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Minnesota Today from MPR News
December 18, 2012
9 worst urban planning moves in Twin Cities history
Tuning out the news of a massacre may be the best coping mechanism
Today on the MPR News Update, Minnesota mental health professionals and educators address mass shootings. We hear from the son of a victim of a mass shooting in Minneapolis. Also, we have the latest on the Cold Spring police officer killing, a plan to move sand around in Wabasha, and on how the group that pressed for construction of a new St. Croix River bridge is keeping the pressure on.
Little Falls shooter bail lowered
“Byron David Smith taunted the teen as she lay dying, shooting her again and again, according to a prosecutor who said an audio recording shows Smith went beyond self-defense in the Thanksgiving Day shootings of two cousins trying to burglarize his home.
“‘The state will show that this was an ambush, and a murder,’ prosecutor Todd Kosovich said in a court hearing Monday, recounting the chilling details the recorder captured,” via Star Tribune.
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No environmental review for sand mine; Lawmaker: Arm teachers; Op-Ed: Ban assault weapons
- Sand mining company wins round in Wabasha: No environmental review (MPR News)
- In wake of rampage, Minnesota DFLers talk tighter gun laws; GOP legislator says answer is to arm teachers (Pioneer Press)
- Dayton says gun control options limited (Capitol View)
- Editorial: Ban assault weapons (Star Tribune)
- Newtown teaches us, once again, to discount early reports (Reuters)
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Northland News Center news anchor pleads guilty to drunken driving
“KBJR-TV news anchor Kevin Jacobsen pleaded guilty Monday to driving drunk in Duluth in June.
Winona Daily News: Walz takes House members to task
“Compromise, compromise, compromise.
“U.S. Rep. Tim Walz shouted — yes, literally shouted — those three words on the House floor Wednesday in frustration over Congress’ inability to reach agreement on avoiding the ‘fiscal cliff,’ a package of tax increases and spending cuts that economists have said will send the country spiraling back into recession.
“Walz continued with a statement even more brazen, considering he directed it toward his many colleagues so interested not in work, but instead in sustaining a culture of privilege, petulance, indulgence and self-importance,” via Winona Daily News.
New Ulm school funding lags behind inflation
“District 88 spends 78 percent of budget on instruction, 72 percent on salaries, benefits,” via New Ulm Journal.
