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Court documents raise a troubling question about a Minneapolis
woman who allegedly looked on as her boyfriend whipped her
6-year-old son with a cord. Records say Jacquelyn Wander Williams
also had a previous son who died in Chicago in 1999. Hennepin
County prosecutors say that 8-month-old had nine broken bone and
four internal injuries.

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A Duluth couple critically injured in an apparent murder-suicide have
died. Duluth police say 56-year-old Michael William Peterson and
50-year-old Kay Marie Peterson both died Friday, two days after
the shooting. A police spokesman says the pair were kept on life
support so organ donations could be made.

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The Department of Natural Resources asks Minnesotans to keep an
eye out for the state bird, the common loon, this Memorial Day
weekend. The DNR says it’s a hazardous weekend for loons because
they are incubating eggs now. To avoid scaring a loon from its eggs,
boaters, canoeists and kayakers should stay at least 100 feet from
loon nests.

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The Minneapolis City Council has settled a lawsuit filed by a man
who was punched and kicked by police officers in an incident caught
on tape. Under the settlement, the city agreed to pay $150,000 to
Derryl Jenkins and $85,000 for his attorney’s fees.

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The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorcyclist died after hitting
a dog that ran onto Highway 12 in Wright County. Danny Freund
of Howard Lake was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center
in Minneapolis, where the patrol says he died. Authorities say
Freund wasn’t wearing a helmet.

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Police in Duluth say that a rash of dog poisonings are related.
Eight dogs in the Lakeside area have died of suspected
poisoning since 2003. A veterinarian says a dog that died last
week was poisoned. Authorities are urging dog owners to
keep a close eye on their pets.

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Stillwater police say fishermen rescued a distraught teen who jumped
into the St. Croix River from a lift bridge. Alec Vujovich of Stillwater
and Kyle Keene of Rosemount were trolling under the bridge
Wednesday afternoon when they saw the 18-year-old man struggling
to stay above water in the middle of the river.

Vujovich jumped into the water from his fishing boat while Keene threw him a life jacket. Vujovich pulled the teen to the boat and Keene took them to shore where a small group of people had gathered, including a police officer.

The teen told police he was upset because his girlfriend wouldn’t speak
to him.