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• Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in Minn.
  The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they'll investigate.June 16, 2013
• Family of Nazi commander seeks retraction of report
  The family of an alleged war criminal who lives in northeast Minneapolis called on the Associated Press to retract its story.June 15, 2013
• Minnesota Jewish group seeks Karkoc investigation
  The head of the the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas said his organization is appalled by reports that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led unit in Word War II has lived in Minneapolis for decades.June 14, 2013
• Karkoc's neighbor says alleged Nazi was 'jovial and stuff'
  The neighbors of an alleged Nazi war criminal living in northeast Minneapolis say they would have never guessed he might have such a dark past.June 14, 2013
• Photos: The trail leading to Michael Karkoc
  Michael Karkoc, 94, told American authorities in 1949 that he had performed no military service during World War II, concealing his work as an officer and founding member of the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion and later as an officer in the SS Galician Division, the AP reports.June 14, 2013
• Saying chemical weapons 'red line' crossed, Obama steps up aid to Syrian rebels
  U.S. officials are still grappling with what type and how much weaponry to send the opposition forces and how to ensure it stays out of the hands of extremists battling for control of Syria.June 14, 2013
• Commander of Nazi-led unit living in Minnesota since WWII
  A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.June 14, 2013
• Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels
  The United States has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow the government, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a "red line" that would trigger greater American involvement in the crisis, the White House said Thursday.June 13, 2013
• NSA leak: Debating the balance of security, privacy
  The biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history revealed orders to collect millions of Americans' telephone records. We look at what the government is collecting and what it means for your privacy.The Daily Circuit, June 11, 2013
• Journalist to speak on Wounded Knee incident
  The American Indian Movement Interpretive Center will host a talk on Saturday night by Pulitzer Prize nominee Kevin McKiernan.June 8, 2013
• D-Day anniversary commemorated in France
  Veterans of the 1944 Normandy landings gathered Thursday at the site of history's largest amphibious invasion for a day of ceremonies marking D-Day's 69th anniversary.June 6, 2013
• Politicians react to phone data collection by US goverment
  The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect such records, but critics are calling it a huge over-reach. "I think people want the homeland kept safe to the extent we can," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein.June 6, 2013
• AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist
  After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders.May 28, 2013
• Mark Lee advocates for asylum seekers: Minnesota Sounds and Voices
  Hundreds of people who live in Minnesota are here because they fear persecution, even death, in their home countries, says Mark Lee, a lawyer who helps refugees win asylum in the United States. "They're beaten and abused in ways that is hard to imagine."May 28, 2013
• Vet seeks photos of Minn. peers killed in Vietnam
  An Army veteran from St. Cloud is on a mission to track down the photographs of more than 500 Minnesota service members killed in Vietnam.May 27, 2013

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