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The announcement of an arrest in the 33-year-old abduction case of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City has given the family of Minnesota kidnap victim Jacob Wetterling hope. Jacob's mother, Patty Wetterling, told KARE 11 Friday that "in almost every missing child's case, somebody else knows," and now is the time for that "somebody" to come forward.
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May 25, 2012Touchdown: Council approves Vikings stadium plan
The plan to construct a gleaming new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings cleared its final political hurdle Friday. As expected, the Minneapolis City Council gave its approval to legislation for the $1 billion project -- and die-hard fans immediately began celebrating. Mayor R.T. Rybak joined them for a drink from a horn.
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining measure purposefully divided Wisconsinites as the two recall election candidates debated Friday night in Milwaukee -- and that was only one of the hot topics discussed during the high profile event.
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May 25, 2012Get ready to swat: Mosquito season under way
The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District says with all the rainfall this month, mosquitoes are just itching to get at your skin. With the skeeter season fully under way, KARE 11 asked everyday folks what they use to keep the little buzzers at bay.
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Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies attempting to carry out an eviction at a foreclosed home in Minneapolis Friday arrested five Occupy Our Homes members after the protesters barricaded themselves in the residence. The family facing the eviction was not home at the time, deputies said.
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The Minnesota Board of Animal Health places a deer farm in Ramsey County under quarantine after a two-year-old red female from a 500-deer herd tests positive for chronic wasting disease. CWD, which can fatally affect the species' brain and nerve tissue, hasn't been detected in a farmed cervidae in Minnesota since 2009.
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President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday that voids a recent Defense Department program change that would have reduced the amount of post-deployment leave soldiers were eligible for. The action would have affected Minnesota National Guard's 1/34th Brigade Combat Team. The bipartisan legislation was backed by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. John Kline.
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Minnesota-based cereal maker Mom Brands Co. has filed suit in Hennepin County against an Illinois ingredient supplier, which claims it suffered losses due to a recall in 2010 of its Malt-O-Meal Marshmallow Mateys cereal. MOM Brands has accused DMH Ingredients Inc. of selling them a bad batch of a Vitamin C supplement that contained a substance used in antifreeze.
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A fiery collision between a car and semitrailer hauling ammunition resulted in one fatality Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 61 in Winona. The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports firefighters from five cities were called in to fight the blazing wreckage. Killed in the crash was an 87-year-old who was driving the wrong way.
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May 25, 2012CDC: Most states not spending enough on tobacco prevention
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One exception is Minnesota, where investments in reducing tobacco use have led to smoking declines.
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Madison Marathon organizers have called off Sunday's 26.2 mile race because of concern about the heat. Temperatures are expected to be in the 90s.
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The historically deadly Memorial Day weekend will likely bring the state's death toll on the roads to 100. The good news, said the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, is that the preliminary count of 99 traffic deaths in the state so far in 2012 is down six percent from a year ago.
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May 25, 201212 tips to keep kids safe this summer
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With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota compiled a list of basic tips, with help from our injury prevention experts, to keep kids safe all summer long. Together, we can make safe simple.
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May 25, 2012Looking for fun on Memorial Day?
There's lots to do around the state this holiday weekend, and there's still time to plan. Here's a quick roundup.
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George and Bill Ficocello, owners of Ficocello's Salon in downtown St. Paul, are leaving the family-owned shop they started in 1972. They could write a book about the napes and stubble of the city's political elite who were among loyal customers, but they don't plan to. Keeping generations of political secrets was part of the job.
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May 25, 2012Don’t Fry Day is today
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Board Certified Dermatologist Dr. Cynthia Bailey tells you how to avoid sunburn and make the most of your Memorial Day Weekend.
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Prank gone overboard? East High School in Duluth was struck early Friday by vandals who plastered the building and grounds with obscene spray paintings, eggs and toilet paper. There was so much to clean up that a school official estimated the damage would reach felony-level.
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May 25, 2012Power up with healthy eating
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Who is that guy in the mirror? George Vander Weit of Prior Lake, Minnesota, had no idea when he looked at his reflection shortly after his two children were born. “I didn’t recognize who I was seeing. I didn’t know how I had gotten this way.”
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May 25, 2012Gun Permits Up Among Minn. Women
In 2011, more than 3,000 women applied for a permit to carry a handgun. In 2008, according the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, that number was about 1,000 less.
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May 25, 2012Another house burns down in Savage
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Mdewakanton Emergency Services provides mutual aid assistance to area fire departments upon request. Mdewakanton Emergency Services, a full-time, professional fire department staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota.
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The leaders of Pine City really love their town, and they'll proudly boast of all its attributes, from a rich history rooted in the rail and logging booms to some of the finest trails in the nation. It is a delightful place of culture, art, lakes, the Snake River, festivals and prosperity. But there's more to Pine City -- something in particular that may surprise you.
