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• AP Exclusive: New cause for ex-radical Sara Jane Olson
  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.May 25, 2013
• New marker for Moorhead officer shot in 1930
  A Moorhead police officer killed in the line of duty more than 80 years ago is being remembered and honored this Memorial Day weekend.May 25, 2013
• Girl, 2, missing from Elk River campground
  Authorities are searching for a 2-year-old girl who went missing from a campground in Elk River.May 25, 2013
• Funding for sex trafficking victims called 'incomplete'
  Advocates for children who have been victims of sex trafficking say the Legislature handed them an "incomplete and underfunded victory."May 25, 2013
• Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
  A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.May 24, 2013
• Mpls. to pay $3M settlement for man's death
  The Minneapolis City Council Friday approved a settlement of more than $3 million in the 2010 case of a man who died after being restrained by police officers.May 24, 2013
• Homicide suspect arrested in Duluth
  Police have released the name of a man shot dead while sitting in his vehicle outside a manufacturing company in Superior, Wis.May 24, 2013
• Synthetic drug ordinances proposed in Duluth
  A Duluth City Council member is proposing ordinances to regulate businesses that sell synthetic drugs and punish people who use them.May 23, 2013
• Justices fume over MN Supreme Court ruling on sexual harassment case
  The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected the argument that if an employer's sexually explicit behavior is extended to both women and men in the workplace, it's not sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.May 22, 2013
• FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
  The shooting early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla.May 22, 2013
• 2nd teen pleads guilty in Mpls. boy's death
  A second teenager has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in north Minneapolis.May 21, 2013
• Gun-control efforts failed at the Legislature, despite Newtown
  The school shootings in Newtown, Conn., created hope among gun-control advocates in Minnesota and elsewhere. But the hopes did not translate into law.The Daily Circuit, May 21, 2013
• Mpls. park shooter gets jail, probation
  A man who fired numerous gunshots in a Minneapolis park where children were playing has been sentenced to a year in jail and eight years of probation.May 21, 2013
• Dru Sjodin case: Hearing scheduled in appeal
  Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minn., was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of raping, beating and stabbing Dru Sjodin of Pequot Lakes, Minn., in 2003.May 21, 2013
• Toddler stabbed in Rochester has died
  Three-year-old Xavier Njemanze had been undergoing therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., for injuries he suffered when he was stabbed at his mother's home last winter.May 21, 2013

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