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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge says a lawsuit filed by a suburban Twin Cities high school student can move forward after he was suspended for a two-word tweet about kissing a teacher.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court has upheld new water quality standards which are aimed at controlling algae in Minnesota's rivers and streams.

AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — A 19-year-old southern Minnesota man born without a birth certificate to parents who illegally emigrated from Mexico is suing the federal government for declaration of citizenship.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's attorney general is accusing a Florida company of preying on students with promises of loan forgiveness.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments today in Springfield, Massachusetts on comedian Bill Cosby's request to have dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing him of decades-old sex crimes.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xcel Energy has agreed to pay a nuclear contractor $36 million to settle a lawsuit over work at its Red Wing power plant in Minnesota.

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $2.5 million to Waverly dairy farmers who say stray voltage from their power company's faulty equipment cut deeply into their production.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Norway will pay a former employee at its Minneapolis consulate nearly $2 million, settling a long-running dispute over gender pay equity.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Savers thrift store chain, claiming it's misleading people who donate clothing and household items about how much their donations benefit charities.

NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — A man is suing the Archdiocese of New Ulm on accusations a nun who's now dead sexually abused him in the 1960s.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys say they have reached a settlement with St. John's Abbey that will force the release of personnel files for 19 monks accused of abuse.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Four teachers are suing Minnesota's teaching board for licensing practices they say are unfair.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Top administrators for Minnesota's sex offender treatment program say it lacks the staff and funding for regular evaluations and, that as a result, they don't know if some men confined for years still deserve to be held in high-security treatment centers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is asking a federal court to reduce the amount of money it was ordered to pay plaintiffs who successfully sued the automaker over a fatal crash in St. Paul.