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A state panel is considering major cuts to prison sentences for many drug offenses, The Associated Press has learned. Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines Commission is expected to take up several options Wednesday that would reduce some drug sentences by nearly half.
Garrison Keillor has sold out his final Minnesota shows as host of "A Prairie Home Companion." Keillor sold out his Feb. 13, 20 and 27 shows at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. All of those shows will have rush tickets available on show day.
Actor Charlie Sheen announced Tuesday morning that he is HIV-positive. He said he has known about the diagnosis for four years and has been taking daily antiretroviral medications to stay healthy. "It's a hard three letters to absorb," Sheen said.
A Victoria teenager is facing criminal charges after police say he threatened to kill another student. Chanhassen police say a ninth grader at Chanhassen High School told them he received an email on Friday from a fellow classmate that read, "I'm going to shoot you."
Who wouldn't love to have their own personal shopper? Online personal shopping services have exploded in popularity in recent years. Clothes are picked out for users and then sent in the mail, saving them time and, some say, money.
A Sauk Centre couple is speaking out for the first time in 26 years to say they believe the suspicious man they saw at a Tom Thumb gas station three hours before Jacob Wetterling was abducted could be Danny Heinrich. Kevin and Marlene Gwost are members of one of Minnesota's best known polka bands, the Nite Owls.
Minneapolis police are trying to figure out who shot a man and left him critically hurt Tuesday night. Police responded to a call of shots fired at about 5:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Emerson Avenue North.
The FBI says it will start a criminal civil rights investigation into the death of Jamar Clark That is one of the demands the Twin Cities Black Lives Matter group made after Clark's death on Saturday.
Fifty-three northern Minnesota hound dogs are getting a chance at a better life. The dogs were surrendered to the Golden Valley Animal Humane Society a few weeks ago. Staffers there say a man had dogs for years. He never got them fixed, so they kept reproducing.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension confirmed Tuesday that 24- year-old Jamar Clark is dead. He was shot by Minneapolis police officers during a struggle while they were responding to a call of a woman being assaulted.
A woman and child were raped and beaten after masked gunmen invaded their Minneapolis home. Police say Reggie Bishop, Roynell Taylor and Deondre Bishop broke into a North Minneapolis home on Bryant Avenue North late at night on July 19.
For the first time years, the Vikings are at the top of the standings, looking down on the Green Bay Packers. Sunday's game at TCF Bank Stadium is sold out, which isn't uncommon for this huge rivalry.
The second victim in an early Monday morning shooting in South Minneapolis has died. Police were on routine patrol when they heard shots just before 2 a.m. Monday on the 2800 block of South 15th Avenue.
With Thanksgiving just over a week away, holiday shoppers are already plotting their gift buying strategies. It's estimated that Twin Cities shoppers will spend about $1.4 billion on holiday gifts this season.
The Department of Natural Resources says the state's deer populations have grown, as shown by harvest numbers from the second weekend in the firearms season.
