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Two men where trapped in a tunnel after if filled with rain water, according to the Star Tribune. Ian William Talty, 30, of Woodbury, died on Saturday. Nicholas Breid, who was with Talty swam to shore and survived. The men were exploring and photographing the cave when a thunderstorm began after 10 a.m. After Breid made it shore he began yelling for help. Three students from the University of St. Thomas crew team heard him yell and called police. They then got into motorized aluminum boats to go towards. Breid. Talty was found shortly after polcie arrived and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Six people were arrested when a party became unruly in Dinkytown. The people made a fire and attempted to tip over cars, the Star Tribune said. Police used pepper and smoke grenades to disperse a crowd on the 7th Street between 13th and 14th avenues. (This occurred in my front yard. The Star Tribune said that a bonfire was made in the street. The party was a part of Spring Jam. According to the MN Daily, more than 500 students were in the 1300 block of 7th street on Saturday night and early into Sunday morning. Minneapolis police Sgt. Jesse Garcia told the MN Daily that officers first came to the scene around 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. and saw partygoers throwing rocks and bottles. Police cleared the scene before a fire was started around 12 p.m.

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According to the Star Tribune, U.S.-born Roxana Saberi, has been in custody since January for allegedly buying alcohol. Her parents, Reza and Akiko arrived in Iran on Sunday to visit their daughter. Iranian officials also told the Associated Press that she was working as a journalist without proper creditably. Saberi has reported for the BBC and National Public Radio. She has been living in Iran for six years as a journalist and student. Saberi was pursing her masters degree. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told AP, the United States had given a letter to Iranian officials looking for help in resolving Saberi's case. The Pioneer Press says that Saberi was arrested for working as a reporter even though her press credentials had expired. Her parents found out about her arrest on Feb. 10. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Iran. She attended Concordia College in Moorehead, Minn.

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University of St. Thomas Freshman Dan Zamlen was reported missing early Sunday morning. He was last heard from around 3 a.m. as he walked along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. Sally Zamlen, Dan's mother told the Star Tribune that Dan's friends told her that her son was talking to them on his cell phone and the friends had just told him they'd come and pick him up. "Then they heard, 'Oh my God, oh my God,' so we think he fell," she told the Star Tribune. Zamlen has diabetes, which raises concern that he may need medical attention. According to the Pioneer Press, Zamlen said, "Oh, my God...where are you...help. " Pioneer Press said there are worries that he is somewhere in a comma due to the fact he is a type-1 diabetic. He had been drinking at a party at the 100 block of St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul. Friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson told the Pioneer Press when he left the party he was upset. No one has heard from Zamlen since the phone call cut off. Friends and family are searching the area

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According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol as reported by the Pioneer Press, Carrie Rindal has been disciplined and will receive additional training, after a traffic stop on New Year's Eve. She performed a "pursuit intervention technique" to stop the vehicle, and after review it was found to be an incorrect way to deal with the situation. Sam Salter, 40, of Hudson, Wis., was driving his children home on Interstate 94 on Dec. 31 when Rindal tried to pull him over for going 70 miles per hour in a 55 zone and an improper lane change. Salter reported took more than a minute and a half to pull his van over. The review board's reported that "the board did not believe that the driver was actively intending to flee the trooper." as reported by the Star Tribune. The report also said that the P.I.T. maneuver attempt did not follow patrol training standards. Salter was arrested at gun point the night of the incident. The report said that she was right to arrest him at gun point because Salter came out of the van "yelling and approaching slightly toward the squad [car]." Salter proposed a $9,500 settlement to attorneys for the State Patrol.

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According to Star Tribune, Mexican police are investigating the death of Josh Gunderson, 20 Officials with the American Consulate General in Guadalajara told the Star Tribune that Gunderson died early Tuesday morning. According to friends Gunderson went on the trip with Ashley Jones and the room where Gunderson was found was registered to David Jensen Zachary. Brian Gunderson, the uncle of Josh Gunderson told the Pioneer Press that one of the families of the two individuals traveling with Gunderson has an attorney to take their calls, and they have not yet been able to ask questions about the death of their family member. "We want to make sure it was just an accident. We just want some reassurance that that was the case," Brian Gunderson told the Pioneer Press. They said that Gunderson was on spring break with Ashley Jones, 18, of Minnetonka, and Zachery Jensen, 26, of Hopkins. Brian told the Pioneer Press that Jensen was a family friend of Jones. According to the Press, the Jensen family has not contacted the Gunderson's and the Jones family has referred all calls to its attorney. A visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Bradshaw Celebration of Life Center in Stillwater.

