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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota officials say a trio of Minneapolis people seeking to stop construction of a Vikings stadium timed a lawsuit just before financing was to be arranged to gum up plans. The state filed a response to the lawsuit Tuesday, urging a quick Minnesota Supreme Court...

MINNEAPOLIS -- After a bitter lockout that lasted more than 15 months, the Minnesota Orchestra’s management and musicians agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement Tuesday. It will put the musicians back to work, with performances set to resume at Minneapolis’ Orchestra...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak left the hospital Tuesday, three days after a severe heart attack. He went through two angioplasties, with the insertion of six stents, while in the hospital. Rybak, who left office last week after opting not to seek another...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Newly elected Mayor Betsy Hodges on Monday said she wants Minneapolis to be “more than just a great city.” “That is our call, Minneapolis,” Hodges said during her inaugural address, “to be more than just a great city, to be a new city: shining as a beacon...

An explosion and fire at a Minneapolis apartment building injured about a dozen people, who were rushed to hospitals on Wednesday, local media reported.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former priest who denies accusations of sexual abuse from the 1960s and 1980s has been suspended from teaching sex education for Wright County. The Star Tribune reports (http://strib.mn/1hBuoZq ) Harry Walsh has taught birth control, sexual disease prevention...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota public health officials hope a law change involving radon reporting will spur more buyers and sellers to test for the radioactive gas. Minnesota Public Radio News reports (http://bit.ly/1ezUf66 ) sellers currently have to report whether they are aware...

DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have broken ground on their new stadium. Team owners and officials were joined by hundreds of local politicians, business leaders and purple-clad fans Tuesday morning to commemorate the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — St. John's Abbey published the names Monday of 18 current and former monks it says likely have sexually abused minors, but victims' advocates say the list is incomplete and years overdue. The list was posted on the abbey's website less than a month after...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a lone gunman opened fire on a Minneapolis restaurant, killing one person and injuring three others. Officers were called to the La Que Buena restaurant about 1:30 a.m. Monday and found three victims. One person was pronounced dead at the scene and...

By Don Davis Forum News Service MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota officials asked students and others on campus to take shelter this afternoon after an attempted armed robbery. A university alert, sent after 3 p.m. said: “Person possibly armed with a gun...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A new Minneapolis gasoline station offers the state’s first chance to buy fuel with 15 percent corn-based ethanol. The federal government has allowed the use of such fuels in model year 2001 and newer vehicles. Pumps at Penn Minnoco, 6001 Penn Ave S., also...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Parts of the collapsed Interstate 35W Bridge were being turned over Thursday to the Minnesota Historical Society for eventual public viewing. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is transferring four pieces to a Historical Society storage facility in St....