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• Official: Robin Williams' death a suicide
  Toxicology test results on whether Williams had any drugs or alcohol in his system are weeks away. Boyd said authorities will continue to investigate his death.August 12, 2014
• OK to touch? Glensheen, home museums rethink rules to lure visitors
  Attendance at the Glensheen estate has fallen two-thirds since the 1980s, to a point now where the mansion might close to the public if the decline continues.August 11, 2014
• Photos: Supermoon around the world
  This was the second of three supermoons that will take place this year. It's also the one that will bring the moon's orbit closest to Earth, something that's called its perigee.August 11, 2014
• If the world were more like golf
  "The two players who were trying to defeat [Rory] McIlroy extended him the ultimate courtesy that in the end helped him beat them," USA Today's Christine Brennan writes of last night's PGA championship.August 11, 2014
• For many, getting a DMV road test is like winning the lottery
  Minnesota has 93 testing stations but not enough employees to handle the number of people looking for a license. They're teens who have turned down job offers because parents can't haul them back and forth, and they're college kids who are heading off to school in a few weeks.August 11, 2014
• Exasperating detour drives one Brit to build his own road
  Most people have been frustrated at least once in their driving lives by construction delays and detours. But when a road closure in England took drivers on a especially long detour, a local businessman took matters into his own hands.August 9, 2014
• Why Somali presidents come to Minnesota and what it means
  Mohamud's visit is more than a Minnesota courtesy call. The state is home to the nation's largest Somali-American population, an influential group that helps sustain Somalia's economy through investment and money transfers.August 9, 2014
• 'It's a miracle,' mother of girl swept by tsunami says
  The four year old daughter, Raudhatul, was swept onto an island, found by a fisherman, and raised with the name Winni by the fisherman's mother.August 8, 2014
• 'Power breed dogs' to get free training
  Under a new agreement between the city and the Animal Humane Society, new adopted dog owners can get two months of free training including a free 'human' training class.August 8, 2014
• Main stretch of 35W closing for road work this weekend
  The closure is needed while crews survey 35W for a road construction project between 46th Street and I-94 scheduled for the summer of 2017.August 8, 2014
• 'Ex-wife sale' sign taken down in Fargo
  "We're proud to be part of a community that does not tolerate this kind of humor," Christopher Johnson, the Center's executive director, said.August 8, 2014
• Minneapolis 6th friendliest to facial hair
  Beard and mustache trends come and go. But Wahl, which makes gadgets designed to trim facial hair, wants us to believe that furry faces are once again in style.August 8, 2014
• Human remains found at Minnesota construction site
  Hastings Police Chief Bryan Schafer says the bones discovered Wednesday are likely more than 50 years old.August 7, 2014
• Will Americans buy bug snacks? Maybe...if they're funny and cute
  A certain "ick factor" has kept U.S. consumers from eating crickets, locusts and mealworms. To combat the ickiness, bug-food advocates are trying a specific marketing tactic: be clever and cute.August 7, 2014
• Why adults need recess too
  Play helps us maintain our social well-being. And it's not just board games that do this, but soccer leagues, or playing paintball in the woods. Playing is how we connect.August 7, 2014

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