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Dr. Kermit Gosnell is escorted to a waiting police van upon leaving the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2013, after being convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his clinic. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim)

Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 6:36pm

Former corrections officer sentenced for having sex with female inmate

A former corrections officer was sentenced Monday to 5-plus years in jail on charges he had sex with an inmate at a Minnesota facility, James Allen Bongaarts, 57, of Tower,...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 6:20pm

Paulsen rules out run for US Senate or MN governor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen has ruled out a run for the U.S. Senate or for governor of Minnesota, saying he plans to seek a fourth term...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 3:36pm

Burning restrictions added in 4 Minn. counties

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have added four more northern Minnesota counties to the long list of counties where spring burning restrictions are in effect. The latest restrictions took...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 2:31pm

Bemidji resident wins $20,000 in lottery

Kjell Thompson of Bemidji recently won $21,000 playing the Minnesota Lottery's Cash Star Crossword game, officials said today. Thompson claimed the prize on May 7. The winning ticket was sold...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 11:24am

Two men stabbed in Cass Lake

Two Cass Lake men were stabbed early Saturday in the city, officials said Monday. At just after 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the Cass County Sheriff's Office received a report of a...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 11:13am

Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, left, sponsor of the gay marriage bill in the Minnesota Senate, and his partner Richard Leyva greet a large, joyous crowd as the arrive at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. on Monday, May 13, 2013. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Ben Garvin)

Senate approves gay marriage in Minnesota

ST. PAUL — Love and marriage soon will go together for Minnesota gays like they do for straight couples. “Vote yes for love,” Minnesota Sen. Scott Dibble told his colleagues...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:58am

Driver of semi in collision with train has died

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The driver of a semi that collided with a freight train in western Minnesota last week has died. St. Cloud Hospital spokeswoman Jeanine Nistler says...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:30am

Crookston moose back in town after brief hiatus

A moose that had hung around Crookston for about 10 weeks in the winter and early spring is back. Authorities believed they had finally shooed the yearling of town for...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:16am

Material of Native treaties developed

EDEN PRAIRIE — “WhyTreatiesMatter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations,” a traveling exhibit that explores Native nations in Minnesota and their history oftreatymaking in the U.S., is on view...

news / education Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:14am

A Bangladeshi rescuer stands amid the rubble of a garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue searching for bodies in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Search teams resumed their rain-interrupted work Sunday as the death toll from the collapse continued to climb past 1,100. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Bangladesh collapse search over; death toll 1,127

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:11am

Study finds chemicals, drugs common in Minnesota lakes

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new study finds that chemicals from household products, prescriptions and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes. MPCA scientists chose 50 lakes at random...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:03am

Police investigate death of man outside Fargo strip club

FARGO -- Police are investigating the death of a man who died this week after hitting his head in a scuffle with an employee at a strip club last month...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 8:58am

Mapleton man dies in tractor accident

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The operator of a tractor has died in an accident in Blue Earth County. Sheriff's officials say 70-year-old Paul Andreszcuk was killed when his tractor rolled...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 8:42am

Cass Lake man arrested for string of burglaries

A Cass Lake man was arrested Friday and charged in a string of thefts in Bemidji, officials said. Last week, a rash of burglaries were reported to the Bemidji Police...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 8:38am

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