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Wave Of Gun Bills Comes Before Obama’s Visit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota prosecutors said Thursday they need more power to charge violent felons with gun crimes. That’s why they’re teaming up with Minnesota lawmakers to crack down on what...
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Family Of Minnesota Office Shooting Victim Sues
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the...
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Vandals Damage $7,000 Of Eagan Street Signs
EAGAN, Minn. (WCCO) – Police are trying to catch vandals who caused more than $7,000 worth of damage to street signs in Eagan. Police say that the incidents happened in April and November of last year....
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Onamia Pair Arrested After Grand Casino Drive-By
ONAMIA, Minn. (WCCO) – Two people are in the Mille Lacs County Jail after a man was shot in the back in the parking lot of Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Onamia on Thursday. Nineteen-year-old Dale Clinton...
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Teen Pleads Guilty To Shooting That Killed Nizzel George
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to the June shooting that killed 5-year-old Nizzel George, who was sleeping on his grandmother’s couch in North Minneapolis when a...
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Man Run Over By Girlfriend, Dies From Injuries
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities say a St. Paul man died Thursday night from injuries suffered after his girlfriend struck him with her vehicle Wednesday evening. Police responded to the 600 block...
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Petters’ Associate Vennes Pleads Guilty
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former associate of convicted Minnesota businessman Tom Petters has pleaded guilty to lying to investors in a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme. Fifty-five-year-old Frank Vennes Jr. of...
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Police: Man Tried To Take Bus From Minn. Shelter
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Police say a man believed to be intoxicated got behind the wheel of a bus that was left running at a Minnesota homeless shelter and steered it into a nearby snow bank....
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Officials: Homicide Suspect Was Victim’s Son
AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a man who died in a crash following a police chase killed his elderly father in Austin before the pursuit began. The Southern Minnesota Regional Coroner’s Office...
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1 Hospitalized After A Shooting In Brooklyn Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One person is in the hospital after a shooting in Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park Police were dispatched to the 1800 block of Pearson Parkway, around 4:26 a.m. Sunday morning, after...
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Low Payout Limits Can Hinder Wrongfully Convicted
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An innocent Texas man was convicted of rape and robbery and served 30 years in prison before his conviction was overturned. The state paid him $2.4 million in compensation plus...
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Minn. Shooting Victim’s Son Pushes For Change
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high school senior — no pauses or...
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Man Charged After Swearing At Minn. Truck Stop
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After allegedly cursing at a truck stop to an alarming degree, a 34-year-old man was arrested Saturday in central Minnesota and charged with disorderly conduct, authorities say....
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Request For More Guards Follows Stillwater Prison Attack
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One of the four Minnesota prison workers injured this week by a convicted murderer in a Stillwater prison is speaking out, saying Minnesota prisons are at times dangerously...
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Police: Suspect Tries To Run Cops Down With Vehicle
PINE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) – Police say officers who were trying to arrest a wanted felon in rural Pine County late Sunday afternoon were nearly run down by the suspect. The incident happened on Water...
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3 Teens Arrested In Armed Robbery Spree In South Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three teenagers are being held for a series of armed robberies in south Minneapolis. There were 16 robberies in a two-hour period, nearly all of them at gunpoint. One of the...
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St. Paul Police: Photo Shows Cop In Muslim Garb
ST. PAUL (WCCO/AP) — St. Paul Police have confirmed that an online photograph indeed shows one of its policemen dressed as a Muslim woman, according to the Pioneer Press. Police spokesman Howie...
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Eden Prairie Police Nab Man Suspected Of 60 Burglaries
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) – An Eden Prairie Police surveillance operation led to the arrest of 41-year-old male suspect, believed to have burglarized as many as 60 businesses in the metro. According...
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Apple Valley Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Job, Medica Of $840 K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Apple Valley woman pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding Medica and her employer of approximately $840,000. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 48-year-old Lori Jo Mueller...
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Chisago City Mortgage Loan Officers Sentenced To 5 Years For Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two mortgage loan officers were each sentenced Monday on one count of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud through the use of interstate wires. Thirty-nine-year-old Chad Arthur...
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