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Minneapolis not bidding for Olympics

8:48 PM, Feb 21, 2013

The City of Minneapolis is not bidding to host the Summer Olympics. Mayor R.T. Rybak sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic Committee saying he appreciates the interest in hosting the 2024 games but

Olympian Oscar Pistorius charged with murder of girlfriend

9:06 AM, Feb 14, 2013

Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside the Olympic athlete's home in South Africa.

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1 child killed, 2 rescued after gravel slide at St. Paul park

Authorities say one child is dead and another is still missing after at a gravel slide at Lilydale Park in St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon.

4:19 PM, May 22, 2013

State corrections employees 'falling through the cracks'

A former Minnesota Department of Corrections employee who no longer can work because of a prison assault could lose his employee insurance.

2:07 PM, May 22, 2013

Body pulled from Mississippi identified as missing Wis. teen

A body pulled from the Mississippi River in St. Paul Tuesday morning has been identified as a Wisconsin teen who authorities say jumped from a bridge.

1:29 PM, May 22, 2013

Man killed in head-on crash near Howard Lake

A 66-year-old man is dead after driving into oncoming traffic on State Highway 12 near Howard Lake.

8:08 AM, May 22, 2013

Police recover backpacks of 2 kidnapped Iowa girls

Investigators searching for a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was abducted this week have recovered her backpack along with one belonging to a 12-year-old who escaped from the kidnapper.

1:25 PM, May 22, 2013

How much new tax will high-income MN residents pay? Depends

A narrow band of Minnesotans will pay a higher income tax under the new state budget. How much more? That depends.

9:56 AM, May 22, 2013

Minn. teen songwriter Zach Sobiech loses battle with cancer

Zach Sobiech amazed those around him with his unwavering love of life and music, pursuing both with as much energy as he could muster while fighting a battle with terminal cancer.

10:20 AM, May 21, 2013

Minn. native loses horses in Oklahoma tornado

From 800 miles away, the images of Mother Nature's wrath in Oklahoma are breathtaking. From a few blocks, they're something else entirely.

9:39 PM, May 21, 2013

FBI fatally shoots man potentially tied to Boston bomber

A Florida man, believed to be an ethnic Chechen, was fatally shot Wednesday by an FBI agent who was questioning him about his ties to the Boston bombing suspects and about an unsolved 2011 triple murder in Waltham, Mass

1:17 PM, May 22, 2013