Author: Jeff Baenen
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2 dead after explosion at Minneapolis school
MINNEAPOLIS — A second body was found in the rubble of a collapsed school building in Minneapolis after an explosion killed a school employee and injured several others, fire officials said Wednesday night. City Fire Chief John Fruetel said the body was recovered around 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Minnehaha Academy. Fruetel said the medical…
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Family, Minneapolis officials want answers after officer fatally shoots 911 caller
MINNEAPOLIS — An Australian woman who called 911 to report what she believed to be an active sexual assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer in a case that has left many relatives and neighbors searching for answers. Authorities have released no details about what led to the shooting of Justine Damond,…
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Family, Minneapolis officials want answers after officer fatally shoots 911 caller
MINNEAPOLIS — An Australian woman who called 911 to report what she believed to be an active sexual assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer in a case that has left many relatives and neighbors searching for answers. Authorities have released no details about what led to the shooting of Justine Damond,…
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Company: Oil in pipeline under Missouri River reservoir
The Dakota Access pipeline developer said Monday that it has placed oil in the pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota and that it’s preparing to put the pipeline into service. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners made the announcement in a brief court filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.…
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1960s pop music icon Bobby Vee has died
MINNEAPOLIS — Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, has died. He was 73. Vee, whose…
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Prince, hugely inventive, influential musician, dead at 57
CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deepest grooves this side of Sly and the Family Stone. But no one could mistake his sound for anyone but Prince. The dazzlingly talented and charismatic singer,…
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Simplicity at heart of Kate DiCamillo tales
MINNEAPOLIS • Kate DiCamillo recalls the first time she pumped gas in 10-degree weather, without gloves. “I remember sitting in the car, looking at my hands thinking, ‘I’ve permanently damaged myself,’” she says. Spurred by a “pre-midlife crisis,” DiCamillo moved to Minnesota from Florida 14 years ago. But it’s a move she does not regret.Since…
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Memoir charts long recovery
MINNEAPOLIS • When reporter David Carr began thinking about writing his life story, he found he couldn’t trust his own memory.Was it his best friend who pulled the gun on Carr some 20 years ago when Carr – fired from a job and thrown out of a bar – tried to kick in his friend’s…