Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota News

Low-interest loan program at 'U' dries up
The federally subsidized Perkins loans fill a small but vital need for many college students. It comes with a 5 percent interest rate and a low credit threshold...
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GOV: Budget deal close
Deadline pressure is building. Midnight Sunday is the Legislature's last chance to pass bills or attempt to override vetoes...
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Midwest economy hits record low
The Rural Mainstreet Index declined this month to 42.6 from April's 47.5. Both figures are well below a growth-neutral 50, and the May figure is the lowest since the survey began in late 2005...
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Moorhead woman, 72, falls out third-floor window of care center
Moorhead police say a 72-year-old woman with dementia fell from the third-floor window of a senior care center early Friday.
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I-35E Pkwy resurfacing begins Friday night
Click here for metro traffic informationThe resurfacing project on Interstate 35E Parkway between Interstate 94 and West 7th Street in St. Paul begins Friday night. This project was
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Attendant said he set fire to plane in anger at work schedule
Eder H. Rojas, 19, of Woodbury, admitted that he deliberately started the fire in a restroom in a Northwest/Compass Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Regina, Saskatchewan, according to a court complaint filed Thursday in United States District Court in Fargo.
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Arbitrator Upholds Emergency Mangers Firing
The state's firing of an emergency management official who was absentin the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse was justified, anarbitrator ruled.
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Arbitrator upholds firing of Minn. emergency manager who was absent in wake of bridge collapse
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Ventura and former campaign manager hint at Senate race
Click here for Ventura's extended uncut speechFormer Gov. Jesse Ventura said he "may" file the necessary papers to run for the U.S. Senate
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72-year-old woman falls from 3rd floor window of Moorhead care center
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