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According to the Pioneer Press, on Tuesday a substitute teacher at Roosevelt Elementary school in St. Paul showed up with a bottle of Phillips vodka. The principal of the school called the police after another teacher noticed him acting suspiciously, Sharon Freeman, executive director of elementary education for the St. Paul school district told the Pioneer Press. Police arrived and administered a Breathalyzer. The substitute's blood alcohol level was 0.18. The officers then drove the man home. St. Paul police Sgt. Pete Crum told the Pioneer Press, it was unlikely that a police report was created. According to the Star Tribune, the substitute was teaching a fourth-grade class at Roosevelt Elementary West Side School of Excellence. Star Tribune said police were called around 1 p.m. after the principal talked to the teacher who witnessed the substitute's behavior. Police are investigating to determine whether a crime has been committed.

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According to the Pioneer Press, last week a Rosemount student found $18,000 in a ditch, that they have now linked to a Farmington pot grower. John T. Jordan, 36, was charged Thursday in Dakota County District Court after police found 200 pot plants in his house and connected him to several bags of pot found in the ditch. Police responded to a noise compliant at Jordan's residence in 4800 block of 190th Street on Monday. No one answered the door at Jordan's residence, and police noticed an order of marijuana coming from the house. Jordan later left the home and was stopped by police for traffic violations. A search warrant was executed for Jordan's home, where growing equipment was found. Authorities told the Star Tribune they found more than 200 pot plants growing in Jordan's home. Star Tribune said that Jordan left his home about 30 minutes after police knocked on his door. Police followed him but lost sight of him when they detoured in an attempt to cut him off. Capt. John Grant, of the Dakota County Drug Task Force, told the Star Tribune police believe the money that the Rosemount teen found was thrown from the car when it was out of sight of the police. Jordan was released Friday on $100,000 bail.

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Jennifer M. Linnear, 26 died at Regions Hospital after being stabbed once outside an apartment at the 600 block of Oakland Avenue, police spokesman Pete Crum told the Star Tribune. Police told the Star Tribune that Linnear and her husband where at the apartment building sometime between 1 and 1:30 a.m. by a 21-year-old woman. Police arrested a suspect soon after they learned of the stabbing after Linnear was brought to the hospital by her husband. According to the Pioneer Press, officers arrested Whitney Tanee Kizart, 21, on suspicion of murder. Police also told the Pioneer Press that Kizart was arrested at her apartment at 650 Oakdale Ave. at 2:45 a.m. Kizart is being held in the Ramsey County jail.

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Authorities are investigating a body found encased in ice on a Ham Lake golf course Friday afternoon according to the Pioneer Press. A groundskeeper at the Majestic Oak Golf Course discovered the body Friday afternoon near Hole 16 in a frozen pond. Authorities believe it is a man based on his clothing.
Lt. Paul Sommer of the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. told the Star Tribune the head was severed but because the body was frozen under water it appeared to be intact. Most of the face appeared to be eaten away by animals. Authorities used a steamer from the Anoka County Highway Department to remove the body from the pond. Authorities will let the body thaw before conducting an autopsy. The man had a wallet in his pocket, but it was still frozen shut by late Friday night. The man was not wearing a winter coat, so officials believe the body could have been there since November.

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In an effort to encourage University of Minnesota Duluth students to report alcohol related medical emergencies school officials have made a new policy which protects them from legal ramifications, according to the Pioneer Press. Since this fall nine students and four visitors at the school have required emergency assistance which were alcohol related. The amnesty plan is set to start next fall. The students who get help for their friends that may be suffering from alcohol poisoning will not face legal ramifications, and neither will the afflicted. According to the Star Tribune, UMD is considering the policy. The 13 students requiring medical attention related to alcohol consumption were all under the age of 21. The Star Tribune also said the student in need of medical assistance could be ordered to take a chemical dependency evaluation, and those who called for help might be subject to education or counseling sessions.

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In area of south Minneapolis, from near Richfield to southeast Minneapolis near the Mississippi River at Franklin Avenue people were robbed of cell phones, purses, wallets, and clothing between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The men were thought to be in their 20s. Police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer told the Star Tribune that most of the robberies where done while driving around south Minneapolis with a gun. No one was hurt in any of the robberies. Police told the Star Tribune they are unsure if the robberies are linked, but that it is fairly uncommon to have so many robberies in one night that are not linked.

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According to the Star Tribune, Al Franken's legal team proposed to 1, 600 absentee ballots half of those ballots were ballots at Norm Coleman wanted to be considered for counting. Franken increased the number of absentee ballots that he wants counted from 771 to 804. Franken also said that 64 other ballots disappeared during the re-count. Franken told the Star Tribune that a felon voted for Coleman even though there is a state law prohibiting felons from voting. According to the Pioneer Press, Franken has told the Minnesota court that he agrees to the opening an counting of 1,585 sealed absentee ballots. Coleman is now suing to overturn the results that Franken lead by 225 votes. The case will resume on Monday.

