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Sen. Edward Kennedy has malignant brain tumor

Sen. Kennedy

A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures.

35W bridge's main span to start taking shape this week

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Erection of the main span for the new 35W bridge will soon begin and "significant thumping" is anticipated in the area near downtown as old freeway road bed near the bridge site is broken up, transportation officials said today.

Tickets for 'Star Wars' exhibit on sale Wednesday

Telephone operators at the Science Museum of Minnesota expect to be busy Wednesday as tickets for the much-anticipated "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" go on sale at 8 a.m.

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WCCO meteorologist: Global warming 'extremism' uses 'squishy science'

Longtime WCCO-TV meteorologist Mike Fairbourne says that the environmental movement is practicing "squishy science" when it ties human activity to global warming.

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Clinton, Obama compete in Oregon, Kentucky

Barack Obama competed with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Kentucky and Oregon primaries on Tuesday, the latest contests in a historic Democratic presidential race moving inexorably his way.

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