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• Posted Analysis: Data Sets to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  In the New York Times article, "Obama Budget Seeks Deal in Mix of Cuts and Spending," the author uses large data sets of President Obama's 2014 budget. The author includes a link to the actual 2014 budget proposal, allowing the...
• Posted Light Rail Car Pulled Into St. Paul to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A light rail car made a test run down the Central Corridor from Minneapolis to St. Paul Sunday morning, the Pioneer Press reported. The Pioneer Press reported the train was pulled by a railcar so crews could work to verify...
• Posted SUV Rollover in Fridley Seriously Injures 7, Driver Had Been Drinking to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Seven people were seriously injured Saturday after an SUV driven by a woman with alcohol in her system rolled over in Fridley near Interstate 694, the Star Tribune reported. Authorities said the only person wearing a seatbelt during the crash...
• Posted Vikings Stadium Design to Unveil May 13 to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Architects will reveal the new Vikings stadium design at 7 p.m. on May 13 at the Guthrie Theater, the Pioneer Press reported. The stadium will house 65,000 seats and space for gift shops, restaurants and an NFL team museum, the...
• Posted Boston Bomb Suspects Planned To Attack New York City Next to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Not long before the Boston bombing suspects had a shootout with the police, they planned to blow up the rest of their explosives in New York City's Times Square, authorities said in a press conference Thursday, according to the New...
• Posted Escaped Psychiatric Patient Attacks Parisien Rabbi to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  An escaped psychiatric patient attacked a rabbi and his son with a knife in Paris Tuesday, authorities told Le Monde. The rabbi, in his late forties, required surgery for a neck injury, while his son, 18, sustained lesser injuries, the...
• Posted Maine Hermit Suspected of Burglaries Had $395, Food On Him When Arrested to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for almost 30 years had bacon, marshmallows and $395 on him when he was arrested on charges of burglary, the Associated Press reported. Christopher T. Knight, 47, was arrested...
• Posted Health Alert Issued For New Flu Strain to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Minnesota doctors were alerted to a new influenza strain in China and are urged to inform state health authorities if they have any patients who have recently traveled to China and exhibit flu-like symptoms, the Star Tribune reported. The new...
• Posted Minnesota Student May Be Missing in Chippewa River to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A man who is missing and presumed dead after falling into the Chippewa River Friday may be a student from Minnesota, according to a news release from police. The man fits the description of a missing University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire...
• Posted China Earthquake Kills At Least 156 People, More Than 5,500 Injured to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  An earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China killed at least 156 people and injured more than 5,500 others Saturday morning, according to authorities, The Guardian reported. At least 156 people were killed, according to the China Earthquake Administration, The...
• Posted Huge Manhunt for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Thousands of armed officers took to the streets of Boston and surrounding areas Friday searching for a 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect, according to the Associated Press. His older brother and alleged accomplice was killed overnight in a violent police...
• Posted Analysis: Diversity to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  In the Star Tribune's article, Immigrant Beat: Somali Culture Museum in the Works, the author writes about Osman Ali, a man from Somalia who wants to open the Somali Artifact and Culture Museum in Minneapolis. The author writes about what...
• Posted Police Robot Ends 7-Hour Standoff In Minneapolis to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A seven-hour standoff ended Sunday after a police robot subdued the armed suspect, who had barricaded himself in a Minneapolis residence, with a chemical irritant, police told the Star Tribune. Eric Christopher, 29, was arrested by SWAT officers and treated...
• Posted 14 People Hospitalized After Using Tainted Meth to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  At least 14 people with life-threatening conditions attributed to tainted meth use have been hospitalized in the east metro since Thursday, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office told the Star Tribune. The apparently tainted methamphetamine caused some of the patients to...
• Posted Two Kids Arrested in Molotov Cocktail Toss at Minneapolis Bicyclist to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Police nabbed two kids suspected of tossing a Molotov cocktail at a Minneapolis bicyclist last week, according to the Star Tribune. The kids were identified by police Wednesday, but may be too young to charge with a crime, Sgt. Steve...
