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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 08:05 pm

Rochester Metro News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Post-Bulletin

Woman sentenced for cutting man's face with broken bottle in Rochester

A 26-year-old Minneapolis woman has been sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison for cutting a man on the face with a broken bottle in 2005 in Rochester.

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13 hrs ago | Post-Bulletin

Photos and Images from Rochester, MN

Brian Gump gets doubled The Rochester Honkers' Brian Gump gets doubled off first on a popup during the first inning of their Northwoods League game with St.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, St. Cloud, MN, Entertainment

21 hrs ago | Post-Bulletin

A view of South Korea from Rochester

Pahn Gahp Sum Nee Da It is a very long flight, but worth it. Our trip to South Korea was eventful, enlightening and full of surprises.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Rochester, MN, Travel, South Korea Travel

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Post-Bulletin

Video: Rochester firefighters check flooded homes for safety

Hip waders normally used by duck hunters gave structural collapse technicians Chad Sutton and Brad Funk enough protection to wade through water so full of gasoline, farm chemicals and hog waste that it burns ...

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WXOW

Officials examining cause of Charles City fireworks mishap

Officials are trying to understand why a Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired, sending a fireball skidding down a city street and into a crowd gathered to watch the display.

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Post-Bulletin

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Standing long jump Kyra Lubensky, 5, competes in the standing long jump at the annual Gene Roden Memorial Track Meet at the Wescott Athletic Complex on Tuesday.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Post-Bulletin

Rochester officer retiring, headed to mall

After 28 years with the Rochester Police Department, Dan Pulford is retiring. But it will be short-lived. Three days after leaving the police department, he assumes new duties as head of security at Apache ...

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Drugs

Earthlink

Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress

Jim Mone By FREDERIC J. FROMMER July 04, 2008 12:22 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path.

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Post-Bulletin

Whiskey Bones Roadhouse charged with failing to comply with regulations

Another Rochester bar has run afoul of city government. Whiskey Bones Roadhouse, 3820 U.S. 63 N., was in court on Thursday answering charges that it has failed to comply with two city zoning regulations.

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Post-Bulletin

Bicyclist hospitalized after collision with car near Rec Center

A Rochester man was hospitalized after the bicycle he was riding collided with a vehicle on Elton Hills Drive Northwest near the Rochester Recreation Center on Thursday afternoon.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Post-Bulletin

Rochester golf course rekindles historical nature

Interlachen Country Club in Edina hosted the U.S. Women's Open last week. The famous Donald Ross layout is Minnesota's most historic golf course.

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Post-Bulletin

Man's eyelid bitten off in jail fight

Authorities say two Hennepin County jail inmates fought with another inmate, and that one of them bit off the man's eyelid.

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Post-Bulletin

Man arrested in connection with weekend stabbing

Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the gang-related stabbing of a teenager during the weekend.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Post-Bulletin

U of M names vice-chancellor for Rochester campus

The University of Minnesota-Rochester filled another top leadership position with the announcement Tuesday that Claudia Neuhauser will become the vice-chancellor for academic affairs.

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Post-Bulletin

Rochester police seek information from public about bike path attack

Rochester police hope that forensic evidence will help them track down a rapist.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Trail, MN

Post-Bulletin

Rochester man pleads not guilty in beating death of man

A Rochester man has pleaded not guilty to murder and assault charges in connection with the beating death of a man at a northwest city apartment in March.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Post-Bulletin

Rochester murderer who confessed without lawyer loses appeal

Minnesota's highest court rejected on Thursday an appeal from a convicted murderer from Rochester who claimed he was denied his right to have a lawyer present during questioning.

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Related Topix: Dodge County, MN, Rochester, MN, Dodge Center, MN

Post-Bulletin

Rochester man, already in jail over shooting, faces new charges

New burglary and riot charges have been filed against a 19-year-old Rochester man who is already in custody on aggravated robbery charges and who was recently sentenced in connection with a gang-related ...

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Reuters

New breast imaging technique seen promising

A technique called molecular breast imaging appears to be about as accurate as MRI for detecting breast cancers, but is less costly.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

Mon Jun 30, 2008

The Washington Post

3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams

By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press Monday, June 30, 2008; 6:07 PM WASHINGTON -- Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see ...

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