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State pays $400,000 to settle inmate lawsuit

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally ... Read more | Add your comment

Cost of new Minn. top income tax rate? It depends

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A narrow band of Minnesotans will pay a higher income tax under the new state budget. How much more? That depends. ... Read more | Add your comment

Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

PHOENIX — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an ... Read more | Add your comment

IRS official Lerner: ‘I did nothing wrong’

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that ... Read more | Add your comment

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

MOORE, Okla. — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary ... Read more | Add your comment

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  1. Arias tells jury what she’ll do if allowed to live  | Add your comment
  2. Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies  | Add your comment
  3. Chronic pain affects growing number of MN veterans  | Add your comment
  4. The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?  | Add your comment
  5. Former IRS chief: Can’t say how targeting happened  | Add your comment
  6. Smokers, top earners to pay more state taxes  | Add your comment
  7. State’s farmers plant 70 percent of corn crop  | Add your comment
  8. Lawmakers wrap up session: Taxes up on cigarettes, top earners; wage hike fizzles  | Add your comment
  9. UPDATE: Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister  | Add your comment
  10. Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place  | Add your comment
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