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MN’S STATE SALES TAX NOW APPLIES TO MAJOR ONLINE SITES
The era of tax-free shopping for Minnesotans is coming to an end at Amazon.com and other big websites. Starting July 1st, the state will require major online sites to collect Minnesota’s 6.875 percent sales tax. Technically, it’s not a new tax. All along, online shoppers were supposed to report and pay the sales tax themselves.
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MPLS. POLICE GIVE SAFETY TIPS CONCERNING CHILD PREDATORS
Since May 2, police have received five separate reports of luring incidents within the Fifth Precinct in Minneapolis. POLICE RESPONSE – Investigators with the Minneapolis Police Department are still looking into the incidents listed above, and patrol officers are also directing patrol cars, bicycle officers and foot patrols in the affected areas. Neighboring police
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POTUS TO BLACK MEN: “WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR EXCUSES”
President Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country’s pre-eminent historically black college, there is “no time for excuses” for this generation of African-American men and that it was time for their generation to step up professionally and in their personal lives. Obama, the county’s first African-American president, chose a particularly
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1 IN 5 U.S. CHILDREN SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL DISORDER
Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder, and this number has been rising for more than a decade. According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 20% of American children are suffering from mental disorders such as: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) anxiety
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