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Correction

In Kathy Hendricksen’s Truman column for Thursdays edition, an announcement about a Red Cross blood drive listed an incorrect date for the event. The blood drive is 12:30-6:30 p.m. June 5.

Person of interest in custody

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) — Police say a person of interest has been taken into custody in the investigation of the deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were discovered in a Eden Prairie residence.

Authorities say officers were called to the home about 7:30 a.m. Thursday for welfare check after the man failed to show up for work. The victims have not been identified.

Investigators identified a 38-year-old man as a person of interest associated with the residence due to several 911 calls over the past decade. Police are not looking for any other suspects in the case.

The Hennepin County crime lab is assisting with the investigation.

Top paid CEO in health care

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new survey shows the top paid executive in Minnesota is in the health care industry.

Calculations by The Associated Press and the executive data firm Equilar show UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley tops the compensation list in Minnesota, earning $15.7 million last year. The health care company is based in Minnetonka and is sixth in the United States on the Fortune 500.

The survey includes only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that filed their proxy statements with federal regulators. The calculation salary, bonus, stock awards, stock option awards, deferred compensation and other components that include benefits and perks.

The typical CEO in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index made $11.5 million last year.

Plastic bag ban could be blocked

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Retail stores in Minneapolis are getting ready for a June 1 ban on plastic bags, a ban that might not happen if Gov. Mark Dayton signs a budget bill that has a provision blocking it.

The Minneapolis City Council approved a plastic bag ban last year and it could take effect next week. Stores cannot use plastic bags except for those that wrap produce, flowers, baked goods, takeout food, newspapers or dry-cleaning. Environmental concerns over plastic bags relate to the resources it takes to make them and the litter they create.

State Sen. Bill Ingebrigsten is one of the primary authors of the legislative bill that blocks the ban. He tells the Star Tribune businesses are already doing enough to reduce plastic bag use by offering recycling and alternatives to plastic.

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