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The boyfriend of a slain Minnesota teenager has pleaded guilty in her stabbing death. Seventeen-year-old Anthony Mitchell of Maplewood pleaded as an adult Friday after waiving his adult certification hearing.

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Court documents say the body of a missing St. Paul woman was battered and naked when it was recovered from the Mississippi River.

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State officials say a St. Cloud auto parts company has paid $50,000 to a former employee who claimed her firing amounted to marriage discrimination. The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says Auto Value Parts terminated JoDee Goblirsch when her husband went to work for a competitor.

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Gov. Mark Dayton heads to Park Rapids for the 2013 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener and one of the iciest starts ever to the walleye season. The plan had been for Dayton to wet his line on Fish Hook Lake.

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A St. Paul woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for running over her boyfriend with her car and killing him.

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources blames the cool spring for slow fishing license sales heading into Saturday's walleye opener. Fishing license sales are down by about a third.

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The mother of a 4-year-old Minnesota boy left behind after a class field trip last month says her family won't sue the school district. Jacqueline Whylly says she met with Marshall Schools Superintendent Klint Willert to talk about the incident and express her concerns.

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Police say the search for a missing St. Paul woman is over. Authorities say Thursday that a body recovered a day earlier from the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul is that of Kira Trevino, a 30-year-old Wisconsin native who was last seen alive on Feb. 21.

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Four Minnesota House Republicans have broken party ranks to pass a gay marriage bill, with two Democrats voting against it. Thursday's 75-59 vote to legalize same-sex marriage sets up a Monday vote in the Senate, where supporters say they have sufficient backing.

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Frozen lakes and the recent spring snowstorms have grounded migrating loons and grebes in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. The storms forced birds down in areas where they normally wouldn't stop, and the lack of open water has given many of the aquatic birds little or no place to take off or land.

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