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Police told the Star Tribune that on Friday a man allegedly assaulted his wife and his neighbor with a knife in Shakopee, and then fled. When police returned to the house to look for more evidence on Saturday, they saw signs of a break in. The man, Gordon William Denmark, who allegedly assaulted his wife and neighbor, was hiding in an attic space. When Denmark came out of the attack with a gun, police told him to drop the knife but he refused. Denmark was then Tasered by police, and still did not put down the knife. Two police officers then fired their guns at Denmark. He died on the scene around 4 p.m. According to the Pioneer Press, Denmark assaulted his wife and neighbor around 11 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Pine Tree Lane in Shakopee. The incident is being investigated by The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

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Police told the Pioneer Press that a 33 year-old man was apparently struck by a train on Saturday in St. Paul. A railroad woker traveling on the other side of the tracks noticed the man laying on the tracks and notified reporters around 11 p.m. Police told Pioneer Press it is not known when the man was struck.
St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos told the Star Tribune that about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, a Union Pacific train operator reported seeing a man's body on the a set a tracks next to him. According to the Star Tribune he was struck by the train as well.
The victim appeared to be in his 30s and has not been identified. Panos told the Star Tribune that it doesn't look like he was hit by a train and knocked onto the other set of tracks, and that he was already on the tracks.

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Seven out of 10 people applying for jobless benefits in the state, 68.3 percent, were men, according to U.S. Labor Department figures from 2008. According to the Star Tribune, around the U.S. 59% of people filing for unemployment benefits are men. Some of the companies that have laid off workers around Minnesota include 3M Co., Andersen Corp.,Imation, Ecolab and Pentair. According to Hank Cox, spokesman for the National Association of Manufacturing, three-quarters of the people in factories around the nation are men and women tend to choose different career paths. Being out of work is so bad for some though. The Pioneer Press interviewed mnay Minnesotan's who said their layoff allowed them more time to do the things they want to do. Alex Swain for example, Swain makes himself do some of his hobbies such as, playing music, painting and hiking instead of sulking.

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Minneapolis mayor will run for a 3rd term, and has kicked off his re-election campaign. According to the Pioneer Press, Rybak will continue to work on reducing crime. He proposed the Opportunity Agenda in which he wants to improve public safety, make more jobs, help business and improve transportation and education.
Rybak started out his re=election campaign with a rally of 150 supporters at Riverview theater. According to the Star Tribune, Rybak told his supporters, "I can't wait for the next four years, I can't wait to see what this city will do in these tough times." In an earlier interview with the Star Tribune he said that he was unsure whether or not he would serve a full term. His competition Bob Miller pledge to serve a full term. He begins his re-election bid with a ampaign treasury of $9,200

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A 41 year-old man was arrested for suspicion of groping over 10 women on the University of Minnesota campus starting around Dec. 9. He was arrested on Tuesday night after a woman reported being groped near the McNamara Alumni Center. Lt. Nancy Dunlap, head of the Minneapolis Police Department's sex crime unit told the Star Tribune that he had only a minor criminal record.
According to the Minnesota Daily, Phillip W. Acosta, 41, was charged two counts of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct. Dunlap told the Daily that he confessed to to 10 offenses.
The night that a woman reported being groped near McNamara, police found out after arresting Acosta, that there had been another offense near Moos Tower. The two woman that reported being groped that night identified him as the attacker.

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Norman W. Berry was charged with drug possession and second-degree assault. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Norman was said to have resigned from the St. Paul police department in 1993 after Hmong teen during a New Year celebration. $3,200 worth of marijuana was taken from his house by Courtney Bivens, according to the court documents. Bivens told police he heard of the robbery on Nov. 28 but denied breaking into Berry's house.
On Dec. 3, he slashed Bivens on the arm with a knife, according to the complaint. Berry told Bivens he would kill him if he did not get in his vehicle. Police searched Berry's house on Dec. 11 and found marijuana and the the remains of a grow operation.
According to the Pioneer Press, Berry is under arrest in Stockton, Calif.

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Jeffery Logan was fatally shot near the American Legion's Attucks-Brooks Post in St Paul on Saturday. According to the Star Tribune Logan was leaving the club around 1 a.m. three were said to be targeting Logan's cousin, when he stepped in to protect his cousin, and was then shot. Witnesses were able to describe the vehicle which lead to the arrest of the three men.
The Pioneer Press reports that Logan was found behind the club by police and was then taken to St. Paul's Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead. There was a short chase for the three suspects. They were caught after hitting a planter at Laurel Avenue and St. Albans Street.

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