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Thousands Of DWI Cases Could Be Thrown Out After Ruling
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thousands of DWI cases could be tossed out because of a Supreme Court ruling. The ruling, issued Wednesday, says that law enforcement must have a search warrant before taking a...
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Shakopee Man Charged With Defrauding Food Stamp Program Of $29K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Shakopee man was charged Thursday with one count of food stamp fraud, costing the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) over $29,000. According to the U.S....
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Cops: 1 Arrested In Shooting That Killed Shakopee Student
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old man is in custody in connection with the Thursday night triple shooting that left two injured and killed a Shakopee High School student. Shakopee police say at 10:44...
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Manhunt Continues For 19-Year-Old Boston Marathon Bomber
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – In a blaze of gunfire, the hunt for the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects was down to one. Late Thursday night, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a vicious firefight...
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Memorial Fund Set Up For Slain Shakopee Student
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — The family of a slain Shakopee High School student has set up a memorial fund in his honor. Nineteen-year-old Marcos Antino Pantaleon was shot to death at a Shakopee apartment...
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Boston Bomb Suspect Captured, Brother Killed
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat Friday night less than...
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Inmates Escape Briefly From Becker County Jail
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (WCCO) – Two men who broke out of a Becker County jail by using a medal plate from the showers are back behind bars Saturday night. The Becker County Sheriff’s Department said...
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UW-Eau Claire Student, Minn. Native Missing After Fall Into River
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student is still missing, after falling into the Chippewa River from the university’s footbridge. Authorities said they received an...
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Police: Armed, Dangerous Man In Faribault Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The hunt for a man said to be “armed and dangerous” is over. According to authorities, 27-year-old Shane Alan Wilson stabbed his 26-year-old girlfriend several times before...
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St. Paul Woman Gets 3 Years In Fatal Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul woman who hit and killed an Augsburg College student last October, then fled the scene, will spend three years in prison. Teisha Yvonne Randle, 27, was sentenced in...
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Affidavit: Bachmann Approved Pay For Iowa Senator
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa campaign adviser to former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann released an affidavit Monday saying the Minnesota congresswoman approved a plan to...
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Diocese Suspends 2 Iowa Priests After Abuse Claims
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Diocese of Davenport says it has temporarily suspended two priests in eastern Iowa while it investigates allegations that they improperly touched minors decades ago....
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Palmer Indicted For 1st-Degree Murder of St. Paul Woman
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) – An Anoka County grand jury indicted a 23-year-old man for the first-degree murder of a St. Paul woman who was found in a Columbia Heights impound lot in February. According to the...
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Special Needs Boy Apologizes For New Prague Shooting Hoax
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The case against the 12-year-old boy involved in the school shooting hoax in New Prague last month was resolved Monday. The boy, who has special needs and is adopted from the...
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Good Question: What Makes A Crime An Act Of Terrorism?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Aurora, Newtown, Boston. All are sites of horrible mass killings. But only the Boston bombings have been labeled an act of terrorism. When is an act of violence a crime and when...
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Apple Valley Man Faces 1st-Degree Murder In Pregnant Wife’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 36-year-old Apple Valley man has been indicted for allegedly killing his pregnant wife. The Dakota County Grand Jury returned the indictments late Monday afternoon, charging...
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Remains Discovered In Burnsville ID’d As Missing Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The skeletal remains found in a Burnsville park have been identified as those of a man who went missing more than a year ago, according to police. The Hennepin County Medical...
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Man Gets 20 Years For Minneapolis Parking Ramp Stabbing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man convicted of attempted first-degree murder in a violent downtown Minneapolis parking ramp stabbing will spend 20 years in prison. Robert John Meyers, 48, was convicted of...
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Mother Of Stillborn Found In Laundry Was 14
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say the mother of the stillborn baby that was found in dirty linens at a laundry service is a 14-year-old girl and the father, a 32-year-old man, has been charged with...
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Wis. Man Charged After Severed Head Found In Trunk
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Authorities found a Minnesota man’s severed head in the trunk of a car and other body parts in the basement of a Milwaukee home, according to a criminal complaint charging a central...
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