• Posted Maine Hermit Lived In Wild For 27 Years, Arrested For Burglary to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A man who lived in the woods for 27 years in Maine was arrested last week on a charge of pillaging several camps for food and supplies, police said Wednesday according to the Portland Press Herald. The Associated Press reported...
• Posted Thirteen Dead in Shooting Spree in Serbia to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A man killed 13 people in a shooting rampage in Serbia on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. According to BBC News, the gunman killed six men, six women and a 2-year old boy in Velika Ivanca, a village about 50...
• Posted Analysis: Numbers to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  In the Star Tribune article, "Bike Sharing Program Looks To Keep Momentum Rolling," the reporter used lots of numbers. The reporter used "two-wheelers" to describe bicycles. He wrote that the Nice Ride program has 1,500 bicycles that will be in...
• Posted Three Killed and Five Injured in I-94 Crash in Minneapolis to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Three people died and five people were injured Sunday after their minivan rolled several times on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis, the Pioneer Press reported. The crash occurred at 1:08 p.m. on westbound I-94 near the 49th Avenue Northbridge and stopped...
• Posted Minneapolis Legalizes Flea Markets to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Flea markets could be showing up in Minneapolis this summer after the City Council lifted a ban on the markets Thursday, according to Minnesota Public Radio. The outdoor bazaars had been outlawed for about 60 years, Minnesota Public Radio reported....
• Posted 2 More Minnesota Flu-Related Deaths Reported, Outbreak Slowing to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Two flu-related deaths were reported in Minnesota last week, according to health officials, who say the outbreak is slowing, the Star Tribune reported. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 15 people were hospitalized with flu symptoms last week. The...
• Posted Judge Lifts Morning-After Pill Age Restrictions to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions for over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill must end within one month, the Associated Press reported. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York said the age restrictions must end within 30...
• Posted India Building Collapsed, Killing At Least 47 People to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A residential building near Mumbai, India collapsed Thursday evening, killing at least 47 people and injuring 70 others, authorities told the Associated Press Friday. The eight-story building was being constructed illegally on forest land in the suburb of Thane, the...
• Posted Analysis: Obituary to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  The obituary for former St. Paul legislator Robert Johnson from the Star Tribune gives the reader a sense of his personality. The reporter used a variety of sources: Johnson's son, a family friend, and the manager at a restaurant Johnson...
• Posted Exhibit Featuring Baby Animals Opens At Minnesota Zoo to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  To celebrate the arrival of spring, families can see baby farm animals at the Minnesota Zoo's annual event, which debuted this weekend, CBS News reported. Farm Babies will include chicks, piglets, lambs, calves, goat kids, bunnies and ducklings, CBS News...
• Posted Water Main Break in Wayzata to Close Road to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A water main break in Wayzata is forcing the closure of a well-traveled road Monday, as crews work to repair the damage, the Star Tribune reported. The water main damage occurred on Hennepin County Road 101 at 655 Bushaway Road,...
• Posted Driver Arrested for DWI After Minneapolis Cyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A 27-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stuck and killed a cyclist early Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, the Pioneer Press reported. Minneapolis Police were called around 2:15 a.m. to the scene of the crash near the intersection of...
• Posted Brazilian Doctor Charged With Killing Seven Patients to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  A Brazilian doctor, who was charged last month with killing seven terminally ill patients in a Brazilian hospital, was released on bail last week, according to the Associated Press. A press officer for Brazil's Health Ministry said Virginia Helena Soares...
• Posted Supervalu Eliminates 1,100 Jobs to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Supervalu is cutting 1,100 jobs nationwide, with about 600 in Minnesota, after selling its four largest grocery chains, the Star Tribune reported. The $3.3 billion sale closed last Thursday and reduced the size of the company by almost half, the...
• Posted Two Ohio High School Football Players Convicted of Rape to Meritte Dahl - News Blog
  Two high school football players from Steubenville, Ohio were found guilty Sunday of raping a 16-year-old girl, according to the Associated Press. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were sentenced to at least one year in juvenile prison, ABC...