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GILCHRIST TOWNSHIP — Officials are investigating the death late Wednesday of a man in Gilchrist Township. Pope County sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene at a rural Gilchrist Township home around 11:24 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a 911 call. The caller stated an individual...

JUNEAU, Alaska - An Alaskan moose hunter, whose discovery of the corpse of a wanderer two decades ago helped lead to the 2007 movie "Into the Wild," has been shot and killed by police following a weekend chase through the city of Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers said. Police said...

CHISHOLM, Minn. -- A man was found dead on a snowbank in Chisholm early Wednesday morning. The Chisholm Police Department said it doesn’t expect foul play in the death. Police received a call at 7:20 a.m. about a body in a driveway on the 300 block of Sixth Avenue Southwest....

VIRGINIA, Minn. -- A man missing for a month apparently froze to death, police said after his body was found under a porch in Virginia. Andrew Christopher Kanian, 41, was reported missing Jan. 2. Virginia police received a call just before 2 p.m. Monday that someone found...

HIBBING, Minn. -- A Chisholm man who admitted recording an underage girl changing clothes and posting images and video on a pornographic website will serve at least eight months in prison. Derrick Allen Mart, 24, also will be on probation for seven years, and any violations...

DENVER (AP) -- A man who cut off his forearm to free himself from a dislodged boulder in a Utah canyon was arrested in Denver on allegations of domestic violence.

GRANITE FALLS — The missing man has been located in Yellow Medicine County. The county Sheriff’s Office and Tactical Rescue Team have located Christopher Geisler, who hadn’t had contact with anyone since 9 p.m. Monday. Previously this morning, the sheriff’s office...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- A 54-year-old Bemidji man was killed early Sunday morning when he was struck by a vehicle at the 800 block of Paul Bunyan Drive South, which runs between Lake Bemidji and Lake Irving. Police responded to the accident at 4:48 a.m. Sunday and found Andrew Willard...

Unearned blessings By E.J. Dionne WASHINGTON — In thinking about inequality, we tend to focus on practical remedies such as raising minimum wages or supplementing the incomes of the working poor. We have far more trouble affecting that ineffable thing we call luck. You do...

(Reuters) - A Houston man shot himself to death in his wife's hospital room on Sunday, 3 1/2 hours after she had given birth to their baby, police said. "Family members said he has been distraught recently," Houston police spokesman John Cannon said on Monday. The...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — A man broke his neck and two other people broke ankles after jumping 25 feet from a platform onto a giant inflated airbag at a festival in Chippewa County, authorities said. The attraction was new to Country Fest, an annual event in Chippewa Falls that...

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. - A Cottage Grove man faces felony animal torture and cruelty charges after saying he killed his dog over a dispute about where the animal should be kept, authorities said. George R. Nichols, 37, was charged in Washington County District Court in the death...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - A Minnesota man coming in for questioning about a missing woman has shot himself in the police parking lot. Eden Prairie police got a call Thursday morning after 24-year-old Mandy Marie Matula of Eden Prairie failed to show up for work. Police believe...