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It's a good thing Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak already was planning to bike to work Friday. via St. Paul Pioneer Press

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A close-knit coalition of Minneapolis bridge collapse victims - some in wheelchairs and others still wearing casts - looked on Thursday as Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the legislation.

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The top 1 percent of all households got 18 percent of all personal income and paid nearly 28 percent of all federal taxes in 2005, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Whether a bar owner can stage "theater nights" to get around the statewide smoking ban is now in the hands of a Scott County district judge.

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Lake Winnibigoshish, a walleye fishing Mecca in northern Minnesota, was jammed with ice floes Tuesday.

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The Foshay Tower was built in 1929 and for the past few decades, been in use as an office building. Now, it's being converted into a hotel.

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It was something that had never occurred to Jane Flannigan, until she got the call Sunday that her eight-year-old son had been hit by a car while biking with a friend.

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The following aid agencies are accepting contributions to help those affected by the cyclone in Myanmar. The list is from InterAction, a coalition of aid agencies, which can be contacted at InterAction at (202) 667-8227 or http://www.interaction.org.

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