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A St. Paul resident thought it seemed suspicious when he saw a man on his Merriam Park neighbor's back porch in the middle of the night, so he called police.

Three Minnesota soldiers died in a missile attack near Basra, Iraq, on Thursday.

Burnsville police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Wood Park on Thursday.

NEW YORK —Stocks ended little changed today but held onto enormous gains for the week. Investors are looking to another flood of corporate earnings reports next week to provide more signs that the economy is healing.

Maplewood police are looking for a man suspected of assaulting and attempting to rob a 57-year-old woman Thursday morning while she was on her routine walk around Beaver Lake.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in the south in an attack on a base outside Iraq's second largest city of Basra, and KSTP was reporting that the three were members of the Minnesota National Guard 34th Red Bull Infantry Division.

Homicide map: A comprehensive map of Minnesota homicides and links to crime stats, booking records and sex offender registrations.

FARGO, N.D. - Officials of the two largest hospitals in the Dakotas say their merger should give them leverage to handle major changes in the nation's health care system.

A 15-month-old boy placed in a playpen/crib became entangled in a window shade cord at a cottage on the Lake Superior shore and died, Duluth police said this afternoon.

Let me get this straight: the Jefferson County sheriff's office apparently allowed this "giant coke operation" to run for OVER TEN YEARS, … read more by their own admission, despite the fact that they apparently have a drug task force!

The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in the south in an attack on a base outside Iraq's second largest city of Basra.

Minnesota's state flower, the showy lady's slipper, can't help drawing attention. But lately, the beautiful wild orchid -- pink and white with a distinctive pouch-like shape -- has been attracting thieves.

The Minnesota Wild have signed veteran goaltender Wade Dubielewicz to add depth behind All-Star Niklas Backstrom.

According to Burnsville Police, a woman was sexually assaulted at Wood Park in Burnsville Thursday night.

A camp session in Minnesota for children with HIV or AIDS has been canceled after two volunteers tested positive for swine flu.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison said the U.S. government is trying to ensure the safe return of some of the young Somali-American men believed to be fighting with a terrorist group in their homeland.

A camping trip in eastern Minnesota for families affected by HIV/AIDS has been cancelled after two volunteers tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus.

Three Minnesota National Guard soldiers were killed Thursday evening at a military base near Basra in southern Iraq. They were from the 34th Infantry Division.

The nation's election administrators are determined to shorten the 2012 presidential contest by pressing for a later start to primary voting.

State officials shut down the Metro Gang Strike Force today, just a week after they kick-started the embattled gang unit, hoping to overcome a string of scandals.

A third-grade teacher at Bonner Elementary in Stewartville is charged with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly inappropriately touching two of his students...

Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman while walking in Wood Park in Burnsville Thursday evening...

An 18-year-old man from Lakeville has died after falling off a rock ledge while hiking in Chisago County...

Republicans running for Minnesota governor will face an early test in October, when state GOP delegates pick their favorites in a straw poll...

The nation's election administrators are determined to shorten the 2012 presidential contest by pressing for a later start to primary voting...

Traffic was held up for several hours Friday as lime-flavored beer gushed out of an overturned semitrailer truck on Madison's Far East Side.

A camp session in Minnesota for children with HIV or AIDS has been canceled after two volunteers tested positive for swine flu.

Minnesota's state flower, the showy lady's slipper, can't help drawing attention to itself. It's a beautiful wild orchid -- pink and white

A Lakeville teen has died after falling off a rock ledge while hiking in Chisago County. The sheriff's office on Friday identified the hiker

A St. Paul police officer has been placed on unpaid leave after being charged with assaulting his wife. Prosecutors say 42-year-

Minneapolis police are warning residents of several recent carjackings and robberies in the Longfellow neighborhood in the past week.

Police in Burnsville are investigating the sexual assault of a woman walking in alone in a park Thursday night.

A Lakeville teen died Thursday evening after falling off a rock ledge while hiking in Wednesday at Interstate Park in Taylors Falls, Minn.

At 1 p.m. Friday, Public Safety Commissioner Michael Campion shut down the Metro Gang Strike Force permanently.

A Minnesota DNR officer shot two broad-winged hawks Wednesday after the bird dive-bombed and attacked several people in Burnsville.

Delta Air Lines Inc. has filed applications to receive federal subsidies for air service to eight communities in the Midwest and Southeast, as the prolonged recession has made continuing service less economically viable. (DAL)

Citing weakness in industrial capital spending, MTS Systems Corp. announced Thursday it will cut 65 positions. (MTSC)

William Hawkins, the chairman and CEO of Medtronic, received $7.5 million in compensation in fiscal 2009, according to a company filing Friday. (MDT)

Target will open its third Hawaii store next Wednesday. (TGT)

Biotech investor Steve Burrill is out raising a $1 billion fund to support the massive bioscience project planned for Elk Run, near Rochester, though he said he has “no checks yet.”

I want to give a big "thank you" to the Southwest Journal and its staff for performing this valuable civic service. It is such an important responsibility of the press. A well informed public is the foundation of a strong democracy.

Thursday, August 20, 2009 6 – 9 p.m.

A major chunk of Interstate 35W will be closed this weekend. Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, all lanes of northbound I-35W will be shut down from Highway 62 to Downtown, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. All ramps on that stretch also will be closed.

With much of the region enduring drought conditions, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board [MPRB] is asking citizens to lend a hand — or, better yet, a hose.

When graffiti hits the walls in Lyndale this summer, two people are going to attack it like it’s their job — because it is. Minneapolis neighborhood groups have unleashed an arsenal of tactics over the years in the never-ending war on graffiti vandalism.

Gary King 15.JUL.09 BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - It could be the heat from an ATV’s muffler. Or a spark from farm machinery.

As a physician and member of the baby- boomer generation, I have had the privilege of seeing great advances in science and medicine that have impacted millions of people for the better.

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