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Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech

An Air Force bus waited on the plaza of the Capitol in Washington after President Donald Trump denied military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

An Air Force bus waited outside the Capitol in Washington after President Donald Trump denied military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she was going to visit troops abroad Thursday.

— J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad.

Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sen. Lindsey Graham: 'He is compromised'

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, walks through the halls of the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The freshman House Democrat from Minnesota tweeted without evidence that Republican South Carolina senator is "compromised." She wrote: "They got to him." She later called her tweet "just an opinion."

Minnetonka schools, Jewish community denounce photo of Nazi salute, sign

An image depicting two Minnetonka High School students spread on social media, prompting a note from the district.

Nonprofit run by Ramsey County commissioner owes more than $160K, contractors say

Ramsey County Commissioner Blake Huffman’s housing nonprofit is behind again on property taxes and also owes three contractors more than $160,000, a

Blake Huffman says he's winding down Journey Home Minnesota.

Minn. legislative auditor subpoenas Public Safety Dept. over mishandled data

Minnesota Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles used his subpoena power for the first time in his 35 year career after the state Department of Public Safety

Jim Nobles took the action after public safety officials didn't turn over information on mishandled data.

Charges against mom reveal how 2-year-old landed on Mankato road still in car seat

A driver’s dashcam video captured the moment when a 2-year-old girl strapped in her car seat tumbled onto the street from her mother’s car.

A trailing motorist captured the incident on video. It's been viewed more than 1.2 million times on Facebook.

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Stephen King and other top authors headed to Minneapolis for new book festival

Wordplay in May will feature about 100 top writers of everything from fiction to cookbooks.

Morale low, anxiety high among federal prison workers in Minn.

Hundreds of Federal Bureau of Prisons employees missed their first paycheck Friday, and union leaders say the families are being forced to hastily cut costs.

Awful first period dooms Wild in 3-0 loss to Ducks

After trading Nino Niederreiter and a shutout loss to struggling Anaheim, Wild must pick itself up.

Bell, Gophers women topple Badgers to end four-game losing streak

Senior guard Kenisha Bell scored 14 of her game-high 25 points in the first half.

Final Four will cost stadium millions more than Super Bowl

The stadium authority paid $627,000 out-of-pocket for the Super Bowl last winter. Chairman Michael Vekich would say only of the expected NCAA bill: "It's a lot larger — I'll leave it at that."

Reeve addresses report Moore might sit out 2019 Lynx season

Lynx coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve responded Thursday to a report Wednesday on WCCO-TV, which indicated Maya Moore's status with the Lynx for 2019 was in doubt.

Five Shopko stores in Minnesota will close as the retailer files for bankruptcy

Minnesota stores affected in the latest closings include two full-sized stores, in Fairmont and on Hwy. 63 in Rochester.

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Electromechanical technician Timothy Malmstedt disassembled old cloth seats and installed new plastic seats as part of a test program to try seats tha

Metro Transit testing plastic seats on light-rail trains instead of cloth

New Hennepin County mental health facility on hold

Minnesota Women's March keeps eyes on future amid anti-Semitism controversy

Fire destroys northern Minnesota craft brewery

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Without Kelly Pannek last season, the Gophers missed out on the Frozen Four for the first time since 2011.

Olympic gold medalist Pannek has unfinished business as a Gopher

Awful first period dooms Wild in 3-0 loss to Ducks

Wild trades Niederreiter to Carolina for Rask

Reeve addresses report Moore might sit out 2019 Lynx season

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A model home in the Summerlin neighborhood of Woodbury in November 2017.

Zillow plans to bring sight-unseen house-buying service to Twin Cities

Five Shopko stores in Minnesota will close as the retailer files for bankruptcy

Minnesota gets closer to job peak, but companies are still hiring

Senate Republicans push for direct primary care

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The Minnesota Orchestra performing a free concert at the Commons park near U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in September 2017.

Finding a solution to own, operate the Commons

Long dormant, the Equal Rights Amendment has awakened, with vigor

Sack cartoon: U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa

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Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy in “Stan & Ollie.”

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