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Man charged in shopkeeper's murder sentenced

AITKIN -- A 20-year-old man originally charged with first-degree murder in the 1998 death of a McGregor area shopkeeper has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. Keith Misquadace, McGregor, on Oct. 16 accepted a plea agreement...

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From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend

...in San Francisco is filled with old paperwork and receipts made out to "Chinaman" because it was easier for some pioneer shopkeepers to write that than to figure out the man's name, said executive director Sue Lee. "Are these places offensive on their...

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News | Lifestyle
Jury selection begins for man charged in shopkeeper's death

INTERNATIONAL FALLS - Jury selection began today in the trial of Brian Pippitt, charged in the 1998 death of 84-year-old Evelyn Malin in McGregor.

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Appeals court rejects sentencing of McGregor man

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A man convicted of killing an 84-year-old shopkeeper near McGregor must be re-sentenced because a lower court departed inappropriately from sentencing guidelines, the Minnesota...

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Coffee shop serves legal advice over java and pastries

...Justice can get their coffee flavored with a taste of the law. Nestled among the gift shops of Spruce Street Landing, shopkeeper Jim Skelton offers the usual coffee house fare of lattes, espressos, special-blend coffees and sweets. An unassuming...

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Neighbors
Sweeping changes

...downtown Brainerd in an effort to get ready for the summer season and to suggest a flavor of the past. In vintage photographs, shopkeepers of the past took brooms to boardwalk each morning as part of opening their store fronts. For members of Brainerd Restoration...

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Local news briefs

...McGregor. Aitkin County Attorney Bradley C. Rhodes requested the grand jury convene May 26 to hear testimony regarding the shopkeeper's death. Malin was found beaten to death in February 1998 in the Dollar Lake Store, which she had operated for 53 years...

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Kabul in a box

...electricity in Shah Aga's store. But security, durability and mobility are present in abundance. Like scores of Kabul shopkeepers, he runs his business from inside a box -- a huge, crimped-steel shipping container that once carried the world's...

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OUR OPINION: 'MR. NISSWA'

...Nisswa businessman died Tuesday in Hastings at the age of 92. It was Wallentine who continually urged the city's other shopkeepers to make sure their storefronts were neat and clean, knowing that nothing dissuades visiting shoppers more than an unkempt...

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Opinion
Downtown 2001 - Dispatch Editorial

...a tree-lined avenue with interesting shops and art museums? Is it where you trade friendly gossip with the neighborhood shopkeeper as a nearby street musician strums his guitar? Brainerd Restoration, a nonprofit board, is working hard to come up with...

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