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For 70 years, Dianne Dally and her mother, Gladys Streed, shared the same Dec. 12 birthday. On Wednesday, Dally, 70, died at LakeWood Health Center in Baudette, Minn. Streed, 96, told her daughter “I love you," gave her one last kiss, and died in the same hospital four hours later. Dally’s son Miles Carlson said his mother died after a cancer battle. His grandmother, he said, died from complications of pneumonia and possibly shock.
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May 25, 2012Minneapolis approves single-sort recycling
The Minneapolis City Council has voted in favor of single-sort -- or you might call it no-sort -- recycling. The Friday vote clears the way for residents to throw all their cans, glass, plastic and newspapers into one bin for recycling, instead of having to separating them out.
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May 25, 2012Iron Ranger offers perspective on copper-nickel mining
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State officials are still months away from a decision on allowing permits for proposed copper mines in northern Minnesota, but the issue continues to resonant with many groups. Iron Range blogger Aaron Brown joined The Daily Circuit to talk about the issue.
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May 25, 2012What happened to that drought?
It was not long ago that 96 percent of Minnesota was short on soil moisture. Yeah, that's not such a problem these days. We're looking for a little sunshine to dry out soggy roads, farm fields, and newsrooms.
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May 25, 2012Stolen cemetery vases found in Minneapolis park
The thieves who stole more than 100 vases from Twin Cities gravesites may have had a change of heart. Or more likely, their attempt to turn the bronze booty into cash was foiled by alert scrap metal dealers or curious park patrons. Two people called Minneapolis park police at 8:45 p.m. Thursday when they noticed nine plastic bins covered with cardboard in the parking lot of the Camden boat launch in North Mississippi Regional Park.
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May 25, 2012Edina student turns documentary camera on bullies
Edina High School senior Alec Fischer connected his own experiences with bullying and his love of filmmaking with a documentary film titled "Minnesota Nice?" Fischer said it "calls for student awareness to the issue [of bullying] and lets students know that their voice can make a difference."
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With the price of its 10-month-old lockout falling by the day and thousands of workers seeking jobs under the terms rejected by union employees, American Crystal Sugar has no plans – and little incentive – to budge from the contract offer it’s had on the table since last fall.
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May 25, 2012Toddler hospitalized after bite by 170-pound dog
An 18-month-old girl was bitten on the face by a grandparent's mastiff-breed dog at a St. Paul home. The family asked that the dog be destroyed.
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What caused Northwest flight 2501 bound for Minneapolis in June 1950 to crash is one of the greatest aviation mysteries the nation has ever known. Fifty-eight people died when the plane crashed into the icy waters of Lake Michigan. The airplane was never found, but Raph Wilbanks, one of the nation's top sonar operators, along with novelist Clive Cussler, continue to search for it. One Minnesota woman whose father died on the plan still looks for answers.
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May 25, 2012Koch-Brodkorb scandal legal tab at $46,150
Legal bills for the Minnesota Senate over the firing of a high-ranking staffer so far total $46,150 -- and counting. The Associated Press obtained an invoice Friday for work by an outside attorney retained to defend the Senate over the firing of Michael Brodkorb.
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Minnesota's corn crop is off to a good start and could contribute to a record U.S. harvest. But uncertainty over prices has farmers wondering if a bountiful harvest might cost them more than they can sell their corn for.
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A poll of 406 likely voters in the past week shows 50 percent favor Republican Gov. Scott Walker and 45 percent support Democrat Tom Barrett. The margin of error is 5 percentage points, so the race could be considered a dead heat. The two will meet for two debates, the first of which is Friday night in Milwaukee.
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May 25, 2012Coyotes kill 2 dogs in St. Louis Park
St. Louis Park Police confirmed that two dogs were killed by coyotes in separate attacks within the past few weeks. Amy Steffes said a coyote took her dog from her family's backyard, and she tried to follow it. "I could see him in the coyote's mouth," she said.
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May 25, 2012Brainerd taps sewers for energy
When people in Brainerd run the dishwater, or take hot showers, they not only use energy, they create it. The water they use and the waste they flush down toilets all flows to the sewer, which not surprisingly can be a pretty warm place - and heat can generate energy.
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May 24, 2012More Minnesotans head for Afghanistan
Just three weeks after President Barack Obama said all troops would be out of Afghanistan by 2014, friends and family said goodbye to members to 124 members of the 257th Military Police Company in Monticello Wednesday.
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May 24, 2012Crazy day at the BringMeTheNews office!
There are plenty of curveballs thrown at you when you're running a company, but this one totally came out of the blue. It started with a phone call before 6 a.m....
