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A 5-year-old boy drowned Tuesday night at a public beach in New Brighton, police said. The boy’s submerged body was first spotted by another swimmer, said New Brighton public safety director Bob Jacobson. Lifeguards and then paramedics who arrived at the scene at Long Lake tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead after being taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The boy’s name was not …

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Degraded surface water quality affects us all. Local farmers should use more sustainable methods. Toxic acetochlor is showing up at high levels in our rivers and creeks.

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Degraded surface water quality affects us all. Local farmers should use more sustainable methods. Toxic acetochlor is showing up at high levels in our rivers and creeks.

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A Farmington, Minn. family is looking for any clue in who hurt their mother this past weekend. Tonia Mehrhoff, 37, was found lying in the grass behind the American Legion in Rosemount, Minn. just before 9 a.m. Saturday. Video: Heather Brown Reports More Crime News More Transportation News

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A Farmington, Minn. family is looking for any clue in who hurt their mother this past weekend. Tonia Mehrhoff, 37, was found lying in the grass behind the American Legion in Rosemount, Minn. just before 9 a.m. Saturday. She was critically hurt and police believe she may have been hit by a truck or SUV that took off. Video: Heather Brown Reports More Crime News More Transportation News

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The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office Tuesday declined to charge anyone in the death of University of Minnesota college student Chris Jenkins. Video: Darcy Pohland Reports More Crime News More Minnesota News

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A 5-year-old boy drowned in Long Lake in New Brighton, Minn. Tuesday evening, according to the New Brighton Police Department. Video: Jason DeRusha Reports More Minnesota News

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Since the beginning of time, humankind has cataloged the various ways to have sex. Flip open any “Cosmo” or “Men’s Health” magazine these days and there’s plenty of how-to advice not fit for television. Video: Ben Tracy Reports More Good Questions More Special Reports

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Since the beginning of time, humankind has catalogued the various ways to have sex. Flip open any “Cosmo” or “Men’s Health” magazine these days and there’s plenty of how-to advice not fit for television. Video: Ben Tracy Reports More Good Questions More Special Reports

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A five-year-old boy died tonight from drowning at a New Brighton beach.

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A couple of stories stuck out for me in my wine blog reading over the past couple of days. The first one was from my friends across the pond at Decanter who posted a slightly snarky entry about Disney pulling the plug on their Ratatouille wine. No, Mr. Lechmere, I’m sure the California Wine Institute would have been equally opposed to California wine being in the Ratatouille bottle.

I have to say I was very surprised to see this brand emerge and was only going to buy the wine for it’s potential resale value on eBay. Whoever put the kibosh to this at Disney is to be commended. I think the potential damage to the Disney/Pixar brand would have been immense if this wine made it into Costco. A very good call from my perspective.

The other story that had me thinking was a post over at the Wine Direct Shipping Compliance blog. They site some pending legislation in Ohio that would limit households in that state to, “…twenty-four cases of nine-liter bottles of wine in one year.” Huh? Is that 24 Salmanazars or 24 cases of one-liter bottles?

Whatever the proper interpretation of this law is it’s clear that legislators in Ohio are not wine lovers. With similar legislation pending in other states it’s becoming clear that the forces against the free distribution of wine are starting to restrict the freedoms gained a couple years back. A very bad turn of events in my view.

Call me a “wine libertarian” but why can’t we just pay our taxes and enjoy whatever wine we want without any more government meddling?

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A couple of stories stuck out for me in my wine blog reading over the past couple of days. The first one was from my friends across the pond at Decanter who posted a slightly snarky entry about Disney pulling the plug on their Ratatouille wine. No, Mr. Lechmere, I’m sure the California Wine Institute would have been equally opposed to California wine being in the Ratatouille bottle.

I have to say I was very surprised to see this brand emerge and was only going to buy the wine for it’s potential resale value on eBay. Whoever put the kibosh to this at Disney is to be commended. I think the potential damage to the Disney/Pixar brand would have been immense if this wine made it into Costco. A very good call from my perspective.

The other story that had me thinking was a post over at the Wine Direct Shipping Compliance blog. They site some pending legislation in Ohio that would limit households in that state to, “…twenty-four cases of nine-liter bottles of wine in one year.” Huh? Is that 24 Salmanazars or 24 cases of one-liter bottles?

Whatever the proper interpretation of this law is it’s clear that legislators in Ohio are not wine lovers. With similar legislation pending in other states it’s becoming clear that the forces against the free distribution of wine are starting to restrict the freedoms gained a couple years back. A very bad turn of events in my view.

Call me a “wine libertarian” but why can’t we just pay our taxes and enjoy whatever wine we want without any more government meddling?

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The answer to St. Paul’s frustrations with feral felines? One part tuna and sardines, three parts resident participation, a little help from St. Paul officials and some big help from a no-kill animal rescue center. City Council members will hear from the public this evening about a proposed ordinance that would connect concerned St. Paul residents with a program to trap the cats, neuter or spay …

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A 5-year-old boy has been taken off a school bus carrying prekindergarten students following an allegation that he had been behaving “inappropriately and in a sexual manner” on the bus, according to a letter from a St. Paul principal. The boy, a student at Four Seasons A+ Elementary School in St. Paul, will continue attending classes through Thursday, the last day of school. It’s a year-round …

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A 5-year-old boy has been taken off a school bus carrying prekindergarten students following an allegation that he had been behaving “inappropriately and in a sexual manner” on the bus, according to a letter from a St. Paul principal. The boy, a student at Four Seasons A+ Elementary School in St. Paul, will continue attending classes through Thursday, the last day of school. It’s a year-round …

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