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Accused Vise Thrower Arrested After Charged In 14 Cases
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 39-year-old Bloomington man has been arrested after being charged with first-degree damage to property and first-degree assault for 14 separate crimes. Gerret Parks was arrested...
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‘CCOffee Break: Costa Coffee
(credit: Holly Wagner) It’s been a while since I have been able to write a coffee blog. If you watch our morning show on a regular basis you may have heard I just got married. Simply put, it was the...
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Twins Sign LHP Perkins To 3-Year Extension
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Left-handed pitcher Glen Perkins has signed a three-year extension with the Minnesota Twins. The deal is worth a guaranteed $10.3 million through the 2015 season, the team said...
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Husband Of Woman Slain In Fargo Arrested
FARGO, N.D. (WCCO/AP) – Authorities say they located the husband of a North Dakota woman found dead in her apartment by tracking his credit cards. Police said they arrested 49-year-old Henry Leo...
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Minneapolis’ 1st Brewery Taproom Opens On Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The first brewery taproom in Minneapolis will open on Saturday, following last year’s passage of the so-called “Surly Bill.” The bill cleared the way for breweries to sell beer for...
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White Sox Hope Chris Sale Can Transition From Bullpen To Back End Of Rotation
(Credit: Harry How/Getty Images) By David Heck, Special to CBS Local Sports CBS Local Sports will be profiling one young player from each Major League Baseball team every day for the next 30 days as...
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Mpls: Street Homelessness Down 40 Percent
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Despite the lingering recession and the devastation brought to Minneapolis by last summer’s tornado, the city says that a group effort between it, Hennepin County and many...
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DNR: Bald Eagles Return As Sign Of The Seasons
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – As the ice on lakes, rivers and sidewalks continues to melt, another sign of spring is on the wing: bald eagles. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says bald eagles may be...
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Bills Launches Minn. Senate Bid, Eyes Paul Backers
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — A freshman state legislator joined a Republican field seeking a U.S. Senate seat Thursday, setting his sights on a robust Minnesota network for presidential candidate Ron Paul...
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Wander Minnesota: A Touch Of The Irish
Much is made of Minnesota’s Scandinavian heritage, but there’s plenty of Irish spirit (real or borrowed) this time of year. Yup, it’s time for St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re in a parade kind of mood,...
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ND Officials Protest Added MN Cost On Coal Power
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Top North Dakota officials are renewing their protest of a Minnesota plan to raise the price of electric power that’s generated by coal. Minnesota regulators require utilities to...
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Woman Accused Of Mailing Puppy Deemed Incompetent
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 40-year-old woman charged with trying send a puppy through the mail has been deemed incompetent. Stacey Champion was supposed to go on trial last July on two misdemeanor charges...
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Mother, Daughter Help Others Fight Breast Cancer
WINDOM, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota mother and daughter trying to raise money to help others fight breast cancer heard some very good news recently. The equipment they so desperately wanted in their...
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Slippery Start Lands At Least 30 In Hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We didn’t get much snow Thursday morning, but it was just enough to make conditions slippery outside for both commuters and pedestrians. A spokesperson with Hennepin County Medical...
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Bruising Gay-Marriage Showdowns In MN, Other States
(AP) – Foes and supporters of same-sex marriage are gearing up for five costly and bruising statewide showdowns in the coming months on an issue that evenly divides Americans. It’s an election year...
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Dem Clark Says She’ll Run In Minn. 8th Primary
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A candidate in Minnesota’s closely watched 8th congressional district race says she’ll take her campaign for the Democratic nomination directly to a summer primary. Former state...
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‘U’ Honors 3 For Excellence In Agriculture
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The University of Minnesota on Thursday awarded its annual Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture to a longtime state agriculture commissioner, an economist who works to...
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Emotional ‘U’ Regent Steps Down
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A University of Minnesota regent has given up his position on the board after its members forced Steve Sviggum to choose between his regent post or his job with the Senate...
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Kevin Love Joins The NBA MVP Talk
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One by one, Kevin Love recites the weaknesses that everyone expected to prevent him from becoming an elite player in the NBA. It started with doubts that the doughy UCLA freshman...
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WR Ge’Shun Harris Dismissed From Gopher Football Team
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Gopher wide receiver Ge’Shun Harris has been dismissed from the University of Minnesota football program, head coach Jerry Kill said Thursday. Kill said Harris was dismissed for...
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