Minneapolis Bar Accuses City of Unfair Treatment

Minneapolis bar accuses city of unfair treatment

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Minneapolis bar Champions Saloon & Eatery has filed a lawsuit accusing the city of unfairly scheming to shut it down. Champions owner Rick Nelson said police targeted his bar with an undercover drug sting, defamed the business, and wrongly enforced …
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Stop the (holiday) music

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"Christmas music is an aural sign that we're being treated as consumers." Christmas … In the first week of November, a large Canadian retailer, Shoppers Drug Mart, hushed Christmas music in its stores after customers complained that it had started …
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Six medical care providers at Jefferson County jail resign after investigation

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Kelly Feiock, the jail's public information officer, said changes have been made since the two inmates died, including expanded substance abuse screening and the Oct. 1 hiring of a substance abuse nurse. The jail also implemented a revised “mandatory …
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HIV Drugs Being Used to Fight Cancer

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Groundbreaking research using HIV drugs to fight cancer. Only a dozen patients have tried it, Emma Whithead was one of them. Her leukemia seemed undefeatable. No treatments left. She was six-years-old. In April, they tried using HIV to cure, not kill.
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