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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - House Republicans are focusing a $1.35 billion tax bill on reducing Social Security income taxes, offering tax credits to college graduates and other measures. The House GOP released their tax bill on Wednesday, an opening offer in the debate over taxes with Gov. Mark Dayton. Dayton has envisioned a much smaller package of tax cuts, but Republicans say major relief is overdue.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker who opposes upgrading state IDs to meet new federal requirements says he won't block a vote on the measure. That could clear the way for Minnesota to comply with the Real ID Act. Upgraded photo IDs will be required to board flights next year. State Sen. Warren Limmer said Wednesday that he still opposes the federal law but will let the measure come to a vote in a committee he chairs.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The entire Minnesota football team says it is boycotting all football activities, possibly including the Holiday Bowl, until it gets satisfactory answers from the university about the suspension of 10 players this week. The school suspended the players after an internal investigation into a sexual assault case. Police declined to charge any of the players, but the school suspended them based on internal regulations involving sexual assault allegations.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Passers-by have rescued a woman after her vehicle slid off a Twin Cities highway ramp and into an icy holding pond. The Star Tribune reports the woman's sport utility vehicle went off the ramp on the border of Eden Prairie and Bloomington and landed in the water just after 8 a.m. Tuesday. The woman used a fire extinguisher inside her vehicle to break a rear window.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The public agency that runs the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium has moved to bar friends and relatives of its top officials from using its luxury suites. In the wake of criticism, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority issued a draft policy change Monday saying friends and family of its commissioners and executive director should no longer have access to free tickets for its suites in U.S. Bank Stadium. The authority's board will consider the policy changes Friday

FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — Faribault police say a man and a child have been found dead in a home. Police officers and a Rice County sheriff's deputy were called to the home Sunday afternoon. Officers forced their way into the home and found the body of a man on the floor. Authorities also found the body of a child in the home and saw a firearm at the scene. The names of the man and child have not been confirmed. Detectives are working to identify the bodies and are interviewing neighbors.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A minor league pitcher for the Minnesota Twins has died in Venezuela. The team is not saying how 22-year-old Yorman Landa died, but local media reports and the player's agent are citing a car accident. The Twins say they are "deeply saddened by the heartbreaking loss." Landa had been on the 40-man roster but was dropped after the season

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama has endorsed a Minnesota bid to host a World's Fair in 2023 on the theme of wellness. In memos Friday to the secretaries of state and commerce, the president says he finds that officially recognizing the proposed expo is in the national interest. The initiative is being led by former Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie with support from business leaders and civic groups.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Former U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz remembers former astronaut John Glenn as a gracious colleague in the Senate. Boschwitz calls Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, an American hero and "a very good friend." Boschwitz, a Minnesota Republican, says he and Glenn, a Democrat from Ohio, had their offices next to each other _ "by choice." Boschwitz calls Glenn "a very gracious man who was always ready to reach across the aisle and help the Senate work as it should."

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Court documents show the trust company overseeing Prince's estate wants to resign, but the late rock superstar's siblings disagree on a replacement. Minnesota-based Bremer Trust was named temporary special administrator after Prince died in April. The company told the judge Wednesday it never intended to keep the job beyond Jan. 2, but there's no need to rush a decision until all the presumed heirs have been heard.