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January 29, 2013 8:32 AM

Tough year for expensive broadband fixes, says key lawmaker

Rep. Sheldon Johnson is readying broadband legislation for the Minnesota House but expressed skepticism about the appetite among lawmakers to approve anything very expensive.

by Dave Peters

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January 29, 2013 5:00 AM

With barriers to gender equity falling, it's time to ratify the ERA

Feared outcomes of the amendment have come to pass anyway. And, as it turns out, they're not so fearful.

by Shannon Drury

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January 29, 2013 4:00 AM

Plant fanatics climb up trees hunting for 'witch's brooms'

Now about brooms -- witch's brooms, to be exact. Small, tightly woven masses of branches that can appear high up in pine trees across northern Minnesota. These "brooms" are actually the genetic source of a lot of the landscape plants and shrubs sold at nurseries. They're not often easy to retrieve.

by Dan Kraker

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January 28, 2013 11:00 PM

Would having to pay sales tax for online purchases change your shopping habits?

Estimates suggest that Minnesota misses out on $400 million each year by failing to collect sales taxes on purchases made online, through catalogues or by other means. State officials are considering whether and how to collect some of that money. Today’s Question: Would having to pay sales tax for online purchases change your shopping habits?

by Eric Ringham

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January 28, 2013 6:18 PM

Updraft: Dense fog, heavy snow, cold immersion

Dense fog and periods of drizzle, perhaps freezing drizzle, will hamper travel in much of the southern two-thirds of Minnesota and into Iowa and Wisconsin.

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January 28, 2013 5:27 PM

Trial begins of 3 Native Mob gang members

A racketeering trial involving three members of a Native American gang began Monday morning in federal court.

by Brandt Williams

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January 28, 2013 5:00 AM

Cambodia remembers lives lost and courage broken

Amid the killing fields, genocide feels personal.

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January 28, 2013 12:09 AM

What would you change about U.S. immigration laws?

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has drafted a set of principles to rewrite the country’s immigration laws. The legislation would cover border security, guest workers and employer verification, and a path to citizenship for the 11 million people already in the country illegally. Today’s Question: What would you change about U.S. immigration laws?

by Jon Gordon

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January 25, 2013 4:00 PM

Minnesota artist Charles Beck celebrates 90 with strong artistic vision

Nature is often the subject of Minnesotan Charles Beck's art. Beck, a master woodcut artist, draws on the natural environment in prints that capture his modern views of the surrounding landscape -- with its wooded hills and lakes, and nearby flat farm fields of the Red River valley. Beck is being honored this weekend as he celebrates his 90th birthday.

by Dan Olson