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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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Theologian to Speak at Final U of M Environmental Series Event

Submitted by Jennie Olson, Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 11:56am

An environmental theologian will be talking about how faith traditions go hand-in-hand with environmentalism at the final University of Minnesota Environment’s Momentum 2012 event series.

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U of M to Test Emergency Alert System

Submitted by Jennie Olson, Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 11:34am

The University of Minnesota will be testing its emergency alert system next week.

The campus-wide system includes outdoor speakers with both alert tones and voice messages.

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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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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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VIDEO: Lynx Take Over U of M Sports Pavilion, Beat Chicago

Submitted by KSTP News Staff
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 7:55pm

The Minnesota Lynx' rise in popularity was evident as they played their lone home preseason game before beginning their title defense.

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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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