3,500 Local Hospital Workers Vote to Strike

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 6:54am

About 3,500 members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to strike. After two days of voting, 91 percent supported the strike option.

If the union calls a 2-5 day strike it would affect:

-Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina
-Fairview Riverside Hospital in Minneapolis

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Memorial Dedicated to Minneapolis Park Police Officer

Submitted by Scott Theisen, KSTP Web Producer

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 11:32pm

A memorial has been dedicated nearly five years after a Minneapolis Park police officer died during a chase.

Tuesday, Minneapolis Park Police unveiled a memorial to Officer Mark Bedard in Minnehaha Park, a place where he once patrolled.

The memorial includes a boulder with a bronze inscription, a bench and trees.

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WEB FORECAST: Mostly Sunny, Mild Wednesday

Submitted by Scott Theisen, KSTP Web Producer

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 7:34pm

Tonight will be mostly clear and cooler, meteorologist Dave Dahl says. Overnight low temperatures will be around 50 degrees.

Wednesday is expected to be mostly sunny and mild with highs in the mid-70s.

Click here to track your weather conditions with KSTP.com.

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Falcon Heights Man Sentenced in Dunn Bros. Robbery

Submitted by Michelle Knoll

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 5:31pm

A Falcon Heights man was sentenced Tuesday for robbing a Dunn Bros. Coffee shop in Uptown at gunpoint back in October 2010.

A judge sentenced 39 year-old Carlos Maurice Harris to 300 months in prison on one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

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Hennepin County Hazardous Waste Drop Off Opens this Week

Submitted by Mike Maybay on Tuesday, May 15th, 2:21 pm

Bring us your tired old TVs, your half-full cans of paint, your burned out fluorescent bulbs, and your old propane tanks. That's the message from Hennepin County.

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Assisted Suicide Group Accused in Apple Valley Woman's Death

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 10:39am

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Minnesotans Weigh Pros and Cons of Breakthrough Genetic Testing Technology

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Monday, May 14th, 2012, 11:11pm

Lynn Fellman stares at a computer in her warehouse-district art studio, tapping on the keyboard as images of a human face expand and contract on the screen.

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