...

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FILE – This April 10, 1996, file photo shows one of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” on display during a media tour of the “America’s Smithsonian” traveling exhibition in Kansas City, Mo. Federal authorities say they have recovered a pair of ruby slippers worn by Garland that were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., in August 2005 when someone went through a window and broke into the small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File) CER101 CER101

September 4, 2018 at 4:03 am

Sting operation recovered Dorothy’s stolen ruby slippers

Rhys Thomas, author of "The Ruby Slippers of Oz," called the shoes "the Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia."

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September 2, 2018 at 8:04 am

Chinese billionaire Liu of JD.com arrested in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, was arrested in Minneapolis on...

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August 29, 2018 at 9:24 am

Veterans affairs secretary vows not to privatize agency

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The new secretary of veterans affairs pledged to the American Legion on Wednesday that he won't privatize his agency's health care services...

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August 24, 2018 at 1:57 pm

Prince’s family sues doctor who prescribed him pain pills

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of the late rock star Prince is suing a doctor who prescribed pain pills for him, saying the doctor failed...

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August 23, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Protracted Minnesota Sex Offender Program suit comes to end

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A long-running class-action lawsuit over the constitutionality of Minnesota's civil commitment program for sex offenders effectively ended Thursday when a federal judge...

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August 22, 2018 at 7:12 am

Feds: Man charged in Minnesota stabbing was in US illegally

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in Minnesota before slashing his own throat re-entered the U.S. illegally after being deported...

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