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By Andy Birkey , Minnesota Monitor

Local NBC affiliate, KARE 11, broadcast a story Thursday about 16 men who had been arrested over the past two months at a park in Burnsville on suspicion of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor charge. The broadcast featured mugshots of the men who were arrested, and a KARE 11 camera crew showed up on the front lawn of an unsuspecting 80 year old who was one of those arrested. The Pioneer Press ran a similar story Friday, which listed the names and ages of those arrested, and while the Star Tribune wrote a piece on the arrests, it did not list the names of those involved. MORE »

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“For nine years, the company offered on-line shopping that gave the “grounded” stores like Cub, Rainbow, Lunds & Byerlys a run for their money. However, with the economy tanking, and gas becoming more costly, something had to give.” Patricia Nelson mourns the demise of Simon Delivers

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