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The Star Tribune reported on the front page of their local section that a 51-year old woman died when she was hit by an SUV while biking in St. Paul on Summit Ave. Saturday. They devoted six paragraphs to a story that included the age and home of the driver, (a 39-year old Minneapolis man), comments from police, and much information on the victim, Virginia Heuerbowar.

The Pioneer Press, also known as the St. Paul Pioneer Press, only had five sentences on the topic, all coming from the Associated Press. The location of the article was much harder to find as well. It is interesting that the Pioneer Press didn't have more on the story than the Star Tribune, considering it is a local story and they are more local than the Strib.

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The death of a 28-year-old woman following what appeared to be a motorcycle accident in Andover has ended up leading to the arrest of her boyfriend and father of her child.

Police said that Natasha Waalen's injuries weren't consistent with a motor vehicle accident, the Star Tribune reported. In the ensuing investigation, authorities arrested the 33-year-old suspect, whose name was not released.

Waalen graduated from Anoka High School, and left behind a 4-year-old daughter.

This article received coverage in the Star Tribune as it was an interesting story and a local story. It was found on the first page of the paper's website, while the Pioneer Press did not include this headline on theirs.

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The 35W bridge, which will be opening sometime this week, (announcement of when to come tomorrow) has been covered a variety of ways. From the St. Cloud Times, an Associated Press report details why people are disappointed in the bridge, while no one from the actual Times bothers to cover it.

Here in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune takes more time to cover the story of the bridge that has left the city's traffic in knots, looking back at the tragedy, looking forward at an eventual finished product, and looking towards the day when the biggest detour in quite a while finally ends

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