| Good afternoon! The holidays are usually a time with an abundance of emotionally charged stories - such as the story of the child who died in the arms of Santa Claus, posted earlier this week. Well, now the paper is suggesting it might all be a fake. The only thing missing from a terrible 2016 was a story about Santa Claus lying about a dying child, writes MPR News blogger Bob Collins. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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| Enbridge officials came to Bemidji to meet with landowners in the path of their proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project. |
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| African-Americans were searched more often than any other racial group when stopped in St. Paul, according to data from more than 500,000 traffic stops the past 15 years. St. Paul police released the trove of data Wednesday. | Blacks far more likely to be cited in St. Paul cop stops |
| Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana made no secret of his ambitions to join a Donald Trump Cabinet, and yet his nomination as interior secretary is in some ways an unlikely fit for the retired U.S. Navy SEAL. | Election 2016 |
| Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson returned to the active roster and took part in a walk-through practice session Wednesday, the first since suffering a torn meniscus in a Sept. 18 game. |
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| Spokesman Sean Spicer said the president-elect is meeting daily with incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn on intelligence matters, and gets formal intelligence briefings at least three times a week. | What exactly is the 'President's Daily Brief' |
| The discovery of an oil pipeline spill earlier this month in western North Dakota has drawn heightened attention because of the battle over the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Here are some questions and answers about the spill on the Belle Fourche Pipeline. | |
| The rate was nearly twice as high for women infected early in pregnancy. |
| The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate in response to a solid U.S. economy and expectations of higher inflation, and it foresees three rate hikes in 2017. |
