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Judge Hears Arguments Over Sex Offender Program
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for residents of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program asked a federal judge on Wednesday to declare the program unconstitutional, saying that it is more of a prison than...
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Secret Service Investigating Target Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Secret Service said Wednesday that it’s investigating a data breach incident involving Target. The investigation is being handled by the Electronic Crimes Task Force, which...
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Mpls. Man With Permit Pulls Out Gun, Stops Robbery In Progress
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man helped stop a robbery by pulling a gun on the bad guys. Matt Dosser saw two men standing outside the University Market in northeast Minneapolis Tuesday night....
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Misbehaving Vikings Fans: Better Or Worse Than Other Team Fans?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings will play one more time at the Metrodome before the building is torn down. While most eyes are on the field during a game, WCCO found that police have plenty...
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Man Accused Of Threatening Judge Faces More Counts
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man arrested more than a year ago accused of sending threatening letters to a federal judge mailed similar letters to district court officials in North Dakota and Minnesota after...
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Threat Puts Somerset (Wis.) Schools On Lockdown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said all Somerset Public Schools were put on lockdown Thursday morning as they investigate a threat made by a man against a student in the school district. School...
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Dayton Rejects Police Chief’s Misconduct Investigation Plan
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The governor is speaking out about a new plan to handle high-profile police cases in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau announced the city would...
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Police: Be Aware Of Thieves When Warming Up Your Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – If you live in Minneapolis and warm up your car before you leave in the morning, police are warning to be on the lookout for thieves. Minneapolis Police said Thursday that as many...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Taking 2 Hostage In Gas Station
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 31-year-old Burnsville man accused of taking two people hostage at a south metro gas station in September has pleaded guilty to charges. Ariel Luis Barnett pleaded guilty Friday...
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Alleged Bomb-Maker Told FBI He Was Nonviolent
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man charged in what the FBI has called a terror plot allegedly told authorities in May that he was not violent, and was using the Internet to investigate “bad” people....
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Former Eagan Coach Cleared Of Swindling $30K
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A former Eagan coach was cleared of six felony counts of theft by swindle in a Dakota County court Friday. Kurt Bruce Virgin, 61, was accused in May 2012 of swindling...
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Target Reassuring Shoppers, Says There’s Few Reports Of Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Target is trying to reassure its customers in the wake of the retailer’s massive data breach. Someone stole 40 million credit and debit card numbers between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. On...
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Police & Crime Stoppers Team Up To Solve Murder Of N. Mpls. Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are teaming up with Crime Stoppers to solve a homicide that happened in the summer of 2012. Lois Swenson was found murdered in her north Minneapolis home on June 13, 2012....
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Fury And Frustration Over Target Data Breach
NEW YORK (AP) — Potential victims of credit card fraud tied to Target’s security breach said they had trouble contacting the discounter through its website and call centers. Angry Target customers...
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Man Who Hit Bicyclist, Left Scene Gets Year In Workhouse
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old Coon Rapids man got a stayed sentence of 15 months in prison Friday for colliding with a 9-year-old bicyclist in June and failing to help at the scene, Anoka County...
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Mpls. Residents Say 911 Calls Are Going Unanswered
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The city of Minneapolis changed its 911 system in the wake of Minnesota’s worst workplace shooting last year. At that time, several panicked callers inside Accent Signage never...
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Woman, 23, Accused Of Driving Off With Limousine While Drunk
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 23-year-old Farmington woman is accused of drunkenly stealing a white limousine in late September after tagging along with a group of men who had hired the limousine to do some...
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Charges: Man Leaves Tow Lot Without Paying, Hits Worker
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old Richfield man is facing charges after driving his vehicle out of a tow lot without paying a fine and hitting a worker from the lot. Dejovon Deandre Harris was charged...
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Minn. Man Accused Of Killing 2 Faces New Charge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of killing two young women is now facing a sexual assault charge in Anoka County. Alberto Palmer had been charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the death of...
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Fmr. Twin Cities Priest Shares Insight On Catholic Church Scandal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former priest Tom Esch believes it was a courageous move for Archbishop John Nienstedt to apologize to parishioners at Our Lady of Grace church last weekend. “I think, for many...
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