Wild names Bill Guerin team's new general manager

Bill Guerin addressed the media in 2013 before his induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in Detroit.

Bill Guerin, 48, comes to the Wild after eight years in the Pittsburgh Penguins' front office.

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Guerin, 48, spent the past eight years with the Penguins — three as player development coach, beginning in 2011, and the past five as assistant to general manager Jim Rutherford.

Deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year, federal budget office says

FILE-- President Donald Trump speaks at the Shell Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pa., on Aug. 13, 2019. The federal budget deficit is growing faste

"The nation's fiscal outlook is challenging," said Phillip Swagel, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Lawsuit alleges off-duty Mpls. police officer assaulted man at bar, causing brain injury

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Target shares soar past $100 for first time after strong results

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Minneapolis Park Board to vote on renaming Calhoun parkways after Bde Maka Ska

A sign for Bde Maka Ska near the south shore of the lake. ] LEILA NAVIDI ¥ leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Bde Maka Ska in Minne

Park Board commissioners see the change as a small way to do undo institutional racism and teach residents about the land's indigenous history.

Trump moves to end limits on migrant children detention

Asylum-seeking immigrants line up at a border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 20, 2018.

The Trump administration is moving to end a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. A court fight will almost certainly follow over the government's desire to hold migrant families until their cases are decided.

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