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Wolf bites boy's head in Minnesota's first documented wolf attack [GRAPHIC PHOTO] 27 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
According to the DNR, on Saturday morning, a boy was lying down near the lakeshore of Lake Winnibigoshish in West Winnie Campground when he approached and bitten in the head by a wolf....
Bomb threat closes CVS Pharmacy at Franklin and Nicollet, but no bomb found 27 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
-- Updates at bottom --Bomb threats sent via email and phone calls have prompted the closure of the CVS Pharmacy at Franklin and Nicollet avenues in south Minneapolis.According to a WCCO report...
Anoka-Hennepin locking all doors to elementaries during school days this year 27 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
In the wake of the horrific Newtown school shooting, Anoka-Hennepin Schools is introducing new measures this school year in hopes nothing like that ever happens at one of its elementaries.SEE ALS...
Suicide note allegedly part of Stillwater prison breakout scheme 26 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
It wasn't as cunning as The Great Escape, but who can say it wasn't bold?A Stillwater Prison inmate is accused of causing a weeklong lockdown after officials were tipped off to his plan to bust...
MPD "suspicious" north Mpls stops spike along with violent crime 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
An increased police presence in north Minneapolis hasn't correlated with a decrease in violent crime so far this year. In fact, quite the opposite.SEE ALSO: Blacks in Minnesota 8 times more likel...
Green Line test trains now running down University Avenue [IMAGES] 26 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Three years and nearly a billion dollars later, the Central Corridor is (almost) up and running.RELATED: First train trip down Central Corridor tracks is in the books [PHOTOS] Green Line LRT tra...
Two dead following shooting in Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis 26 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
Two adult men are dead following a shooting in an alley between the 2600 blocks of Cedar and 18th Avenues in the Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis.SEE ALSO: Bradlee Dean calls south Mp...
Katherine Kersten's bizarre plot to kill your dog: A moral history 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Minnesotans woke up to the stark news Sunday that Katherine Kersten wanted them to kill their dogs.The column in the Star Tribune's opinion section, titled "Put people before dogs," is a good stu...
Controversial crop art at the Minnesota State Fair: Who decides what's OK to display? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Journalist David Brauer was walking through the crop art exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday when he tweeted, "BREAKING: It appears partisan #cropart has been completely excised from ...
MPD issues alert about downtown muggings 24 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
The MPD is asking people to be especially vigilant in downtown Minneapolis following a string of four muggings during the past week.SEE ALSO: Whatever happened to the downtown Minneapolis mobs t...
