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December 20, 2012

Minnesota Scenes

Photo: A light dusting

A Light Dusting

Snow from brief snow flurries covers the basalt of Artist’s Point. The sunrise creates a sun pilar and a pink sky. Grand Marais, Minnesota. — Bryan Hansel via Flickr

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Top 5

Midwest blizzard; Cold case in Cold Spring?; Guns already allowed in Minn. schools

  1. Video: Blizzard slams midwest, southern Minn. schools close (Mult)
  2. Unlike Decker case, most officer killings solved quickly (MPR News)
  3. Little-known Minnesota exemption allows guns in schools (Star Tribune)
  4. Sheriffs: More apply for gun permits in the St. Cloud area (St Cloud Times)
  5. Gang rape mistrial possible as St. Paul juror hospitalized (Star Tribune)

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Minnesota law allows guns in schools

“For years, Greg Lund carried a loaded gun as a high school principal in northwestern Minnesota. Students, parents and most of the staff at Norman County East High School didn’t know he was armed, but Lund said he couldn’t leave his students’ safety to chance.

“‘There’s little you can do to prevent them from getting in the building,’ said Lund, a gun safety educator. "It was a small, rural school, and it would be 20 minutes or more before we would have police in the building.’” via Star Tribune.

Cold Spring officer shooting case unsolved

Snow poses challenges for morning commute, air travel to Chicago