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WEB FORECAST: Warmer, Scattered Showers Thursday

Submitted by Scott Theisen, KSTP Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 7:24pm

You can expect partly cloudy skies and mild conditions overnight. Low temperatures will be in the mid-50s.

Meteorologist Dave Dahl says showers and thunderstorms are expected to start early in the day Thursday, taper off, and then re-develop Thursday night. Highs will be around 80 degrees.

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3,500 Local Hospital Workers Vote to Strike

Submitted by Michelle Knoll
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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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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Fighting Rush Hour: The Fastest, Most Efficient Commute

Submitted by KSTP News Staff
Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 10:31pm

Every morning, 800-thousand of us end up smack dab in the middle of rush hour traffic.

We recently did an experiment, involving two 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reporters, and two approaches to the rush hour.  

Chris Egert and Ellen McNamara help to answer one question: who gets there first?

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Date, Location Set for 2013 Governor's Fishing Opener

Submitted by Michelle Knoll
Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 5:40pm

With the 2012 fishing opener in the books, organizer will start looking to next year's Governor's Fishing Opener.

A date and location has already been set. It will be held May 10-11 in the Park Rapids area, in northwestern Minnesota.

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