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Man behind gay marriage drive seen as 'brilliant'

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:05:14 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - No single person ever became the public face of the successful drive for gay marriage in Minnesota, but the man who gets the most credit from his allies for making it happen is Richard Carlbom.

AP Exclusive: New cause for ex-radical Olson

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:44:31 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life - this time voluntarily - as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine.

Dayton attends memorial for landslide victims

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:09 -0400

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota - Students at a St. Louis Park elementary school gathered around a makeshift memorial filled with stuffed animals and flowers on Friday as they mourned two classmates who died in a landslide during a field trip to a Mississippi River park.

Minn. judges serve lunch at Dorothy Day Center

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:04:32 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, and other members of the judicial branch will be serving lunch to the needy at the Dorothy Day Center, as part of an effort to reach out to people in the community.

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:17 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.

Part of Minn. park where slide killed 2 closed

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:24 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says an area of a park where two children were killed in a gravel slide is now indefinitely closed.

New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:24 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file lawsuits against both abusers and the institutions that employed them will have greater access to Minnesota's court system under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's signature.

Judge in DWI case asks for disability retirement

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:11 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A Dakota County District judge who pleaded guilty to drunken driving has asked Gov. Mark Dayton to grant him medical disability retirement.

Minn. park requires fossil hunt liability waiver

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:28:11 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Partly for safety reasons, permits are required to hunt for fossils at a St. Paul park where a rockslide killed a fourth-grader on a field trip, left one missing and injured two others.

Minn. judge pleads guilty to DWI, seeks retirement

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:24:42 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A Dakota County judge has pleaded guilty to DWI after his Christmas Eve arrest in St. Paul.

In Minn., 1-party rule clearly alters state course

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:21 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Here's where Minnesota Democrats and Republicans agree: The just-finished legislative session sent the state and its government on a dramatically different course than it traveled the last couple of decades.

Minn. Legislature allows beer sales in Capitol

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:03 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Your favorite brew may soon be available for purchase at the state Capitol.

Fire damages hangar at St. Paul

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:06 -0400

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Fire has damaged a hangar at an airport in South St. Paul.

Suburban Twin Cites poverty increasing

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:11 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A new report shows poverty in the Twin Cities suburbs is growing faster than many other metropolitan areas in the nation.

2 arrested, 1 injured in MN illegal fireworks case

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:04 -0400

WYOMING, Minnesota - Two men are in custody while another was burned in a minor explosion from what police call an illegal fireworks operation in the city of Wyoming.

National Safe Boating Week begins Saturday

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:16 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - As the ice comes off more Minnesota lakes, safety officials are highlighting Saturday's start to National Safe Boating Week.

Immigrant inspires scholarships at St. Paul school

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:18:12 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The first two students have awarded college scholarships bearing the man of Congolese native who died in a traffic accident after moving to Minnesota.

Minnesota House defeats construction projects bill

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:53:17 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A state Capitol facelift, college campus building projects and regional civic center upgrades got thrown in limbo Friday when the Minnesota House failed to muster enough votes for an $800 million construction bill.

Ex-pastor sentenced to 5 years in prison

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:04 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A former pastor is sentenced to five years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.

Ex-archdiocese accountant pleads guilty in theft

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:25:05 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A former accounting director accused of embezzling $670,000 from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has pleaded guilty to theft charges.

Rush of same-sex marriages expected Aug. 1

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:38 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - City officials in Minnesota are making plans for a rush of marriages on Aug. 1, when the new state law legalizing same-sex unions takes effect.

For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:24:30 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1.

St. Paul to throw concert for gay marriage law

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:43:05 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The city of St. Paul is ready to throw a party to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage in Minnesota.

Minn. officer to be added to police memorial

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:47:12 -0400

ST. CLOUD, Minnesota - The name of a Cold Spring-Richmond police officer killed last fall will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Details about Minnesota gay marriage bill

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:05:58 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota's Senate is scheduled to debate and vote Monday on a bill to add the state to the growing list of those that allow gay marriage. It's the last step before Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, who has promised to sign legislation.